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*Examine, analyse and interpret crime scene evidence using their specialist knowledge and skills to produce information that can be used in court to reach a just verdict. *Analyse evidence such as blood and other body fluids in a laboratory .
This chapter generally uses courtroom workgroups to include all the individuals working in criminal courts—judges, attorneys, and other court staff. In figure 7.13, the judge is shown sitting on an elevated platform.
This chapter more generally uses the term to include all the individuals working in the criminal courts—judges, attorneys, and the variety of court staff. accusatory phase (the pre-trial phase) and adjudicatory phase (the trial phase) of the criminal justice process include individuals who regularly work together in the trial courts.
In a criminal case, the accused person is called the defendant. Defendants are represented by an attorney, who may be an attorney from the Federal Public Defender’s Office if they can’t afford a private attorney.
These administrators’ responsibilities include: hiring and training court personnel (clerks, judicial assistants, bailiffs), ensuring that the court caseloads are efficiently processed, keeping records, sending case files to reviewing courts, ensuring that local court rules are implemented, and working with the local and state bar ...
This briefing: Situates procedural fairness within the wider discussion about the legitimacy of criminal justice institutions; Defines procedural fairness, its key principles, and its research basis in various legal and justice settings;
Are efforts appropriately targeted? Do they teach the right content? How much content is remembered? How much do current professional development efforts impact court performance? It is time for court associations, training providers, and court systems to reexamine and, if necessary, reinvent judicial branch development programs.
