Criminal Justice Process
Overview Of The Process, The Investigatory Process, The Adjudicatory Stage, The Criminal Trial, Sentencing
The criminal justice process consists of the procedures public officials follow in the course of imposing criminal punishment. Criminal justice specialists commonly distinguish the investigatory and adjudicatory stages of the process. Cases must come to the attention of officials before an investigation can begin, the boundaries separating the two stages are occasionally blurred, and the same officials may be involved in both investigation and adjudication. Despite these important qualifications, the investigatory/adjudicatory classification remains quite useful.
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See also ADVERSARY SYSTEM; APPEAL; ARRAIGNMENT; BURDEN OF PROOF; CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: CONSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS; DISCOVERY; FEDERAL CRIMINAL JURISDICTION; GRAND JURY; GUILTY PLEA: ACCEPTING THE PLEA; GUILTY PLEA: PLEA BARGAINING; HABEAS CORPUS; INFORMAL DISPOSITION; JURY: LEGAL ASPECTS; PRELIMINARY HEARING; SENTENCING: ALLOCATION OF AUTHORITY; SENTENCING: ALTERNATIVES; SENTENCING: DISPARITY; SENTENCING: GUIDELINES; SENTENCING: MANDATORY AND MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCES; SENTENCING: PRESENTENCE REPORT; SENTENCING: PROCEDURAL PROTECTION; TRIAL, CRIMINAL.
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- Criminal Justice System - Structural And Theoretical Components Of Criminal Justice Systems, The Systems In Operation, The Importance Of Viewing Criminal Justice As A System
- Criminal Courts - Early American Courts, The Constitution And The Courts, Creating A National Court System, Federal Courts - Special state courts
- Criminal Justice Process - Overview Of The Process
- Criminal Justice Process - The Investigatory Process
- Criminal Justice Process - The Adjudicatory Stage
- Criminal Justice Process - The Criminal Trial
- Criminal Justice Process - Sentencing
- Criminal Justice Process - Plea Bargaining
- Criminal Justice Process - Racial Aspects Of The Criminal Justice Process
- Criminal Justice Process - The Relationship Between Substance And Procedure
- Criminal Justice Process - Bibliography
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