Criminal Justice

Part 1:

Discussion Question: Needs to be about a page

1. Considering recent happenings in the United States involving the police and African American youths, and what you learned from reading the review essay of the “Black Child Savers,” discuss your thoughts on race and the American Criminal Justice System. Provide support from the literature for your arguments.

   Part 2:
   Instruction: Read Chapter 7 in its entirety carefully and

2. Discuss inside the courts: decor, decorum, citizens
3. Discuss justice in the eye of the beholder
4. Discuss the adversarial system of American courts
5. Discuss the dual court system of the United States
6. Discuss the organization and administration of the American federal courts
7. Discuss U.S. court of appeals
8. Discuss U.S. district courts
9. Discuss the judicial conference of the United States
10. Discuss the administrative office of the U.S. courts
11. Discuss the state courts of last resort and appeals
12. Discuss the influence of courts in policymaking