Exam 5: The Dynamics of Courthouse Justice

What are the strengths and weaknesses of speedy-trial laws? Provide examples.

According to the chapter, which of the following best explains why few cases receive individual treatment?

The claim that increasing plea bargains and declining trials are a recent phenomenon is a weakness of what explanation?

Identify the different people who work in the courthouse and describe their duties.How have changes in courtroom security changed the workplace for these people?

What amendment provides for the right to a speedy and public trial?

What 13ᵗʰ Century document attempted to address the problem of delay in justice?

The most effective approaches to the problem of court delay are law on the books approaches.

Which of the following statements is true regarding legal ethics?

The Speedy Trial Act of 1974 (amended in 1979) allows how many days from indictment to trial?

What happens with most complaints about attorney misconduct?

Bail bondsmen have their offices outside of courtrooms.

What is the name of the concept that describes the network of ongoing relationships among courthouse actors?

The same differences of opinion about crime that characterize society as a whole likewise divide courthouse actors.

Law in action approaches to solving the problem of delay are ineffective because they focus on coordinating the activities of the key actors in the courthouse.

The courtroom workgroup includes all who appear in the courtroom at any trial.

Speedy-trial statutes exist in all 50 states.

In essence _____ crimes represent a group sense of justice.

A judge who accepts a guilty plea agreement reached by the defense attorney and the prosecutor provides an example of

Legal ethics is of critical importance because

Plea bargaining predates any of the "modern" problems of the courthouse.