Fiction vs Reality
Axia College Material
Appendix C
Courtroom Participants
Directions
Review pp. 216-35 in The Courts in Our Criminal Justice System. Identify five courtroom participants listed in the text between pp. 216-35. Then, describe each courtroom participant’s role you chose. Each response must be about 30 words in length.
Then, select examples from fictional portrayals of the courtroom found in books, movies, and television, for example, The Runaway Jury, A Few Good Men, or Law and Order to make a comparison between reality and fiction. Choose two of the five courtroom participants you described and compare their fictional portrayal to their real-life role in the courtroom. Be sure to cite specific examples of how media portrayals of courtroom participants are accurate or inaccurate. Use the Court TV Web site at HYPERLINK "http://www.courttv.com/home_primetime/index.html" http://www.courttv.com/home_primetime/index.html to help your research. Your response must be 100 to 150 words in length
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|Identify the Courtroom Participant |Describe the role of the courtroom participant in the courtroom|
| |process (about 30 words in length) |
|The Court Room Spectator |THe role of of the Court Room spectator includes the the |
| |illustration of the public accountability of the courts in the|
| |community and they serve as the courtroom observers, casual |
| |watchers, members of the media or the strong stake of the |
| |outcome of proceedings, there perceptions in the courtroom |
|2.Balliffs
Appendix C
Courtroom Participants
Directions
Review pp. 216-35 in The Courts in Our Criminal Justice System. Identify five courtroom participants listed in the text between pp. 216-35. Then, describe each courtroom participant’s role you chose. Each response must be about 30 words in length.
Then, select examples from fictional portrayals of the courtroom found in books, movies, and television, for example, The Runaway Jury, A Few Good Men, or Law and Order to make a comparison between reality and fiction. Choose two of the five courtroom participants you described and compare their fictional portrayal to their real-life role in the courtroom. Be sure to cite specific examples of how media portrayals of courtroom participants are accurate or inaccurate. Use the Court TV Web site at HYPERLINK "http://www.courttv.com/home_primetime/index.html" http://www.courttv.com/home_primetime/index.html to help your research. Your response must be 100 to 150 words in length
Post this assignment as an attachment.
|Identify the Courtroom Participant |Describe the role of the courtroom participant in the courtroom|
| |process (about 30 words in length) |
|The Court Room Spectator |THe role of of the Court Room spectator includes the the |
| |illustration of the public accountability of the courts in the|
| |community and they serve as the courtroom observers, casual |
| |watchers, members of the media or the strong stake of the |
| |outcome of proceedings, there perceptions in the courtroom |
|2.Balliffs
References: Peoples Court retrieved January, 14,2010 from Peoples Court website http://www.peoplescourt.com Court Tv retrieved January 14,2010 from Court Tv websitcourttv.com/home prime time /index.htm http:www.