Assignment: Criminal Justice Process
Throughout this course you have examined the process of a criminal case and learned about constitutional protections for individuals. This final paper will require you to comprehensively explain all that you have learned thus far. Write a paper that details the entire criminal justice process for a felony criminal charge.
• Summarize all of the steps between arrest, pre-trial, trial, and appeals (both state and federal appeal possibilities).
• Explain the contingencies for each stage of the proceedings and address all possible outcomes.
• Analyze how constitutional protections for the defendant work at each stage of the proceeding.
• Evaluate whether the system effectively deals with criminal prosecutions, or whether changes or improvements are required.
• Provide recommendations to make the system more fair and ethical for all those involved.
For help completing this assignment, please reference the Sample Paper
• The Criminal Justice Process Final Paper
• Must be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
• Must include a separate title page with the following:
o Title of paper
o Student's name
o Course name and number
o Instructor's name
o Date submitted
• Must use at least three scholarly sources in addition to the course text.
• The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
• Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
• Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.