INSTRUCTION: The links below take you to video clips taken from Reel Justice, which is a unique movie that is centered on a sexual assault that takes place in a college town. It allows students to explore course concepts and terminology in a relevant and meaningful context. Movie segments are augmented by a robust array of review and assessment features. Students can explore a wide variety of criminal justice issues firsthand including criminal responsibility, theories of crime causation, civil vs. criminal law, police roles, functions, and ethics, the courts, and more. Master course concepts more completely than they could by just reading any text. Read the introduction, answer the following questions below and discuss your answers with your classmates and instructor.

Chapter 11 Video 1: Dial-up (176.0K)

Chapter 11 Video 1: Broadband (1435.0K)

11.1. If judges do not make the decisions as to which cases to prosecute, then are judges really the most powerful figures in the criminal justice system (as Officer Jordan suggests)? Why or why not? If judges are not the most important or influential players in the criminal system, who are? Why?

Chapter 11 Video 2: Dial-up (312.0K)

Chapter 11 Video 2: Broadband (2542.0K)

11.2. Why does the prosecutor laugh when Officer Jordan suggests that when the suspect "is guilty, it comes out somehow during the trial." Is she bitter and overworked, or is there something else to it?