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Essay on Psychological Testimony in Criminal Court Cases
This paper will specifically focus on psychological theory and research surrounding the court trial. As psychology represents the study of the individual, this overview will deal in turn with the various characters involved. However, two points must be borne in mind. Firstly, this is by no means an exhaustive review of the research literature.
Our court systems have, in recent years, been said to be inefficient, sometimes ineffective, and even backlogged to the point where cases have to be dismissed because of how long it takes for them to get to court. After my trip to court, these are my opinions and observations on the "Efficiency and Effectiveness of our Criminal Court System". The court procedures of provincial court are very systematic and are carried out very swiftly. It is much like a tennis match, the ball, or control in the court, is volleyed back and forth between the judge (and court clerk) and the lawyers.
The court clerk arraigns the accused, the defence lawyer responses with how the accused pleas, if it is "not guilty", the court clerk asks how the Crown lawyer wishes to proceed and so forth. However, this is not so in the Ontario Supreme Court (Trial Division), though similar in methodical procedures, the court cases are longer and much more time is spent on each individual part of the case, from presenting the evidence to cross- examination of the witness, this is because of the amount of information involved.
The general atmosphere and behavior in the Provincial Courtrooms were general loose and calm. The people, lawyers, judge, clerk and recorder seem to know each other very well. They joked openly, even while the court was in session, the defense lawyer asked if he could persuade the judge into a lighter sentence after the judge had already made a decision in a very easy and friendly tone of voice, something seemly unprofessional that caused chuckles throughout the courtroom. Where in the Ontario Supreme Court the atmosphere was much more serious, professional, strict and at times high in tension. Our current bail system, in either monetary terms or personal recognizance....
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