What roles are there in the criminal justice system? Lesson 1 of 6
Key stage 3 • Law and the justice system • Lessons
What roles are there in the criminal justice system?
This lesson is part 1 of a sequence of 6 lessons addressing the key enquiry: Does the criminal justice system serve everyone fairly?
To underpin their learning throughout this unit of work, students begin by investigating the criminal justice system’s role in maintaining law and order in England and Wales. Students examine roles of the legal professionals involved in the system and how these roles work together to achieve justice. Through the analysis of a video and statistics, students discuss and debate diversity within these roles. This lesson introduces the themes of equality and diversity, which will be focused on throughout this unit.
Students will work towards answering the following questions:
- What is the criminal justice system?
- What roles do professionals play in the criminal justice system?
- Are diversity and equality shown in these roles?
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