The United States Criminal Justice System

The flowchart of the events in the criminal justice system (shown in the diagram) updates the original chart prepared by the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice in 1967. The chart summarizes the most common events in the criminal and juvenile justice systems including entry into the criminal justice system, prosecution and pretrial services, adjudication, sentencing and sanctions, and corrections. A discussion of the events in the criminal justice system follows through the link below.

Bureau of Justice Statistics

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To link to a text description of each section in the interactive version above, click on any part of that section of the diagram, or return to the Justice System Page http://www.bjs.gov/content/justsys.cfm#contents

Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics

Bureau of Justice Statistics

Bureau of Justice Statistics

Medium: Illustration

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