What is the sequence of events in the criminal justice system?
This flowchart of the events in the criminal justice system updates the original chart prepared by the President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice in 1967. Accompanied by a clarifying text description, 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. Electronic files of both full color and black and white versions of the chart are available for downloading. • The Adobe Acrobat portable document format (pdf) versions present a 14 x 8.5 inch chart and accompanying text that can be viewed with the Acrobat reader and printed on most printers: Color Acrobat file (41K) Black and white version Acrobat file (42K) • An encapsulated postscript (eps) version of the chart alone is provided for use in your own publications, such as textbooks: Color eps file (73K) Black and white eps file
