Criminal Domestic Court Reflection Paper

Criminal Domestic Court (CDV) is quite different from other criminal courts. The CDV court is held to be a therapeutic avenue and not incarcerate offenders because it more likely, in my view, to increase recidivism. From entering the courtroom to waiting for the court proceedings to begin. There are also many different actors in this courtroom, that are not in in other courtrooms such as general sessions. This courtroom rooms includes defense lawyers and prosecutors, victim advocates, etc. The victims are also handled differently. In a sense they are held to a higher standard of care because of the the form of victimization they faced. There are many programs that victims and offenders get the opportunity to partake in to began the healing and reshaping process. As I entered the court house, there was personnel standing at the stairway checking off names, as individuals entered the door. As I walked up the stairs to enter the courtroom, there was a woman dressed in civilian clothes, with a badge and weapon, performing security checks. This included taking everything out your pockets, walking through a metal detector and getting further …show more content…
I always knew that the CDV was of course a part of the criminal court, but I never knew that it was set a part entirely from all other courts. These actors include the defense attorney and prosecutor, the solicitor, victim advocates, sister care, pretrial intervention members, and much more. These actors meet the offenders for the first time, in their first appearance in court. I found that surprising because you would think that they would handle things such as wanting to do a pretrial intervention before court so they would not have to come to court in the first place. I also found it interesting with how there are many different programs that are designed to catered to the women offender’s in more detail in this