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Scottish courts and the law
Scottish courts and the law

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1.2 The criminal court room

In Activity 2 you will explore the layout of a traditional criminal court room.

Activity _unit6.2.2 Activity 2 The criminal court room roles and responsibilities

Timing: Allow about 20 minutes
  • a.Click on each number in the diagram to find out who sits where.
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  • b.Now drag and drop the names of the different people next to the correct numbers below. The numbers relate to those numbers shown in the diagram above.

Two lists follow, match one item from the first with one item from the second. Each item can only be matched once. There are 10 items in each list.

  1. 1

  2. 2

  3. 3

  4. 4

  5. 5

  6. 6

  7. 7

  8. 8

  9. 9

  10. 10

Match each of the previous list items with an item from the following list:

  • a.Court clerk

  • b.Accused

  • c.Judge

  • d.Procurator fiscal

  • e.Witness

  • f.Press

  • g.Legal representative for the defence

  • h.Public seating

  • i.Court usher

  • j.Jury

The correct answers are:
  • 1 = c,
  • 2 = e,
  • 3 = a,
  • 4 = j,
  • 5 = d,
  • 6 = g,
  • 7 = b,
  • 8 = f,
  • 9 = i,
  • 10 = h