10.  Name the three major ways that judges are selected in the United States and analyze the consequences of different methods of judicial selection.

11.  Recognize major changes in the composition of the bench over the past several decades.

12.  Describe the activities of state judicial conduct commissions.

13.  Describe how victims and witnesses view the court process and describe how court actors view victims and witnesses.

14.  Discuss the prior relationships between defendants and victims and why this is important in domestic violence cases.

15.  Identify three types of programs that are designed to aid victims and witnesses in coping with the criminal justice process.