Criminal Justice: Courts. Your assignment is to take this elements, which can be broken down, and research the historical perspective. The paper should summarize how/where it began, and where it is now. The paper should also include your thoughts on changes, opinions, ideas that you would employ. These changes can be structural, bureaucratic, etc. This is the area you choose previously and your topic was approved by the instructor. The paper shall be in APA format, typed in 12 font Times New Roman, and shall not have been turned in previously to any other instructor for any other course or assignment. Paper length is 5-7 pages not to include the cover page or bibliography with a minimum of 5 sources. Wikipedia and other encyclopedias are not acceptable sources. It is to be submitted as a Microsoft Word Document. The research paper shall be an individual effort and not a group project. Since criminal justice is a social science, the writing requirements of the American Psychological Association, otherwise known as the APA, will be in effect for the research paper assignment. All papers will be submitted through SafeAssign to reduce the potential of plagiarism. NOTE: the title page and bibliography do NOT count as pages.