CJ 265 - History of Crime and Punishment

Institution:

Saint Peter's University

Subject:

Description:

This course is designed to provide the students with a comprehensive interdisciplinary approach to Crime and Delinquency, both as a philosophical and historical exercise to corrections and as the primary facets of the contemporary criminal justice system. Social Theories, Behavior Patterns and Criminal Typologies will be studied to provide the student with an understanding of how and why an understanding of crime plays a role in the historic development of the criminal justice system. Society's reaction to crime will be examined and discussed.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.saintpeters.edu

Phone Number:

(201) 761-6000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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