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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Limited opportunities to enroll for course work on an Independent Study basis are available. A student interested in this option should obtain an Independent Study Registration Form from the Registrar, have it completed by the instructor and school dean involved, and return it to the Registrar's Office. Consult the current Schedule of Classes for policies concerning Independent Study. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study Social Science & Human Srv College Law and Society Department
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This course examines the comparative study of the great diversity of legal systems that span the globe today, and the socio-political contexts in which they occur. It will explore common law, civil law, socialist, traditional, and various hybrid forms of legal systems by focusing on a sampling of these disparate legal types -- specifically, the Anglo-American, the Romano-Germanic, the Soviet-Chinese, and the Indo-African families of law. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Social Science & Human Srv College Law and Society Department Course Attributes: GE-INTERNATIONAL ISSUES, MJ-INTL-Intl Compare- Non-West
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This course will highlight several famous trials that have stirred the American consciousness. Although it will focus on actual criminal trials that have arisen in the United States, fictional, civil and international cases will be cross-referenced when appropriate. By examining the particular details of each case within its socio-historical context, we will attempt to uncover the universal aspects that make a trial famous, and in so doing disclose the various ways in which a case is reflective of the society in which it emerges. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Social Science & Human Srv College Law and Society Department Course Attributes: MJ-LAWS-Law & Society Elective
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This course entails an analysis of the history, functions, components, and evolution of the criminal justice system in America. Traditional and contemporary concepts of criminal justice within open and closed social systems as a mechanism for social control will be contrasted. Understanding human behavior, the process of socialization, conformity, and deviance will also be discussed. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Social Science & Human Srv College Law and Society Department Course Attributes: MJ-LAWS-Law & Society Elective
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0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Social Science & Human Srv College Law and Society Department Course Attributes: MJ-LAWS-Law & Society Elective
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
The Community Policing Institute is designed to train officers, educate citizens, and promote community-oriented government. The ten-module course covers such topics as cultural diversity in community policing, conflict resolution, strategic planning, and ethical issues in policing. This course will be taught off-campus at the Bergen County Police and Fire Academy. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Social Science & Human Srv College Law and Society Department Course Attributes: MJ-LAWS-Law & Society Elective
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This course explores the cross-cultural dimensions of international human rights. African, Asian, and Latin-American cultural perspectives are particularly examined in relation to the universality of rights. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Social Science & Human Srv College Law and Society Department Course Attributes: GE-INTERNATIONAL ISSUES, MJ-LAWS-Law & Society Elective
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1.00 Credits
Upon completion of the 10-module Community Policing Institute, students may register for this one-credit capstone project to complete the Community Policing Sequence. The project will focus on addressing a community-based problem or concern using the skills attained during the Institute. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Social Science & Human Srv College Law and Society Department
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Online Course Social Science & Human Srv College Law and Society Department
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
A detailed analysis of the various aspects of criminal justice. Students will research and report on law making; the police; the courts and their ancillary programs, such as probation and the spectrum of corrections; and focus on how decisions are made by victims, police, prosecutors, defense lawyers, parole officers, and other actors in the system. The course will explore plea bargaining, court appointed counsel, the sentencing procedure, and the ideal of equality before the law. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Social Science & Human Srv College Law and Society Department Course Attributes: MJ-LAWS-Law & Society Elective
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