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3.00 Credits
The “Inside-Out” Prison Exchange Program is an opportunity for a small group of Temple students to go behind the walls of an area prison or jail to take a course with a comparable number of residents of the correctional facility. Using a unique pedagogical approach, approximately 15 “inside” students and 15 “outside” students (from Temple) meet for class once a week to explore issues of crime and justice, the criminal justice system, corrections and imprisonment. These topics are examined in depth, through an ongoing facilitated dialogue involving all participants, both in small groups and in the full class. There are numerous texts for the course, as well as several reflective/analytical assignments throughout the semester. Additionally, students work on a project together towards the end of the semester, developing solutions to the problems examined during the term. The course offers a chance for all participants to gain a deeper understanding of the criminal justice system through the marriage of theoretical knowledge and practical experience achieved by weekly meetings throughout the semester inside the facility.
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3.00 Credits
Historical and contemporary management practices as applied to law enforcement organizations are examined, with particular concern for assessing police management accountability. Theories of organization and management are examined with regard to the police role and the efficient and effective provision of law enforcement services to the community.
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3.00 Credits
Examination of the role of the jury within the larger context of the criminal justice system. Exploration of the origins of the concept of “trial by jury” in an historical and philosophical context. Analysis of obstacles to definitions and operationalization of the notion of a “trial by jury of one’s peers.” Discussion of contribution of juries to attainment of criminal justice system goals. Analysis of suggestions for jury reform.
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3.00 Credits
Various dimensions of community corrections, including the effect of the community on the formation of correctional policy, as well as the numerous intermediate sanctions (community corrections) available on the continuum between probation and incarceration. Analysis of correctional policy making. Topics include probation, parole, electronic monitoring, day reporting centers, boot camps, and many other sentencing options.
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3.00 Credits
Focus on development, current state of, and issues related to the U.S. prison system. Examination of the reality of the prison experience. Analysis of the system’s efficacy and strategies for prison reform. Topics include prison life and culture, correctional management, the history of incarceration, and AIDS, drugs, sexual activity, and prison privatization.
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3.00 Credits
The nature, extent, and cost of white collar crime. Analysis of several forms of white collar (corporate and individual) crime, the relevance of law-making to lawbreaking, problems of detection and punishment and the causes of this social problem. Discussion of policy evaluation and suggested reforms.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces a set of crime theories that emphasize the role of the built environment in shaping human behavior and consequently where crime happens. The basic question asked in environmental criminology is why crime occurs where it does. Theoretical frameworks used to explore this question include: behavioral geography, routine activities, crime pattern theory, rational choice and human territorial functioning. In addition, various crime prevention strategies are examined such as situational crime prevention, CPTED, and defensible space.
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3.00 Credits
Analysis of definitional issues and methodological problems in the study of organized crime. Study of a variety of organized criminal activities on the local, national and international level. Exploration of the origins, opportunity, and motives for criminal enterprises. Examination of interconnections between organized criminals and legitimate organizations. Analysis of legislative and policy responses.
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3.00 Credits
The spatial variation of crime is analyzed at three levels. Cultural variables are used to explain crime in regions of the United States within which the cities are located. Economic base is used to explain variation in crime between cities. Finally, housing and income segregation are used to explain the spatial variation of crime within a city. Much of the course focuses on Philadelphia.
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3.00 Credits
In depth exploration of the law of criminal procedure applicable to the police phase of the criminal process, based primarily on reading and analysis of Supreme Court opinions establishing the legal rules that govern searches and seizures, arrests, interrogation, identification procedures, investigating grand juries, and entrapment. Investigation of the historical roots of the Bill of Rights and study of the process by which criminal procedure became constitutionalized. Emphasis on application of legal rules to real and hypothetical situations and critical analysis of rules’ impact on the criminal justice system.
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