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3.00 Credits
The legal principles governing the post-investigation phase of the criminal justice process: bail, pretrial detention, arraignment, preliminary hearings, guilty pleas, right to counsel, speedy trial, double jeopardy, and the right to trial by jury, including practical impact of these rules on the criminal justice system. Law and legal issues are examined primarily through study of U.S. Supreme Court cases.
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2.00 Credits
Students will explore different areas of legal research. Topics include the introduction to the use of legal materials including federal and state sources, legislation, legal periodicals and treatises. Techniques of conducting legal research are taught through written student research projects. Note: Enrollment through special permission.
Prerequisite:
CRM JUS 1001 (C050) or permission of instructor
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3.00 Credits
Students in this class will get a “taste of law school” while studying the constitutional law that governs the police phase of the criminal process. Students will learn what police can and cannot do when they initiate an encounter with a citizen, search the citizen’s person or property, and seek to obtain a confession. The rules that have developed are the result of a constant tension between safeguarding our personal liberty and protecting public safety. By exploring the impact of these rules on real and hypothetical situations, students will critically analyze and debate the balance that the Supreme Court has established in this on-going conflict. Students will also learn about the Supreme Court; the historical roots of the Bill or Rights and the process by which the law of criminal procedure became constitutionalized; and how to find, read, and analyze U.S. Supreme Court decisions.
Prerequisite:
ENGLISH 0802 or equivalent
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the social policy implications of various perspectives on crime. Through an analysis of different criminal justice policies, reforms and recommendations, it examines the assumptions of political authorities and government decision-makers about the nature of disorder, crime and criminals in contemporary society. Policies in areas such as drugs, sexual offending, domestic violence, and child abuse will be analyzed. While this course centers on policies in the United States, it will offer a comparative perspective by discussing policy responses from other countries.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the role that drugs play in the U.S. criminal justice system. Topics covered include the history of drug prohibition in the U.S.; the types of illegal drugs currently available in the United States; patterns, trends, and scope of illicit drug use; consideration of the relationship between drugs and crime; and manifestations and consequences of the criminal justice system response. The course includes hands-on experiential learning including site visits to locations such as drug court and rehabilitation programs.
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3.00 Credits
Study of the social, cultural, economic, psychological, and political factors associated with race and crime in the United States. Examination of the real and perceived relationship between race/ethnicity and criminal activity, as well as the impact of both personal and institutional racism on the criminal justice system. Note: This course can be used to satisfy the university Core Studies in Race (RS) requirement. Although it may be usable towards graduation as a major requirement or university elective, it cannot be used to satisfy any of the university GenEd requirements. See your advisor for further information.
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3.00 Credits
Examination of historic and contemporary treatment of women involved in the criminal justice system as offenders, victims of crime, and workers in criminal justice professions. Specific topics may include: criminological theories of women’s crime, prostitution, infanticide, women’s prisons, sexual offenses, domestic violence, and women’s experience in policing, corrections, and law.
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3.00 Credits
The historical development of organized crime (gambling, prostitution, narcotics, and bootlegging), professional theft, juvenile delinquency, and deviant subcultures in American cities since the Civil War. The development of criminal justice institutions, especially police, and their relationship to criminal activity. Note: Prior background in history or criminal justice preferred, but not required.
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3.00 Credits
Philosophies, practices, and institutions of criminal justice in other countries.
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3.00 Credits
This course will provide students with an overview of computer crime, the legislative responses to computer crime, and the issues encountered by police when enforcing laws in cyberspace. Emphasis is on how communication technologies (e.g., computers and related networking technologies) can be targets of crime, instruments of crime, and important sources of criminal evidence.
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