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3.00 Credits
An interdisciplinary examination of all areas of corrections in the United States informed by law, psychology, sociology, and public policy. Topics explored include history and philosophy of punishment, prisons and jails, institution programming, management of various offender populations, incarceration trends, intermediate sanctions, and parole.
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Analysis of the American courts; structure, functions, and roles of incumbents in the courts; emphasis on political and economic contexts within which the court works. Includes survey of research on American legal system.
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Kinds, degrees, and admissibility of evidence; collection and handling of evidence; introduction to forensics and criminalistics; application of investigative techniques to specific offenses; types of investigations such as wire tapping, undercover, and sting operations; current trends and future prospects.
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Description and analysis of various evidentiary rules that impact on police investigations and case presentations including admissibility and weight of evidence, hearsay, privileged communications, presumptions and proof, eyewitness identification, opinion and expert testimony, evidence unconstitutionally obtained.
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Methods of research in establishing authoritative legal opinion and the processing of legal activities.
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Political formulation of race and gender; race and gender issues related to criminality, victimization, prosecution; adjudication, sanctions, and employment within the legal system; antecedents of contemporary practice; prospects for change.
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Intensive study of a specific or special issue in law enforcement or criminal justice conducted in a seminar fashion or through independent study. Topics vary as new issues arise.
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Examines the concepts of morality and law and their relationships especially the ethical underpinnings of justice and the law. Analyzes the nature of ethics as it bears on social problems and the law, including philosophical analysis and theories of ethics and are encouraged to view society and the law philosophically.
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3.00 Credits
Major crimes; classification, elements of proof, intent, conspiracy, responsibility, parties, and defenses; common law and adaptations.
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Leading constitutional cases on criminal justice; Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth amendments to the Federal Constitution; nature and application of the Bill of Rights to the states; search and seizure, confessions and admissions, and right to counsel and speedy trial.
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