3 credits
Spring 2026 Lecture Distance Learning Upper DivisionJEDI
Introduction to institutionalized responses of society to the problem of crime. Analysis of the administration of justice in each of the major components of the criminal justice system and laws regulating their operations. Some consideration given to comparative criminal justice.
Learning Outcomes1Demonstrate an understanding of the Criminal Justice System in the United States, including the relationships between federal, state and local units of government.
2Demonstrate an understanding of the pathway which an individual follows from first arrest to incarceration.
3Demonstrate an understanding of the differential criminalization and sanctions connected to domestic, street, and corporate forms of violence and crime.
4Demonstrate an understanding of the influence of class, race/ethnicity and gender in criminal justice.
5Demonstrate an understanding of the major policy debates regarding crime control and criminal justice.
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