Introduction to Criminal Justice

Description

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This course teaches the basic structure and function of the American Criminal Justice System. It provides a basic overview of legal processes, law enforcement, terrorism, courts, corrections, community corrections, and juvenile justice. It provides students the understanding to move on to more advanced courses within the fields of Criminal Justice or Sociology.

While this course is made from an American perspective, the lessons will be useful to people of all countries, as all modern societies need to perform the policing, law, and corrections functions. It is a good starter course for my other course offerings (such as Cybercrime, Comparative Criminal Justice, Human Rights, Criminological Theory, etc.), although not required.

Lectures:
Rights and Social Control
The Criminal Justice System
The Legal Process
History and Changes
Deterrence and Rational Choice
Biological and Psychological Theories
Sociological Theory
The UCR and NCVS
Victimology
The Law
Defenses
Law Enforcement 1
Law Enforcement 2
Law Enforcement 3
Warrants and Other Justifications for Searches and Seizures
Court Cases
Terrorism
Controversies in the War on Terror
Courts
The Federal Court System
Trials
Sentencing
Purposes of Punishment
The Death Penalty
The History of Corrections
Modern Prisons and Jails
Prison Controversies and Problems
Leaving Prison
Re-entry
Juvenile Justice, History, and Court Cases
Juvenile Trials and Gangs

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