This course offers a broad survey of the criminal justice process and related public
policy.  Students will review the legal, political, and social dynamics of the
criminal justice system.  Students will examine the relevant institutions and actors
involved with the various stages of the criminal justice system, including
consideration of law enforcement, courts, and corrections. Students will attain an
ability to critically analyze criminal justice system practices and procedures.
Students will attain an ability to discuss criminal justice policy issues in a
disciplined and cogent manner.

Part One:  Crime and the Criminal Justice System
1.  The Criminal Justice System
2.  Crime and Justice in America
3.  Criminal Justice and the Rule of Law

Part Two:  Police
4.  Police
5.  Police Officers and Law Enforcement Operations
6.  Police and Constitutional Law
7.  Policing:  Issues and Trends

Part Three:  Courts
8.  Courts and Adjudication
9.  Pretrial Procedures, Plea Bargaining, and the Criminal Trial
10. Punishment and Sentencing

Part Four:  Corrections
11.  Corrections
12.  Community Corrections:  Probation and Intermediate Sanctions
13.  Incarceration and Prison Society
14.  Reentry to the Community

Part Five:  The Juvenile Justice System
15.  Juvenile Justice

All academic work must meet the standards contained in "A Culture of Honesty."  
Students are responsible for informing themselves about these standards before 
performing academic work.  The penalties for academic dishonesty are severe and 
ignorance is not an acceptable defense.  Also note that the course syllabus is a 
general plan for the course and that deviations announced to the class by the 
instructor may be necessary.