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Read more about CPSC-5910 : Technology Ethics

Substantive criminal law and elements of criminal responsibility. Topics include law of homicide and other crimes; determination of guilt; principles of justification, including the insanity defense. This course is part of the First Year Curriculum.

Read more about CRIM-100 : Criminal Law

This course will examine issues of criminal procedure relating to trial as opposed to investigation. Topics addressed include the prosecutor's decision to charge; probable cause review prior to trial; probable cause hearings; grand jury review; the formal charging document, venue, and jurisdiction; the scope of prosecution including lesser included defenses and double jeopardy; speedy trial rights; discovery and disclosure of both prosecution and defense; the law of guilty pleas and law and prac...

Read more about CRIM-305 : Criminal Procedure Investigative

This course will cover: the nature and sources of 3 of individuals, states, and others; alternatives to criminal prosecution; defenses; issues of state jurisdiction and fora; extradition and other means of obtaining personal jurisdiction; international cooperative enforcement; international tribunals from Nuremberg to former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, and the Permanent International Criminal Tribunal; and a selection of specific international crimes (e.g., war crimes, crimes against humanity, human rig...

Read more about CRIM-380 : International Criminal Law

Analysis of theories of law and the meaning of justice in Western culture. Focus on theories of justice and their impact on the criminal justice system, the nature and function of law, the relationship between law and morality, and judicial reasoning.

Read more about CRJS-2100 : Law, Society and Justice

Overview of the juvenile justice system and the handling of juveniles by the police, the courts, and corrections. Discussion of contemporary issues in juvenile justice, including youth violence and its prevention and control in American society.

Read more about CRJS-3030 : Juvenile Justice

Study of the role of the police in society with attention to the origins of policing, the nature of police organizations and police work, and the relationship between the police and the public.

Read more about CRJS-3060 : Police and Society

Study of gender and race/ethnicity disparities and discriminatory practices in criminal justice with attention to the ways in which gender and race/ethnicity has been historically addressed in criminological theory. Exploration of feminist and cultural perspectives in understanding crime and its response. Comparisons in offending, police contact, case processing, correctional supervision and confinement, capital punishment, and social response and control of criminal behavior. Topics include: Ra...

Read more about CRJS-4050 : Gender, Race & Crime

Seminar on current issues in contemporary law enforcement. Topics addressed in the course include: The politics of law enforcement, police brutality, the impact of administrative interventions on police discretion, and police strategies such as problem-oriented policing, hot spot patrols, paramilitary units, and the criminal investigative process.

Read more about CRJS-4220 : Issues in Contemporary Law Enforcement

Exploration of the major social theories of punishment, historical and contemporary penological practice, and the death penalty and the modern execution process. Focus on society's justification for punishment as a response to crime and the function and meaning of punishment in modern society. Cross-listed with SOCL 3430.

Read more about CRJS-4230 : Punishment and Social Theory