CCJ-103: Crime, Justice, and the American Legal System

Semester: Fall

Credit: 1.0

Syllabus: Click here for syllabus

Faculty: Anthony Braga

Schedule

Day Time Location
First Day 9/2
Meet Day M/W 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM FAS GLH 100
Review

Description

Examines the causes and consequences of the crime problem in America. In recent years, some criminal justice system officials, sensing that the public is losing confidence in their actions, have changed their approach to fighting crime. They have begun to devote more attention and resources to building healthy communities where criminality cannot take root and to making citizens partners rather than adversaries of the criminal justice system. This course covers key actors in the American legal system, such as police, courts, and prisons, and examines the evolving role of these institutions in crime prevention. Particular attention will be paid to drugs, guns, gangs, and other urban crime problems as well as controversial topics in criminal justice, such as racial profiling and the death penalty.

Also offered by the Sociology Department as Soc. 179.