Document Type
Syllabi
School
CLA
Department
CJFS
Course Subject
CJFS
Course Number
1120
Course Section
02
Course Title
Crime and Justice in America
Academic Term and Year
Winter 2016
Credits
4.00
Hamline Plan Letter
S
Area of Study
CCJ, FSCI
Course Description
Goals: To introduce students to the basic framework of the American criminal justice system. Content: This course provides a broad overview of the American criminal justice system. The course examines criminal justice decision-making, police, criminal law, courts, prisons, and the juvenile justice system. This course is designed to introduce students to these broad topical areas and to explore the issues of equality and treatment, and the efficacy of criminal justice policy within the contemporary American criminal justice system. Taught: Annually, fall and spring. Credits: 4
Recommended Citation
Schaefer, Shelly, "CJFS1120-02.Crime and Justice in America.J16.Schaefer,Shelly" (2016). Historic Syllabi -- full text access limited to internal Hamline administrative staff only. 6351.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/syllabi/6351