INFOSEC
CMRJ 110
Introduction to the Criminal Justice System (3)
Course Description
An overview of the criminal justice system as it currently operates in its three major componnets: police, courts, corrections. A broad-based interdisciplinary perspective is employed to introduce the student to theories of crime and the process of criminal justice in modern America.
Texts
Title: Criminal Justice in America
Edition: 4
Authors: G. F. Cole & C. E. Smith
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, Belmont, CA
Year: 2005
Lecture Notes
1. Overview of the CJ System
2. Understanding Crime
3. Criminal Justice System and the Law
4&5. Policing in America
6. Policing and Law
7. Police Issues and Trends
8. Courts
9. Court Processes
10. Sentencing
11. Penology
12. Alternative Sanctions
13. Prisons and Jails
14. Release and supervisions
15. Juvenile Justice
