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Course Pre-requisites There are no pre-requisites for this course. Goals and Objectives of the Course Introduction to Criminal Justice provides an overview of the three major institutions of criminal justice in the United States. After an introduction to the phenomenon of crime in America, we will spend the majority of time in this course focused on these three major institutions: police, courts, and corrections. The semester will conclude with an introduction to the juvenile justice system in America, which operates separately from the adult criminal justice system.
By the end of this course, students should be able to: ; Describe the major trends in crime in the U. S. From 1980 to present Understand the basic functions of the three primary institutions of the criminal justice system ; Understand the various forms of interaction between the institutions Of criminal justice ; Explain the role of discretion in the American criminal justice system ; Explain the differences between the adult criminal justice system and the juvenile justice system ; Identify, understand, and explain the basic functions of the juvenile justice system Course Format
This course will be taught as a “no web component’ course which means that we will be meeting three times per week in a traditional classroom setting. Course Materials Crime & Justice in America: An Introduction to Criminal Justice (Second Edition) by Jocosely M. Pollock Anderson Publishing 978-1 -4377-351 2-3 assai ISBN There is a website for this course on Assai. Throughout the semester, the syllabus, students’ grades, and in-class handouts will be available for downloading and viewing on that site at the following address: http:// www. Thalamus. Due/campus/ Examinations There are a total of five examinations in this course: four mid-term exams and a comprehensive final exam. ; The four mid-term exams, each covering a few weeks’ worth of material, are worth 30 or 35 points each. ; The final exam is comprehensive and will include material from the entire semester. The final exam is worth 55 points. Make-up Examination Policy Exams can be rescheduled only for extenuating circumstances (e. . , student is hospitalized) and the student must contact Dry. Soon-Managing in advance Of the scheduled exam time. If the student cannot contact Dry. Soon-Managing in errors, the student must send an email to, or leave a piecemeal for, Dry. Soon- Managing prior to the exam. In the rare case that an exam needs to be rescheduled, it must be completed during the scheduled make-up exam period in Week 16 of the semester (December 2, 3, and 4; times to be determined).
Course assignments In addition to the four mid-term exams and comprehensive final exam, there will also be 10 quizzes/in-class activities and students will also be graded for attendance/participation. See the attendance policy below. Attendance/Participation Policy There are a total Of 39 class meet nags this semester, not including those tenting in which an exam is taking place. Attendance will be taken on those 39 days, with half of a point (0. 5) awarded for each day that the student is ; In order to be marked present, students must be physically present. Resent when Dry. Soon-Managing takes attendance. If a student is tardy, and misses attendance being called at the start of class, he or she will be marked absent. ; If a student leaves class early without prior approval from Dry. Soon-Managing, he or she will be marked absent. ; Dry. Soon-Managing reserves the right to mark students absent if they are engaging in disruptive or castrating activities, such as testing or using their cell phones for any other purpose.
Any student who accepts a phone call during class will be marked ; To be clear: if a student is absent, if a student is not present at the time that attendance is taken, if a student leaves early or if a student does not adequately participate in class because of disruptive/distracting behavior, the student will receive a zero for attendance that day. A total of 19. 5 points are possible (39 days x 0. 5 points = 19. 5 points), but only 18 points will be counted towards the final attendance grade. Thus, students may miss three class periods without penalty.