This is a one semester course.
This course will introduce the student to the criminal justice system and will provide a basis for understanding how and why our justice system operates as it does. It will include units on the following topics:
-Crime data and Crime Theories
-Criminal Trials and Sentencing
-Juvenile Justice
-Wars on Crime
- Drugs, Gangs, Guns, and Terrorism
-New Technology in Law Enforcement and Crime Solving
Class discussions, media presentations, guest speakers, readings and individual/group projects will be the regular class activities.