Brief Course Description
Brief Course Description
Introduction to Criminal Justice explores the historical development of law enforcement, courts, corrections, juvenile justice, and the future of criminal justice. It examines the organizations within the federal, state, and local agencies and institutions with staff functions and appointment requirements.
Some of the ways we introduce students to the historical development of law enforcement are by engaging them in work-based learning projects. Some of those projects include:
Red Ribbon Week / Visit to LMA
Juvenile Justice Research Project
Hate Crimes Public Service Announcement
Shoe-box Crime Scene for Serial Killers
Liberty and Survival: The U.S. Constitution Meets The Hunger Games Podcast Project
Pathway Student Ambassadors
Violet Garcia, Delilah Perez, Tallulah Mendoza
Red Ribbon Week/Visit to LMA
Red Ribbon Week/Visit to LMA
During this week students work on a presentation all about the history and meaning of Red ribbon week. This is a collaborative project where they not only get to educate themselves about the topic but at the end of the week, students get to visit La Merced Academy to teach other students about the truth and meaning of this important week.
Shoe-box Crime Scene Project
Shoe-box Crime Scene Project
This is a project where students get to dig deep into a case and recreate the crime scene on a smaller scale. Students do this by using materials from home and doing research about everything in this crime scene. This gives students the opportunity to learn about one crime and pay attention to the small details of what happened at that scene.
Liberty and Survival
Liberty and Survival
"The US Constitution meets the Hunger Games"
In this podcast project, students explored themes of power, freedom, and human rights as depicted in Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games. This story offers a rich backdrop for examining the effects of oppressive governance on individual liberties and societal structure. Students analyze key scenes, characters, and events to understand how power dynamics affect freedom and human rights, drawing connections to historical and contemporary power dynamics in society.
Groups choose a theme presented to them, research their theme, develop a script and visual cues, and record a visual podcast.
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