Students seeking credit should consult the coordinator of the Criminal Justice Program for application guidelines. A broad survey of theoretical and practical problems and issues in the relationship between police agencies and the total community. Issues of search, seizure and arrest, pretrial and motions practice, jury trial and evidentiary rules are explored, including the historical basis and evolution of the various aspects of the criminal justice process. Cross-listed as LSTU 210. Cross-listed as LSTU 211.
Effort is directed toward understanidng street, victimless, corporate and political crime.
Students are exposed to current theories of social control. Cross-listed as SOCI 308. Cross-listed as WST 312 and LSTU 312. Topics include anger, pain, television, wife abuse, rape, pornography, destructive obedience, drugs, psychopaths, terrorism, rioting, war and genocide. Strategies to reduce aggression also are studied.