Emphasis is on the variations in marriage and kinship, religion and magic, the arts, language, and social systems of politics, stratification, and economics. A course that examines the main criminal procedure law and search and seizure issues in modern criminal justice. The major procedures and laws that relate to upholding the criminal justice system, including the U.S. Constitution and federal and state legislation are examined. Court cases and legal analysis are applied to the reading of appellate court decisions. An examination of the different community-based correction alternatives outside of jails and prisons.
Emphasis is placed on probation and parole.
Also examined are current programs such as electronic monitoring, house arrest, day-treatment, boot camp, and fines. A course that examines the role of the police in American society. Topics include the history of the police, development of different police agencies, police discretion, police administration, police organizations, deadly force, and community policing. Particular attention is paid to the topics of personality development, perception, symbolic communication, drug addiction, madness, social control, and deviant subcultures. Several theoretical perspectives are employed to analyze these topics.