This introduction course in Criminal Justice will provide students with a comprehensive overview of the Criminal Justice field. The course is a comprehensive presentation of what police do and how, with emphasis on critical thinking, problem solving and community involvement. An examination of all major areas of police operations, including restrictions on officer's actions, and the realities of contemporary policing practices is reviewed. Analyzes the development of correctional practices in the handling of criminals from early to modern times.
Students analyze contemporary correctional organizational structures and treatment process.
The course focuses on institutional and community-based program practices, innovations, and problems. An overview of crime and criminality. The psychosocial and biological explanations for criminal behavior and the supporting empirical evidence will be stressed. This course studies the institutional and political context of policing formation and implementation in the criminal justice system. Various theoretical perspectives of juvenile delinquency are presented.