Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2011-2012
SOCI 331 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
Long Title: THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
Department: Sociology
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Description: Examination of the major components of the criminal justice system: 1) Police role and culture, contemporary approaches; 2) Courts (judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, plea bargaining, juries, appeals, pre-sentence investigation, and sentencing); and 3) Corrections, with attention to responsibility and punishment, prisons, probation, parole, and alternatives.