JUSTICE STUDIES 103

GENE STRAUGHAN

CALENDAR FOR INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Foundations of Criminal Justice

Dates Text Assignment  Page #s

A. Criminal Justice In America
         (Guns and Violence)

1/11
1/13
 Criminal Justice:   Taking Sides 03:   01-011
274-305

B. Crime, Control and Process
         (The War on Drugs)

1/18
1/20
 Criminal Justice:   
Taking Sides 03:
  11-020
124-149

C. The Annual Scope of Crime
         (White Collar Crime)

1/25
1/27
 Criminal Justice:   
Taking Sides 03:
  38-054
  54-081

D. Theories of Social Deviance
         (IQ and Criminology)

2/01
2/03
 Criminal Justice:   
Taking Sides 03:
  54-062
  32-053

E. Criminal Law and Defenses
         (Violence and Music)

2/08
2/10
 Criminal Justice:   
Taking Sides 03:
  21-037
  18-031

F. Examination for the Section

2/14 Textbooks Listed All
       

Administration of Criminal Law

Dates Text Assignment  Page #s

A. Policing Roles and Agencies
         (Domestic Violence)

2/15
2/17
 Criminal Justice:   
Taking Sides 03:
  63-070 084-103

B. Law Enforcement Functions
         (Community Policing)

2/22
2/24
 Criminal Justice:   
Taking Sides 03:
  70-078
306-329

C. Police, Policing and the Law
         (Security vs. Liberty)

3/01
3/03
Criminal Justice:   
Taking Sides 03:
  79-113
104-123

D. Courts, Judges and Lawyers
         (The Juvenile Courts)

3/08
3/10
Criminal Justice:   Taking Sides 03: 114-127
150-173

E. The Pretrial and Trial Stages
         (Jury Right to Nullify)

3/22
3/24
Criminal Justice:  Taking Sides 03: 128-152
354-365

F. Examination for the Section

3/28 Textbooks Listed All
       

Enterprise of Penal Sanctions

Dates Text Assignment  Page #s

A. Sentencing and Punishment
         (Capital Punishment)

4/05
4/07
 Criminal Justice:    Taking Sides 03: 153-172
252-273

B. The Intermediate Sanctions
         (Three Strikes Policy)

4/12
4/14
 Criminal Justice:    Taking Sides 03: 173-190
332-353

C. Prisons, Jails and Prisoners
         (Conjugal Visitations)

4/19
4/21
 Criminal Justice:    Taking Sides 03: 191-219 226-239

D. Conditions of Confinement
         (Segregating Inmates)

4/26
4/28
 Criminal Justice:    Taking Sides 03: 220-244 210-225

E. Parole, Release and Reform
         (Sex Offender Laws)

5/03
5/05
 Criminal Justice:    Taking Sides 03: 174-185
240-249

F. Examination for the Section

5/09 Textbooks Listed All
       


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