Criminal Justice

School of Criminal Justice
Center for Law & Justice, Room 576
Phone:  973/353-3029
Fax:      973/353-1228
http://newark.rutgers.edu/scj

INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE (3 cr.)
21:202:201:W1:99055
January 2-18, 2008
MTWTh 8:30-1:00
Course also meets on Friday, January 4th.
NIE                    ENGELHARD 201

Societal responses to people and organizations that violate criminal codes; police, courts, juries, prosecutors, defense, and correctional agencies, and the standards and methods used to respond to crime and criminal offenders; social pressures that enhance or impair the improvement of criminal laws and the fair administration of criminal justice.

Required Text:
Adler, F., Mueller, G.O.W., and Laufer, W., 2003. Criminal Justice: An Introduction, 3rd Ed. ISBN 0072485930.

First-Day Assignment(s):
Read Chapter 1 and 2 and be prepared for a quiz.

THE POLICE & THE COMMUNITY (3 cr.)
62:202:203:W6:99233
January 2-18, 2008
MTWTh 5:00-9:30
Course also meets on Friday, January 4th.
PIZA                  CONKLIN 424

The function of police in contemporary society; the problems arising between citizens and police from the enforcement and nonenforcement of laws, from social changes, and from individual and group police attitudes and practices.

Readings(s):
All book chapters & journal articles will be available on Blackboard.

CASE PROCESSING:  THE LAW & THE COURTS (3 cr.)
21:202:305:W1:99234
January 2-18, 2008
MTWTh 12:00-4:30
Course also meets on Friday, January 4th.
KIMBLE           CONKLIN 446

The criminal laws and judicial opinions that influence the policies, procedures, personnel, and clients of the criminal justice system in New Jersey; the origin, development, and continuing changes in criminal law, administration of criminal justice, and the state's criminal courts.

Required Texts:
•Neubauer, D. W., 2007. America's Courts and the Criminal Justice System, 9th Ed. ISBN# 0495095400.
•Smith, C. E., 2003. Constitutional Rights: Myths and Realities. ISBN# 0534639658.

First-Day Assignment(s):
•Read Chapters 1-3, Constitutional Rights: Myths and Realities.
•Additional assignment will be available on Blackboard before Christmas break.

COMPARATIVE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS (3 cr.)
21:202:403:W1:99232  (CANCELLED)
January 2-18, 2008
MTWTh 12:00-4:30
Course also meets on Friday, January 4th.
LIU                    CONKLIN 455

Approaches to law enforcement, criminal procedure and criminal law, corrections, and juvenile justice; worldwide overview of cultural and legal traditions related to crime.

Required Text:
Reichel, P.L., 2007. Comparative Criminal Justice Systems, 5th Ed., Prentice-Hall. ISBN# 0132392542.

TOPICS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE:  RACE & CRIME (3 cr.)
62:202:407:W6:99107
January 2-18, 2008
MTWTh 5:00-9:30
Course also meets on Friday, January 4th.
AVAKAME       CONKLIN 446

News media, criminal justice statistics, and public opinion in the United States have suggested a robust correlation between race and crime:  Racial minorities, especially African Americans, are disproportionately involved in criminal offending and victimization. This seminar interrogates the said covariance. Among other things, it will examine conceptual and other pertinent issues surrounding the definition of race, as a classificatory scheme for human populations, racial differences in patterns and trends of criminal offending/victimization, as well as the dispensation of criminal justice sanctions. A substantial part of the seminar will be devoted to a critical examination of scholarly explanations of these racial differences.

Required Text:
Gabbidon, S. L., and Greene, H. T., 2005. Race and Crime. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. ISBN# 0761929487.