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Course assesses and evaluates the fundamental core concepts essential to any effective justice model—namely the concept and idea of justice as well as discernment of a legal or human right. Course invites students to tackle the many nuances of justice, its definition and meaning, its application and use, and to examine injustice as its contrary meaning. At the other end of the course sequence, the idea of right is fully critiqued, asking perennial questions relating to the origin of a right, the power or permanency of any right, the distinction between legal rights and human rights and the metaphysical grounding rights in Catholic tradition and the grant of any right based on human dignity
Course covers foundational issues relative to the criminal side of the justice system, namely the definition, its interplay with morality, the codified structure of crime and criminality, the criminal law review of major felonies and misdemeanors, as well as morals offenses and the recent efforts to decriminalize once negatively viewed human behavior. In the second portion of the course, the process side of the criminal system is fully analyzed including steps to adjudication, constitutional rights and obligations and pre and post-conviction remedies.
Course analyzes the typical administrative structures, processes and professional expectations for police managers and administrators. In addition, the course scrutinizes the diverse rationales for police in community settings, the question of police professionalization and education; the proper use of discretion; the nature of ethical policing as well as the current and future trends and issues confronting modern law enforcement agencies.
This course explores the history, structure, and function of probation and parole and a critical analysis of the substance and procedural requirements of probation and parole. Topics include the theoretical foundations of probation and parole, the importance of pre-sentence investigations, and the role of probation and parole officers in supervising offenders and how these practice interplay with sentencing and judicial entities. The course always emphasizes the distinctive differences between the probationers/parolees, the services available to each group, and to critically assess and measure program efficacy,
This seminar in police and law enforcement problems applies the theories and common methods in policing to practical street-based law enforcement. Students critique police policy and evidence-based best practices relevant to urban policing and crime prevention, police culture, patrol methods, the war on drugs, corruption, “broken windows” theory, use of force, race, police/community relations and terrorism.
This course introduces students to the role and functions of private security in the American justice system. Private sector justice encompasses security entities in either individual or corporate/business form that deliver a wide array of services including crime prevention, asset and property protection, protection of persons, investigation, and disaster recovery services, and information security. Other security specialties covered are: risk analysis, expert and investigative services for litigation and technological advancements. Cooperative arrangements and protocols between public police entities and public agencies and the private security sector receive significant attention. Course assesses the wide range of career options in the fastest growing arm of the American Justice system.
Evidentiary proof and rules are the prime aims of the course coverage. Other considerations at center in this course offering are proof of facts in civil and criminal cases in state and federal courts; the integrity of evidence in litigation; the functions of the judge and jury; qualification and examination of witnesses; proof required in documentary evidence; judicial notice; competence and credibility of witnesses; opinion evidence whether lay or expert in nature; hearsay; burdens of proof; presumptions and inferences; real evidence; demonstrative, expert and scientific evidence, are all fully covered.