2011-12 Catalog 
    
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2011-12 Catalog [Archived Catalog]

SOC 303 - The Criminal Justice System

(4 credits, alternate years, consult department)
A study of the development of, issues in, and new directions for, the American criminal justice system. Each step of the system is critiqued in terms of intended and unintended consequences as well as official and operative goals, and is related to a detailed discussion of various correctional treatment programs: prisons, halfway houses, group homes, community-based treatment programs, probation, parole and others. Those in the criminal justice career concentration should take SOC218 first.

Prerequisite: recommend general education writing requirement.