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3: Course Outline with Assessment Ideas and Activities

Course Title: Introduction to Criminal Justice
Module Number and Name: Module 1: What is Criminal Justice?
Objective Assessment
Ideas
Absorb Do Connect
1 nderstand basic
models o! justice
Timed test Assi"ned cha#ter readin"$
%o&er#oint$ online article
Com#lete
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activities i)e)$
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Debate/Takin
sides ) ,ou &ill be
#aired &ith a
classmate and be
as-ed to record a
debate .no less than
/0 and no more than
10 minutes2) 3ach
student must de!end
&h4 his5her assi"ned
model is most
e6ective !or the
criminal justice
s4stem?
/ Com#are and
contrast t&o major
crime re#orts
178 #a"e
#a#er
com#arin"
and
contrastin"
advanta"es
and
disadvanta"es
o! each crime
re#ort
9ead online article$ video$
assi"ned cha#ter readin"
!uided
anal"sis
activit":
:tudents &ill
revie& the
t4#es o! crime
re#ortin" tools
used in the
):) on the
national level)
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Discussion
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individuall4 char"ed
&ith ma-in" o!
decision bet&een
maintainin" the C9
or NC;: as the
#rimar4 method o!
re#ortin") :tudents
must de!end their
decisions)
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instructions$
students &ill
be able to
share the
merits o! each)
1 9estate major
criminolo"ical
theories
%o&er#oint
develo#ment
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revie& timeline
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develo$ment:
students &ill
#lace individual
theories under
main
cate"ories and
tell &h4 each
theor4 ?ts
Discussion:
Do the classical and
#ositive schools still
have merit toda4?
@ Identi!4 11 ste#s
in the +o& o!
criminal case
#rocessin"
:tudent
constructed
video
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#re#are a brie!
video .under
18 minutes2
that de#icts
-e4 #oints at
each sta"e o!
criminal case
#rocessin"
Discussion:
Identi!4 eAam#les
!rom recent cases
.&idel4 #ublici(ed or
not2 &here a ste# in
+o& o! criminal case
#rocessin" &as not
!ull4 eAecuted) In
these eAam#les$ 4ou
mi"ht have
miscarria"es o!
justice$ caveats that
hel# the s4stem run
more smoothl4 or
variations5combinati
ons due to state la&
etc)$)
Module Number and Name: Module /: Ba& 3n!orcement
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Objective Assessment
Ideas
Absorb Do Connect
1 Identi!4 -e4 era in la&
en!orcement histor4
%a#er Assi"ned cha#ter
readin"$
Metro#olitan
%olice Act o! 1>/C
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histor4 o! la& en!orcement !rom 1>/C)
:tudents &ill share #a#er &ith #eer
&ho &ill assess !or -e4 items)
/ Identi!4 major la&
en!orcement !unctions
%a#er Assi"ned readin"$
Metro#olitan
%olice Act o!
1>/CD %o&er#oint
o! #olice !unctions
#a$er: :tudents
&ill evaluate the
!unctions o! la&
en!orcement in
1>/C and discuss
their a##licabilit4
to la&
en!orcement
toda4
Decision
activit":
Considerin" la&
en!orcement
!unctions$
students &ill
decide ho& much
time an oEcer
should "ive to
each tas-
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&ill su##ort their
ar"uments &ith
scholarl4 ?ndin"s)
1 Identi!4 three la&
en!orcement o#erational
st4les
:imulations Assi"ned cha#ter
readin"$ %re(i
#resentationD
article b4 James
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scenario and tell ho& their res#onse
&ould di6er based on the three
o#erational st4les)
@ Constitutional ri"hts and Cite7eAam#le Assi"ned readin"$ sin" Cite&e'am$le
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limitations o! la&
en!orcement
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and F)
la&oEcer)com
and their GTop 10
cases for Police
Series-Parts 1-
10, students &ill
discuss the
im#ort o! one
landmar- case
and an4 recent
attem#ts to
revisit -e4 issues
or holdin"s)
activit":
:tudents &ill
en"a"e in internet
research and
identi!4 at least
three recent
cases involvin"
la& en!orcement
and discuss
constitutionalit4
o! actions &ith
the sco#e o! the
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amendment
Module Number and Name: Module 1: Adjudication
Objective Assessment
Ideas
Absorb Do Connect
1 Classi!4 #retrial and trial
activities
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readin"$ Je6re4
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o#enin" and
closin"
statements
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notes5observation
:te#s in the
Criminal Trial
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discussed in
as4nchronous
discussion !orum)
/ 9estate #hiloso#h4 and
"oals o! criminal sentencin"
Case scenario Assi"ned cha#ter
readin"$
%o&er#oint
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a documentar4 and$ at minimum$
evaluate: the sentencin" #hiloso#h4
used b4 the jud"e$ their sentencin"
#hiloso#h4 and the sentence the4
&ould have im#osed in the same
case)
1 Bist traditional sentencin"
o#tions
Case scenario Assi"ned cha#ter
readin"$
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Module Number and Name: Module @: Corrections
Objective Assessment
Ideas
Absorb Do Connect
1 Identi!4 -e4 eras in
correctional histor4
CommissionerHs
s#eech
Assi"ned cha#ter
readin"
Create timeline in
Word o! -e4
occurrences in
correctional
histor4 .and
instructions2
:tudent &ill
develo# a s#eech
as Commissioner
o! a state #rison
s4stem$ ar"uin" a
need to return to
a #revious
corrections era)
/ Outline #rison subculture %olic4
develo#ment
Assi"ned cha#ter
readin"$ 9ead
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Cresse4Hs$
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and the Inmate
CultureH $ videoD
#rison #olic4
eAam#les
%rison subculture
&ord #u((le
:tudents &ill
#re#are a #olic4
to address at least
one as#ect o! the
#rison subculture)
1 9esearch critical issues
!acin" #risons toda4
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!or each o! the
three critical
areas .II;$
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selected #roblem
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