INTRODUCTION TO LAW, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, & SOCIETY   [Archived Catalog]
2021-2022 Titusville Campus Catalog
   

ADMJ 0100 - INTRODUCTION TO LAW, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, & SOCIETY


Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course introduces students to socio-legal theory related to the nature of crime, criminalization, and the purpose of punishment in the American criminal justice system. We use theory to explore and evaluate the workings of criminal justice institutions in a broader societal context, including how criminal justice compares with other institutions of social control/welfare (e.g. the education system). We also learn and apply major approaches to law & society in order to interrogate broader issues concerning law's intersection with societal values, power, and inequality. In so doing, we explore the nature, strengths, and limitations of legal reasoning and its application to the criminal justice issues examined throughout the semester.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis


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