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CJS 205 - Criminal Courts

Semester Hours: 2

This course focuses on America’s criminal courts. We will discuss the major players in the criminal justice system-defense attorneys, prosecutors, and judges-and the ways in which their behavior is influenced by their roles, their experiences on the job and the small group environment. We will also discuss controversial policies in the criminal justice field, paying particular attention to the motivation behind the adoption of such policies and the degree to which the effects of such policies have fulfilled or conflicted with those motivations.