Administration of Justice
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Class Schedule



Class Date 

Topics

Reading

Assignments Due

Jan. 25 (1) Introduction and Course Overview Wilson and Petersilia, chapters 1, 2, and 11 None
Feb. 1 (2) Crime in the US Clear (all), W & P (3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 15) None
Feb. 8 (3) What is Justice? None Issues Paper 1 Handed out
due March 1
Feb. 15 (4) Police Organization and Administration Annual Editions: Police None
Feb 22 (5) No class- Monday Schedule None None
Mar. 1 (6) Evaluating Police Performance W & P (16) Issues Paper 1 Due
Mar. 8 (7) In-Class examination None Midterm exam
Mar. 15 (8) No class- Spring Break None None
Mar. 22 (9) Court Organization and Administration W & P (14) None
Mar. 29 (10) Critical Issues in the Courts None Issues Paper 2 Handed out
due April 12
Apr. 5 (11) Evaluating Court Performance Annual Editions (Courts); W & P (12, 13, 17, 18) None
Apr. 12 (12) Institutional Corrections Tonry (all) Issues Paper 2 due
Apr. 19 (13) Community Corrections None Issues Paper 3 handed out
due May 3
Apr. 26 (14) Critical Issues in Corrections Annual Editions (Corrections) None
May 3 (15) Juvenile Justice System W & P (5, 7, 10) None
May 10 (16) Critical Issues in Juvenile Justice None Final Exam Review


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