CJC 101 - Introduction to Criminal Justice

1. Identify the structure of the criminal justice system.
2. Identify the major components of the criminal justice system and their purposes.
3. Describe the history and development of the American criminal justice system.
4. Evaluate various models of criminal justice and consider the impact each has on those employed in the system and those processed through the system.
5. Identify important sources of crime statistics and explain their importance.
6. Summarize the trends in crime in the United States.
7. Identify issues related to the administration of justice in the United States, for example, plea bargaining, police misconduct and punishment of offenders.
8. Discuss the tension between public safety and civil liberties and the role that the criminal justice system plays in these opposing and important goals.

1. Criminal Justice professions
2. Limitations on the police, courts and corrections
3. Landmark Supreme Court rulings
4. Definition and categories of crime
5. Measurement of crime
6. Victim services
7. Related systems effect on the criminal justice system
8. The role of the criminal justice system in the larger society
9. Punishment options in the criminal justice system
10. Application of academics, math, science and English in the field of criminal justice
11. Cross-cultural comparison of the nature and scope of crime

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