CRJ 302 Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Process
Course covers foundational issues relative to the criminal side of the justice system, namely the definition, its interplay with morality, the codified structure of crime and criminality, the criminal law review of major felonies and misdemeanors, as well as morals offenses and the recent efforts to decriminalize once negatively viewed human behavior. In the second portion of the course, the process side of the criminal system is fully analyzed including steps to adjudication, constitutional rights and obligations and pre and post-conviction remedies.