Description
Prerequisite(s): CJ 1100; CJ 1300; LS 1100; 6 additional credits of CJ or LS prefix courses.
The course examines the United States criminal justice system and the criminal justice system of other nations. Using a descriptive approach, the four primary components of criminal justice systems of a number of nations will be studied and compared and contrasted with those same components in the enforcement structure; the judicial system include: sources and principles of law; the law enforcement structure and the judicial system. The course is a required capstone course for students in the Criminal Justice major that integrates an understanding of all of the components of the U.S. criminal justice system by comparing and contrasting those components with those components of other nations. Credit(s): 3