Topics in Criminal Justice Policy

Catalog description

CJHS 578 Topics in Criminal Justice Policy in a course elective for the Masters degree in CJHS. This course is designed to provide students a broad overview of criminal justice policies, both domestic and comparative. It examines the goals and values underlying justice policy, the social construction of crime problems and the process of policy development. Includes readings and discussion on; law and justice policy in a federal system; crime prevention and institutional responses to crime; emerging cross-national issues in crime, law, and policy.