Intr to Criminal Justice

Catalog description

This course provides an introduction to the criminal justice system. The primary goal of this course is to develop a general understanding of the criminal justice system’s response in society. The course explores the entire criminal justice system including its history, composition, organization, functions and interrelationships at the local, state, and federal levels as well as an analysis of the definitions of crime, how crime is measured, theories of crime causation and criminal law.