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2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

CRM 5020 - Public Policy, Crime, and Criminal Justice

Credits: 4
This foundational course will provide an overview of the means through which criminal justice policy is envisioned, developed, and implemented in the United States. Political considerations as well as research and evidenced-based practice will be investigated and interrogated. The frequent disconnect between the intended objectives and goals of criminal justice policy from conception to street- level implementation will also be considered and questioned. Criminal justice policies relating to immigration issues, homeland security, law enforcement practices in communities of Color, the “War on Drugs,” stop and frisk, gang- related enforcement, intimate-partner violence, sex offenders, and community policing will be critically examined and evaluated. Faculty consent required.