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Foundations Of Criminal Justice –
cja303
(3 credits)
This course is a survey of the criminal justice system, including the agencies and processes involved in the administration of criminal justice. It provides an overview of police, prosecution, courts, and the correctional system. The problems of the administration of justice in a democratic society are also discussed.
This undergraduate-level course is 5
weeks.
To enroll, speak with an Enrollment Advisor.
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The Future of Criminal Justice
- Identify some of the challenges faced by the criminal justice system in the face of modern technology.
- Recognize the terminology associated with high-tech crime and computer crime.
- Examine high-technology crimes, including computer crime.
- Compare and contrast the United States' criminal justice system to other systems.
- Identify and analyze obstacles to fighting international crime and terrorism.
- Explore the issue of multinational crimes and criminal justice.
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The Death Penalty, the War on Drugs, and the War on Crime
- Debate the influence of the criminal justice system in achieving justice and reducing crime.
- Define and describe the War on Crime.
- Compare the impact of the Drug Wars to the potential impact of the drug legalization.
- Define and describe the War on Drugs.
- Evaluate arguments for and against the death penalty.
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Institutional Corrections
- Identify the issues facing prisons and prison administrators today.
- Explore prison society and the nature of inmate values and roles.
- Discuss the history of prisons and jails in Western society.
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Community Corrections
- Identify the nature and purposes of community corrections.
- Distinguish between probation and parole and examine the purposes of each.
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Sentencing
- Identify the alternatives available to today's sentencing authorities.
- List the goals of criminal sentencing.
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The Courts and the Criminal Trial
- Describe the historical development of United States courts.
- Outline the dual court system in the United States.
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Media Portrayal of Crime and Criminal Justice
- Evaluate the causes of inaccurate reporting.
- Assess the role of politics and entertainment in selective media coverage.
- Explore the influence of media on public perception of crime.
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Policing and Police Issues
- Examine the issues facing police departments in today's society, including the legal constraints faced by the police.
- Recognize the role of the police in contemporary society and be familiar with concepts such as community policing.
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Criminal Law
- Recognize the types of defenses that may be acceptable under the United States legal system.
- Discuss modern criminal law, including its sources.
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Causes of Crime
- Identify the major theories of criminal behavior.
- Explain the manner in which theories of crime are constructed.
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Statistics
- Describe crime rates, arrest rates, and clearance rates in the United States.
- Explain the differences between major crime reporting programs in the United States.
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What is Criminal Justice?
- Differentiate between the consensus and conflict models of the criminal justice process.
- Recognize the different perspectives of individual rights and public-order advocates.
- Identify the major components of the criminal justice system and provide an overview of the criminal justice process.
- The University of Phoenix reserves the right to modify courses.
- While widely available, not all programs are available in all locations or in both online and on-campus formats. Please check with a University Enrollment Advisor.
- Transferability of credit is at the discretion of the receiving institution. It is the student’s responsibility to confirm whether or not credits earned at University of Phoenix will be accepted by another institution of the student’s choice.
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