Course overview
This course examines the complexities of the criminal justice system, including the key actors and agencies involved, and explores how the system operates to produce both justice and injustice. This course examines the key actors and agencies that make up the criminal justice system. Students will study the roles of police, courts, and corrections in responding to crime and explore how victims, offenders, and communities are impacted by the operation of the criminal justice system. By looking at alternative forms of justice and crime prevention paradigms, students will consider how the system operates to produce both justice and injustice and assess what measures can ensure more just outcomes.
Course learning outcomes
- Identify the aims, structure, and processes of the criminal justice system
- Compare a variety of approaches to justice and crime prevention
- Explain the roles that different agencies and actors play in the administration of criminal justice
- Analyse how the criminal justice system can produce inequalities and miscarriages of justice
Availability
Class details
Online
Class number 1040
Section 01OL
Size 500
Available 485
Notes:
Class details
Online
Class number 3042
Section 01OL
Size 500
Available 499
Notes:
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