I. General Information

1. Course Title:
Criminal Justice

2. Course Prefix & Number:
CRJU 1401

3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:

Credits: 3

Lecture Hours: 3

4. Course Description:

An introduction to the American Criminal Justice System including the police, courts, and correctional systems along with jurisdictions of law enforcement agencies such as state, federal, county, municipal and tribal.

5. Placement Tests Required:

Accuplacer (specify test):

Reading College Level CLC or Reading College Level

Score:

6. Prerequisite Courses:

There are no prerequisites for this course.

9. Co-requisite Courses:

There are no corequisites for this course.

II. Transfer and Articulation

2. Transfer - regional institutions with which this course has a written articulation agreement:

Bemidji State University February 2023    
St. Cloud State University May 2020

III. Course Purpose

1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course fulfills a requirement for the following program(s):

Conservation Officer Preparation AAS
Criminal Justice Certificate
Criminal Justice Transfer Pathway AS
MN Peace Officer AAS
Peace Officer/Public Safety Transfer Pathway AS

2. MN Transfer Curriculum (General Education) Courses - This course fulfills the following goal area(s) of the MN Transfer Curriculum:
Goal 9 – Ethical and Civic Responsibility

IV. Learning Outcomes

1. College-Wide Outcomes

College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies	Students will be able to:
Demonstrate reading and listening skills	Describe and discuss chapter material during lecture in class. Students will successfully be able to pass our exams.

2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of the course:

• Explain the core components of the criminal justice system (e.g. law enforcement, judicial and corrections);
• Explore criminal justice careers and how the criminal justice system is changing;
• Explore the history and relationships of the core components of the criminal justice system currently and in the future;
• Identify the constitutional foundations for the criminal justice system;
• Explain the process of how laws are created, enforced, interpreted, and revised;
• Discuss the sociological theories on crime and violence MnTC Goal 9;
• Describe the history and challenges women and people of color having representation in law enforcement MnTC Goal 9; and
• Articulate the different ethical views of the legal system MnTC Goal 9.

V. Topical Outline

Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.

1. Lecture Sessions

1. Is Crime a Recent Development
   • Crime in the Old West
   • Crime in the cities
   • Creating Criminal Justice
   • The Modern era of justice
2. Perspectives on Justice
   • The Crime Control Perspective
   • The rehabilitation Perspective
   • The Due process perspective
   • The nonintervention Perspective
   • The restorative justice perspective
3. The Nature and Extent of Crime
   • How is crime defined
   • How much Crime is There?
   • Crime Trends
   • What the Future Holds
4. Understanding Crime and Victimization
   • The causation of crime
   • Because they want to:  Choice Theory
   • Because they are different:  Biological Theory
   • In the Heads:  Psychological Theories
   • Blame Society:  Sociological Theories
   • Money, Power, and Politics:  Critical criminology
5. Criminal Law:  Substance and Procedure
   • Sources of Criminal Law
   • Classifying Crimes
   • Criminal defenses
   • Reforming Criminal Law
   • The law of Criminal Procedure
6. Criminal Justice in the New Millennium:  Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Cyber Crime
   • Terrorism
   • Homeland Security:  The criminal justice response to terrorism
   • Confronting Terrorism and the law
   • Cyber Crime
7. Police in Society:  History and Organization
   • The History of Police
   • Modern Policing from the 1960’s to the 1990’s
   • MN Peace Officers and policing today
   • Private Policing
   • Technology in policing
8. The Police:  Organization, Role, and Function
   • Emergency response teams
   • Problem oriented policing
   • Police support functions
   • Improving police productivity
   • Peer intervention (duty to intercede)
9. Issues in Policing
   • Who are the Police?
   • Police Discretion
   • Racial profiling
   • When peace officers are unethical
   • Leadership training with cultural competency implicit and explicit structural racism
10. Police and the Rule of Law
    • Warrant Requirements
    • Serving the warrant
    • Electronic Surveillance
    • Interrogation
    • Pretrial Identification
    • Exclusionary Rule
11. Courts and Adjudication
    • The criminal court process
    • State court systems
    • Federal Courts
    • Court congestion
    • The judiciary
    • Court administration and management
12. The Prosecution and Defense
    • The Prosecutor
    • The defense Attorney
    • The Problems of the Criminal Bar
13. Pretrial Procedures
    • Bail
    • Pretrial services
    • Charging the Defendant
    • Plea Bargaining
    • Pretrial diversion
    • Discovery
14. The Criminal Trial
    • The legal rights during Trial
    • The trial Process
    • Jury Nullification