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CS92PROD
Senior Colloquium: Crime and Punishment
CSS 391
Fall 2017
Section: 01  

This course considers the American criminal law, the procedures through which it is enforced and the nature of criminal punishment from a variety of perspectives. We will begin with the criminal law itself, its moral foundations and assumptions, the essential elements of criminal liability and several of the law's more important doctrines and rules. We will then turns to the institutions of enforcement and punishment, the police, the public prosecutor, the criminal courts and the system of punishment, to see how they work "on the ground" and compare this to the ideals of the law. Finally, we will put the American system in international perspective by comparing it to European institutions of criminal justice.
Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS ECON
Course Format: Lecture / DiscussionGrading Mode: Graded
Level: UGRD Prerequisites: None
Fulfills a Major Requirement for: (CSS)
Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available

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