CJ 1250 - JUNIOR SEMINAR

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Sentencing is the step in criminal case processing that occurs after the defendant is pronounced guilty of a crime (by trial or guilty plea) and before the offender begins serving the pronounced punishment. This course 1) describes the various approaches to sentencing in the united states, 2) traces sentencing practices and the underlying assumptions of different approaches, 3) discusses the precipitating factors that led to modern sentencing reform, 4) details various reforms including sentencing guidelines, mandatory minimum sentencing and three-strikes laws, 5) identifies relevant legal issues that have accompanied modern sentencing reforms, 6) analyzes empirical studies to ascertain whether, how, and under what circumstances the goals of sentencing have been realized, 7) presents ethical and philosophical challenges to modern sentencing reform, and 8) to offers some conclusions about how modern sentencing reforms may impact prison populations as well as the correctional population under community supervision. This is a writing intensive course that satisfies the comp 3 requirement.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: ENGCMP 0020 and SOCSCI 0200; CJ major; LVL:Junior

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