The American criminal justice system is in need of reform. We incarcerate too many people. We pay insufficient attention to scientific advances that can help separate out the most and least culpable and dangerous. We grant the police far too much power to use force and technological surveillance.
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Mass Incarceration
Punishment & Prevention
Insanity & Neuroscience
The Death Penalty
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- 5 stars80%
- 4 stars11.33%
- 3 stars3.33%
- 2 stars1.33%
- 1 star4%
TOP REVIEWS FROM HOT TOPICS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE
The course was very interesting but I was unable to access several of the youtube videos. consequently I was not able to complete the course
I learned a lot of good information. The professor was a bit boring and slow though.
This course was very informative and thoughtfully outlined in the various hot topics in Criminal Justice
This course gave me a good, foundational understanding of criminal justice in the US that can be used to determine areas of interest for further pursuit. Well done!
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