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, Sample Course Syllabus for 16 Weeks
Number of Course
Name of Course
Semester
Days of Course/Time
Professor:
Office Location:
Office Hours:
Office Phone:
Office Fax:
University Email Address:
Class Location:
COURSE INFORMATION
I. Materials – Textbooks, Readings, Supplementary Readings:
II. Textbook Required: Siegel, Schmalleger, and Worrall (2017). Courts and Criminal
Justice in America. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education.
III. Course Description: University-specific
IV. Upon successful completion of this course, you will:
1. Explain the importance that courts have in modern society.
2. Identify pressures that courts face and the context in which they operate.
3. Recognize the various types of courts that range from the U.S. Supreme Court to
limited jurisdiction courts.
4. Identify the professionals who are involved at all stages of the court process (including
judges, prosecutors, and defense attorneys).
5. Explain the role of victims who participate in the court process.
6. Explain the role of criminal defendants who are tried in the courts.
7. Analyze the rights that are enjoyed by accused persons (such as the rights to counsel
and to a jury trial).
8. Critique the court process that goes from arrest all the way through to conviction
(whether by trial or plea bargaining), sentencing, and appeal.
9. Explain the reasons why not every case or person is treated the same.
10. Explain the role of technology that is used in the courts today.
11. Identify available alternatives to trials.
12. Summarize the difficult issues that courts are likely to face as time goes by.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
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,
, Sample Course Syllabus for 16 Weeks
Number of Course
Name of Course
Semester
Days of Course/Time
Professor:
Office Location:
Office Hours:
Office Phone:
Office Fax:
University Email Address:
Class Location:
COURSE INFORMATION
I. Materials – Textbooks, Readings, Supplementary Readings:
II. Textbook Required: Siegel, Schmalleger, and Worrall (2017). Courts and Criminal
Justice in America. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education.
III. Course Description: University-specific
IV. Upon successful completion of this course, you will:
1. Explain the importance that courts have in modern society.
2. Identify pressures that courts face and the context in which they operate.
3. Recognize the various types of courts that range from the U.S. Supreme Court to
limited jurisdiction courts.
4. Identify the professionals who are involved at all stages of the court process (including
judges, prosecutors, and defense attorneys).
5. Explain the role of victims who participate in the court process.
6. Explain the role of criminal defendants who are tried in the courts.
7. Analyze the rights that are enjoyed by accused persons (such as the rights to counsel
and to a jury trial).
8. Critique the court process that goes from arrest all the way through to conviction
(whether by trial or plea bargaining), sentencing, and appeal.
9. Explain the reasons why not every case or person is treated the same.
10. Explain the role of technology that is used in the courts today.
11. Identify available alternatives to trials.
12. Summarize the difficult issues that courts are likely to face as time goes by.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
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