Course Syllabi Archives
Fall, 2011
CRJ 409-001
Hostages of child prostitution
Summer 2011
CRJ 405 Power Points
Introduction - History from a Critical Perspective
Conservative, Liberal and Radical Views of Crime
Chapter 1 Development of Criminal Law
Chapter 2 Historical Overview of American Policing
Chapter 3 The Courts
Chapter 4 Incarceration
Chapter 5 Juvenile Justice
Chapter 6 Women & the CJ System
Update: Policing Pregnancy
Chapter 7 - Crime Control Industry
Chapter 8 - Where Do We Go From Here
Spring 2011
Spring, 2010
CRJ 409 syllabus
CRJ 409 Power points
Myths and Realities of Delinquency (first lecture)
History of Children and Juvenile Justice
Chicago School illustration of the use of maps to plot crime locations: Jump in homicides a vexing challenge for LAPD brass
Truancy and street violence are linked, Baltimore study says
Dropouts costing California $1.1 billion annually in juvenile crime costs
Processing Offenders through the Juvenile Justice System
Abuses reported in Mississippi training schools - report calls them "A Mississippi Gulag." Go to this web site: http://www.parentsunitedtogether.com/page78.html
Abuses at State Detention Centers (series of 3 stories)
3 in 25 juveniles in detention are sexually abused, study finds
The Double Standard of Juvenile Justice
Link to history of Jim Crow: http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/what.htm
New!!
Bill Moyers Journal interview with Michelle Alexander and Bryan Stevenson, April 2, 2010. http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/04022010/watch.html
Sir Robert Peel -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Peel
Updates for Crime and Criminal Justice in American Society
The following web sites present more updated statistics shown in chapter 2 of this book.
Chapter 2
Traditional Crime
http://www2.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2009/index.html
http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/
Corporate & White Collar Crime
New!! http://www.corpwatch.org/ This one is really good. Click on this and find out why.
http://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/
http://www.corporatepolicy.org/issues/crimedata.htm
Fall 2010
A must read: After watching the film about Scottsboro read this: 'So Utterly Inhumane'
CRJ 405 Power Points
Introduction - History from a Critical Perspective
Chapter 1 Development of Criminal Law
Assigned reading: Letter from a Birmingham Jail - Martin Luther King
Chapter 2 Historical Overview of American Policing
Chapter 3 The Courts
Related stories: Supreme Court & Apartheid Victims
Chapter 4 Incarceration
Chapter 5 Juvenile Justice
Chapter 6 Women & the CJ System
Chapter 7 - Crime Control Industry
Chapter 8 - Where Do We Go From Here
CRJ 705, Seminar in the Administration of Justice
Bob Herbert
(New York Times): Jim
Crow Policing
New assignment (see syllabus for date): Capitalism Hits the Fan
http://www.rdwolff.com/content/capitalism-hits-fan-movie
FALL, 2008
For all students: Here is one of my commentaries from 2007 that should be read in order to understand the conservative view of crime and criminal justice. Read it and bring it up in class someday: Conservative View of Crime and Criminal Justice
CRJ 155 Syllabus
Attention CRJ 155 Students: for chapter 7 in Mays and Winfree, start reading at the bottom of p. 203. Skip the historical part.
NEW!! CRJ 155 Study Guide for First Exam
Mays and Winfree Chapter Overviews (these are brief summaries provided mostly by the authors):
CRJ 155 Power Points:
History of Children and Juvenile Justice
Shelden and Macallair, chapter 2
New!! CRJ 405 study guide for first exam
For interested students: felony disenfranchisement articles from the Sentencing Project: http://www.sentencingproject.org/IssueAreaHome.aspx?IssueID=4
See especially this article: http://www.sentencingproject.org/Admin/Documents/publications/fd_democraticcontraction.pdf
Read the following for the film "The Fire This Time":
The Fire This Time
- click here for notes;
a follow-up story:
Witness to '69 UCLA shootings speaks out
Another related story:
Urban renewal project in L.A. begets blight instead
Suggested reading: Supreme Court finds history is a matter of opinions
CRJ 405 Power Points
Introduction - History from a Critical Perspective
Chapter 1 Development of Criminal Law
Assigned reading: Letter from a Birmingham Jail - Martin Luther King
Chapter 2 Historical Overview of American Policing
Chapter 3 The Courts
Related stories: Supreme Court & Apartheid Victims
Chapter 4 Incarceration
Chapter 5 Juvenile Justice
Chapter 6 Women & the CJ System
Chapter 7 - Crime Control Industry
Chapter 8 - Where Do We Go From Here
NEW!! CRJ 409 Study Guide for First Exam
Read the following for the film "The Fire This Time":
The Fire This Time
- click here for notes;
a follow-up story:
Witness to '69 UCLA shootings speaks out
Another related story:
Urban renewal project in L.A. begets blight instead
Required reading:
Supplemental readings:
See illustration of the use of maps to plot crime locations:
Jump in homicides a vexing challenge for LAPD brass
New!! Problems continue for the California Youth Authority: Youth advocates urge that a receiver take over the system
New!! How Teenage Rebellion Has Become a Mental Illness
New!! Breaking the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Why do politicians and law
enforcement chiefs continue to say youth crime is on the rise when it is not?
Read this:
A Kiddie Crime Epidemic? Hardly
Los Angeles County Youth Crime Trends
Challenging lies about youth, an interview with Mike Males
Review of "See Jane Hit" by Mike Male: See Jane Hit
Capitalism 101 on the streets of LA: Federal Inmate Accused of Directing LA Drug Sales
Follow-up story: L.A. Gang Members Are Fewer but Resilient
Supplement for chapter 8: 75% of American Workers Don't Have Decent Wages and Benefits
Grieving mother hopes motion for mercy will prevail
A
spanking ban: are we gonna get it?
No, as indicated in
these two stories:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1778260/posts; http://cbs5.com/local/spanking.ban.california.2.451523.html
In re Gault - the complete story
An incredible expose of schooling: http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/index.htm
CRJ 409 Power points
Myths and Realities of Delinquency (first lecture)
History of Children and Juvenile Justice Updated as promised
Nature of Delinquency Updated as promised
Girls and Violence: Myths and Reality
Processing Offenders through the Juvenile Justice System
The Double Standard of Juvenile Justice
CRJ 405 COURSE SYLLABI, SUMMER 2009: CRJ 405
New!! Ansel Adams photos of the Japanese-American concentration camp at Manzanar: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/manzhtml/aamsp.html
CRJ 405 Power Points
Introduction - History from a Critical Perspective
Chapter 1 Development of Criminal Law
Recommended reading: Letter from a Birmingham Jail - Martin Luther King
Chapter 2 Historical Overview of American Policing
Chapter 3 The Courts
Chapter 4 Incarceration
Chapter 5 Juvenile Justice
Chapter 6 Women & the CJ System
Chapter 7 - Crime Control Industry
Chapter 8 - Where Do We Go From Here
Scottsboro Case (a film we will watch) web site: http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/scottsb.htm
Read the following for the film "The Fire This Time":
The Fire This Time - click here for notes
Follow-up stories: Witness to '69 UCLA shootings speaks out
Urban renewal project in L.A. begets blight instead
Required reading: Ex Parte Crouse
Supplemental readings:
Capitalism 101 on the streets of LA: Federal Inmate Accused of Directing LA Drug Sales
Follow-up story: L.A. Gang Members Are Fewer but Resilient
In re Gault - the complete story
An incredible expose of schooling: http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/index.htm
CRJ 409 Power points
Myths and Realities of Delinquency (first lecture)
History of Children and Juvenile Justice
Chicago School illustration of the use of maps to plot crime locations: Jump in homicides a vexing challenge for LAPD brass
Girls and Violence: Myths and Reality
Processing Offenders through the Juvenile Justice System
The Double Standard of Juvenile Justice