SOC 320 - The Courts


Course Calendar

The following schedule provides a guideline for assignments. Listed chapters should be read prior to the first class meeting of each week. Specific dates and assignments will be listed in the cjcampus classroom.

Week 1
  • Introductions
Week 2
  • Neubauer 1: Courts Crime and Controversy
Week 3
  • Neubauer 2: Law and Crime
Week 4
  • Neubauer 3 and 4: Federal and State Courts
Week 5
  • Neubauer 5: Legal Actors
Week 6
  • Neubauer 6: Prosecutors
Week 7
  • Neubauer 7: Defense Attorneys
Week 8
  • Neubauer 8: Judges
Week 9
  • Spring Break!
Week 10
  • Neubauer 9: Defendants and Victims
Week 11
  • Neubauer 10 and 11: Arrest, Arraignment, and Bail
Week 12
  • Neubauer 12: Evidence
Week 13
  • Neubauer 13: Negotiated Justice
Week 14
  • Neubauer 14: Trials and Juries
Week 15
  • Neubauer 15 and 16: Sentencing

Week 16

  • Neubauer 19: Juvenile Courts

Exam Week

  • No assignments accepted after 11:55 p.m. - May 2, 2006




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August 2005 - Kenneth Mentor