Faculty Syllabus

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Students are expected to meet the following requirements:

Chapters:  Each chapter is worth a certain amount of points. For example, chapter 1 is worth a total of 176.

Chapter 2: 176

Chapter 3: 176

Chapter 4: 185

Chapter 5: 176

Chapter 6: 147

Chapter 7: 194

Chapter 8: 194

Chapter 9:  194

Chapter 10: 176

Chapter 11: 203

Chapter 12: 167

Chapter 13: 194

Chapter 14: 185

Chapter 15: 176

Chapter 16: 176

      Orientation:  100

The most you can earn in this course is 2996

In each chapter, you are responsible for completing essays, chapter quizzes, shared writings entries, and module quiz.

Course Participation: Unlike a traditional classroom-based course, you do not need to show up to class at a specific time every day to earn your class participation grade in an asynchronous online course. Instead, you need to complete the required assignments in each of the chapters.

It is your responsibility to log on at least three different times on three different days to check on announcements. Failure to do so is not a valid excuse for late assignments. Late assignments will not be accepted under any circumstances. It is best to stay on track.

Online Etiquette: The objective in an online discussion is to be collaborative, not combative. Please, proofread your responses carefully before you post them to make sure that they will not be offensive to others. Use discussions to develop your skills in collaboration and teamwork. Treat the discussion areas as a creative environment where you and your classmates can ask questions, express opinions, revise opinions, and take positions just as you would in a more traditional classroom setting. 

Courts and Criminal Justice in America by Siegel, Prentice Hall Publisher 

Course Description

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.

Define the functions and roles of all major components (police, courts and corrections) of U.S. Criminal Justice System. • Differentiate the institutions, law and concepts that compose the Criminal Justice System • Identify and apply ethical considerations that are intrinsic components of the criminal Justice system • Differentiate, analyze and apply the constitutional constraints under which police, corrections and prosecutors must operate in a free society. • Distinguish various career paths and positions available in the traditional criminal justice workforce • * Integrate academic theory with practical applications of law enforcement