INSTRUCTOR:
Prof. Henriksen
Home Phone: (217) 544-2931,
no later than 9:00 pm please.
Office Phone: ext. 104
E-mail: kay.henriksen@mac.edu E-Mail is the best way to get in touch
with me. I will use your Mac E-Mail address to contact you.
Office Hours: Monday 1-2, Wednesday 10-11, or by appointment
Office: Room 27 MacMurray
Hall, 3rd floor
Mailbox: 1042
Weather: If the Springfield Public Schools are closed due to weather
conditions we will not have class.
REQUIRED
READING:
James
A. Inciardi
Elements of
Criminal Justice,
2nd
edition - ISBN 0-19-515521-1
Oxford University
Press, 2000
Joe McGinniss
Fatal Vision
- ISBN 0-451-16566-7
Signet
Books, l983
Robert C. DeLucia & Thomas J. Doyle
Career Planning in Criminal Justice,
3rd edition. – ISBN 0-87084-209-9
Anderson Publishing Company, 1998
COURSE
OBJECTIVES:
To provide an overview of the American system of criminal justice in
preparation for specialized criminal justice courses. To provide students
with an opportunity to consider a career in criminal justice and begin to
plan for it.
GRADING
POLICY:
Inciardi quizzes - 15%
There will be fifteen
quizzes given. Each quiz, made up of multiple choice and true/false questions,
will be given at the beginning of class. The quizzes will cover material from
the reading assignment in Elements of Criminal Justice for that day. You may
drop your lowest quiz score. No make-up quizzes will be given.
McGinniss
exam - 15%
Three short papers will be written on Fatal Vision.
DeLucia
paper - 10%
A short paper will be written on
Career
Planning in Criminal Justice.
midterm exam- 15%
Multiple choice and true/false questions.
final exam- 45%
Multiple choice and true/false questions.
These are the highest cut-off points that I will use in
assigning letter grades:
A |
90-100% |
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B |
80-89% |
In
order to progress to Criminal Law next fall
you must earn a C or better in this course.
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C |
70-79% |
D |
60-69% |
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F |
0-59% |
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You
are responsible for all the material in the reading assignments, even if we
don't go over it in class. Material
not found in the reading assignments will be presented only in class. It will be necessary to read the
assignments and attend class and take notes in order to do well in this course.
If you must miss class be sure and borrow a classmate's notes.
IMPORTANT
DATES
September 10, 2007, 1st McGinniss paper due, by noon to Turnitin.com
September 24, 2007 DeLucia paper due, by noon to Turnitin.com
October 15,
2007, Midterm Exam
October 31, 2007, 2nd McGinniss paper due, by noon to Turnitin.com
November 02, 2007,
no class, picking classes for spring semester
November 09, 2007, no class
November 16, 2007, 3rd McGinniss paper due, by noon to Turnitin.com
December 18,
2007, 10:30a.m., Final Exam
PLEASE REVIEW THE ATTACHED COPY OF MACMURRAY’S POLICY ON ACADEMIC DISHONESTY.
READING:
Class 01
Inciardi, chapter 1, “Crime and the Nature of Law”
Class 02
Inciardi, chapter 2, “The Legal and Behavioral Aspects of Crime”
Class 03
Inciardi, chapter 3, “Criminal Statistics and the Measurement of Crime”
Class 04
Inciardi, chapter 4, “Criminal Justice and Procedure: An Overview”
Class 05
Inciardi, chapter 5, “Police and Policing”
Class 06
Inciardi, chapter 6, “Police and the Constitution”
Class 07
Inciardi, chapter 7, “Police Misconduct”
Class 08
Inciardi, chapter 8, “The American Courts and the Right to Counsel”
Class 09
Inciardi, chapter 9, “The Court Process From First Appearance Through Trial”
Class 10
Inciardi, chapter 10, “Sentencing, Appellate Review, and the Death Penalty”
Class 11
Inciardi, chapter 11, “The American Prison Experience”
Class 12
Inciardi, chapter 12, “Behind the Walls: A Look Inside the American Penitentiary”
Class 13
Inciardi, chapter 13, “The Conditions of Incarceration and the Rights of Prisoners”
Class 14
Inciardi, chapter 14, “Community-Based Corrections”
Class 15
Inciardi, chapter 15, “Juvenile Justice
PAPERS
-No late papers will be accepted. You have until noon the day the paper is due to hand it in to Turnitin.com. Only papers submitted through Turnitin.com will be accepted. Papers must be handed in to Turnitin.com as Word document, attachments. Do not cut and paste.
-All papers must be handed in through Turnitin.com/
-You will need to begin by going to www.Turnitin.com and create an
account if you don’t have one. If you already have an account, just log on.
-Enter your password and ID number
-class/section ID: 1902165
-enrollment password: please
-
click on: CRIM101 ‘07
-from here, follow the instructions to submit your papers.
-submit your paper in Word, do not copy and paste, send it as an attachment.
-if you do it correctly you will get a receipt.
-An assignment called “Trial Run” is listed for this course. To make sure
you can use Turnitin.com without difficulty go to Turnitin.com and submit a
paper of just anything that is at least 30 words long. You can take this trial
run at any time up until 11:00pm September 9, 2007.
The papers’ grades will be based on:
-following the directions 20%
-spelling, punctuation, grammar, organization and neatness 20%
-demonstrating that you read the whole assignment 30%
-demonstrating that you thought about what you read 30%
DELUCIA PAPER – DUE SEPTEMBER
24, 2007, no later than noon.
Directions: The paper must be typed in size 12 font. You may not quote from the book. The entire paper must be in your own words. The three-paragraph paper must be 250 to 350 words long. This paper is to be written on the book, Career Planning in Criminal Justice. Therefore, for example in the first paragraph, the three things that you can do to improve your chances for getting a job in criminal justice when you graduate will be taken from the book. They will not be ideas that you came up with on your own. You may discuss these papers with classmates before you write them, but the papers must be written in your own words.
First Paragraph:
-List three things that you can do to improve your chances for getting a job in criminal justice when you graduate. Include the page number, in parentheses, from Career Planning in Criminal Justice where you found these suggestions.
-Pick the most important of the three and explain how you will accomplish it.
Second Paragraph:
Having read this book, tell me what misgivings or doubts you have about a career in criminal justice. Include the page number, in parentheses, from Career Planning in Criminal Justice where you found references to these misgivings and doubts. You will find ideas in pages 10 and 11 and 105 -115.
Third Paragraph:
Of the many positions listed on pages 19 - 104, pick the one position that appeals to you the most and set out the page number, in parenthesis, from Career Planning in Criminal Justice where you found this job listed. Describe why you think you would enjoy doing that work. Explain what you would have to do in order to get that job someday.
Begin reading the book now. It will be important to take notes as you read, jotting down the page numbers.
I would be happy to look over a first draft of your paper, but only one. Please submit your draft to me as a Word attachment to an E-Mail, no later than September 20, 2007.
kay.henriksen@mac.edu
McGINNISS PAPERS
-The papers must be typed in size 12 font.
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The papers are to be 200 to 350 words long.
-You may not quote from the book.
-You may discuss these papers with classmates before you write them, but the papers must be written in your own words.
-These papers are to be written following the Kerrigan Method of Writing.
-Your thesis or X statement will be provided. You must provide the three sub-points.
-Your paper must have five paragraphs.
-The first paragraph is an introduction and includes your X statement and all three of your sub-points.
-The second paragraph will be written on your first sub-point, the third paragraph will be written on your second sub-point and the fourth paragraph will be written on your third sub-point.
-The fifth paragraph will be your conclusion.
-You must support what you write with references to the book. Cite to a least three different pages in the assigned reading, at least one for each of the three sub-points, by putting the page number in parentheses when you refer to what was said on that page. Remember to demonstrate that you have read the whole assignment.
Paper #1–Due September 10, 2007, no later than noon.
The paper must be based on pages 3-213 of the book.
X or thesis statement:
MacDonald’s history makes it unlikely that he killed his family.
I would be happy to look over a first draft of your paper, but only one. Please submit your draft to me as a Word attachment to an E-Mail, no later than September 06, 2007.
kay.henriksen@mac.edu
Paper #2– Due October 31, 2007, no later than noon.
The paper must be based on pages 217-464 of the book.
X or thesis statement:
Kassab came to believe that MacDonald killed his family.
I would be happy to look over a first draft of your paper, but only one. Please submit your draft to me as a Word attachment to an E-Mail, no later than October 29, 2007.
kay.henriksen@mac.edu
Paper #3 – Due November 16, 2007, no later than noon.
The paper must be based on pages 467-684 of the book.
X or thesis statement:
It is clear that Jeffrey MacDonald killed his family.
I would be happy to look over a first draft of your paper, but only one. Please submit your draft to me as a Word attachment to an E-Mail, no later than November 14, 2007.
kay.henriksen@mac.edu
