This course takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of criminal justice system error, drawing from criminology, psychology, and law, to examine wrongful conviction and acquittal, official misconduct, and discrimination. The course examines the rate of error, institutional responses to error, and how policies exacerbate, or minimize, miscarriage of justice.
Outcomes: Critically evaluate criminal justice practices for their ability to administer justice; identify hallmarks of miscarriages of justice; analyze policy for its potential to prevent, or contribute to, miscarriages of justice.
Outcomes: Critically evaluate criminal justice practices for their ability to administer justice; identify hallmarks of miscarriages of justice; analyze policy for its potential to prevent, or contribute to, miscarriages of justice.