Content
Fall Semester Syllabus
Spring Semester Syllabus
Extra Credit Film Series Schedule - Fall Term
Extra Credit Film Series Schedule - Spring Term
Extra Credit Film Series Essay Questions
Link to the State of the Agency Lecture Series
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"Justice, and the Justice Network"
"Liberty vs. Order" (in Spanish)
"Operation Hummingbird (or Night of the Long Knives)," Wikipedia
Enhancing the Impact of Criminology on the Global Stage
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"Why are there so many Black People in Prison," by Harriot
"2 Viruses Devastate the Black Community and Threaten America's Stability," by Torres and Schumaker
"The Model Minority Trap," by Nguyen
"Crime Report Manipulation is Common Among New York Police, Study Finds," by Ruderman
Uniform Crime Reports, U.S. Department of Justice
Crime Victimization Survey, U.S. Department of Justice
"The Story of the First Mass Murderer in U.S. History," by Sauer
"The Serial-Killer Detector," by Wilkinson
"The Banana Trick and Other Forms of Self-Checkout Thievery," by Chun
"Trust and Confidence in Criminal Justice," by Sherman
"Unmasking the Mad Bomber," by Cannell
"America's Real Criminal Element: Lead," by Drum
"Our Banana Republic," by Kristof
Fundamental Concepts of Law and Crime
"Most Prisoners are Mentally Ill," by Khazan
Foreign Terrorist Organizations, U.S. State Department
Active Hate Groups in the United States, Southern Poverty Law Center
Hate Crime Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice
Prostitution Laws of the World
U.S. State Department Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report
Human Trafficking Resource Center
NGO's involved in confronting human trafficking:
* Global Centurian Foundation (formerly Tiny Stars)
* Nebraska Students Against Modern Slavery
* Polaris
* Remember Nhu
* Somaly Mam Foundation
"The Secret War Crime," by Baker
"Gun Violence in America," by Stray
"Six Ways We Can Reduce Gun Violence in America," by Gregory and Wilson
"Repeal the Second Amendment," by Stevens
Identity Theft, U.S. Department of Justice
"Counterfeit Drugs: People are Dying Everyday," by Wall
National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
"In the Heart of America's Heroin Epidemic," by McCoy
Methamphetamine Information:
* Methamphetamine Time Line, Frontline
* Spread of Meth, The Oregonian
* The Meth Epidemic, Frontline
Drug Trafficking Fact Sheet, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
President's National Drug Control Strategy, Office of National Drug Control Policy
Alcohol-impaired driving statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation
"Experts say China's Low-Level Cyber War is Becoming a Serious Threat," by Defense, et al.
Cybercrime article 1, by Sullivan
Cybercrime article 2, by Sullivan
Cybercrime article 3, by Sullivan
"Injustice, Texas Style," by Alter
Worse Than War, PBS film on Genocide
Why Fingerprinting is Flawed, Adam Ruins Everything
How to Beat a Lie Detector Test, Adam Ruins Everything
"A Brief History of Bail," by Stephen
"What's Behind America's White Juror Problem," by Ross
Capital Punishment Updates, U.S. Department of Justice
Death Penalty Facts, Amnesty International
Death Penalty Facts, ProCon.org
Death Penalty Information Center
Death Penalty Information Center 2020 Year-End Report
"U.S. Death Row Study: 4% of Defendants Sentenced to Die are Innocent," by Pilkington
"Rate of False Convictions of Criminal Defendants who are Sentenced to Death," by Gross, et al
Methods of Execution in the United States
"The Death of the Death Penalty," by Von Drehle
"America's Largest Death Row has Run out of Room," by McSpadden
American Support for the Death Penalty - Gallop Poll
"Why More Americans Want to Kill the Death Penalty," by Schulzke
"The Death of the Death Penalty," by von Drehle
"Pope Francis calls for Abolishing the Death Penalty and Life Imprisonment," by Rocca
"America's Death Row has Run out of Room," by McSpadden
"20,000 Watched the Last Public Hanging 78 Years Ago," by Murrmann
Wrongful Convictions article, by Grisham
The Prison Story of a Falsely Convicted: Raymund Narag
"The Birth of the U.S. Police Force," by Waxman
Links to Federal Law Enforcement Agencies
Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted, U.S. Department of Justice
"What the Police can Learn from the Military about the Effectiveness of Soft Power," by Stavridis
U.S. Supreme Court Genealogy
International Courts/International Law
Twenty-Two Crimes Under the Jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice
"Fifty Years in the ACA," by Hill
"The Crime of Punishment," New York Times Editorial
American Correctional Population, U.S. Department of Justice
Which Prison's Right For You, U.S. Bureau of Prisons
"50 Years After Attica...," by Thompson
"What's Hidden Behind the Walls of America's Prisons," by Thompson
"Our Real Prison Problem," by Lithwick
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Prison
Extralegal prisons - Abu Ghraib, Wikipedia
Prisoner gives Guantanamo court first account of CIA abuse, by Fox
Bryan Stevenson remarks regarding prisons (ASC meetings 2021)
Corrections Reports from the Bureau of Justice Statistics
"Juveniles Don't Deserve Life Sentences," by Garinger
"The Government Problem," by Reich
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Exam Preparation Quizzes:
Court cases quiz
Mid-term
Final
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