INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINOLOGY 56216
SPRING 2016
COURSE OUTLINE
&
WEEKLY ASSIGNMENTS	

FIRST WEEK
JAN 11, 2016

FIRST… LET’S GET ACQUAINTED.  You can know something about me in “CONTACTS.”  I would like to know a little about you; 
Something you can share with the other classmates.

Please go to the “SQUAD ROOM,” (It is in Discussion Board), and post a brief introduction of yourself.  Include your goals and expectations of this course.  Read about your fellow classmates and post a greeting to at least two of them.  Do this anytime during the first week.

(INFORMATION)  The first two weeks of assignments will be from my commentaries found in ASSIGNMENTS.  We will start into the Text Book in the third week.
Be patient with the YOUR NEW WORLD CONCEPT, it does have purpose and lends validity to our modern day Criminal Justice System.  One who truly understands this concept will find it much more difficult to disparage our country and our criminal justice system; and they MIGHT find it a little easier to understand the basis and structure of world governments.
FIRST READING ASSIGNMENT:
In ASSIGNMENTS…  READ, YOUR NEW WORLD... CHAPTER ONE.  (Put some thought into this… don’t be frivolous.  Use your imagination to see how it really might feel… explain yourself.
REMEMBER, THIS IS A CRITICAL THINKING COURSE.  TRY TO BACK UP WHAT YOU SAY BY SOUND LOGIC AND REASON, OR EVEN DOCUMENTED RESEARCH.  YOUR GRADE WILL DEPEND ON HOW WELL YOU RESPOND.
POST… your response in the DISCUSSION BOARD, by 8:00 pm, SATURDAY   1/16/2016

SECOND WEEK
JAN 18, 2016
THIS WEEK CONTAINS TWO READING ASSIGNMENTS… BUT THEY ARE SHORT.  (I encourage you to read the responses of the other students.  It might provide further insight and some interesting points of view.)

READ IN ASSIGNMENTS…. “YOUR WORLD, CH2.”
READ IN ASSIGNMENTS…  “YOUR WORLD, CH3.”

POST YOUR RESPONSE TO BOTH READING ASSIGNMENTS IN DISCUSSIONS… by 8: pm SATURDAY 1/23/2016 
Address the issues of each in the appropriate DISCUSSION BOARD forum.

NOTE… Be sure to frequently check back in the STUDENT forums for additional remarks and or discussion from the Instructor.

THIRD WEEK
JAN 24, 2016

READ IN ASSIGNMENTS…   “YOUR WORLD, CH4.”

READ IN ASSIGNMENTS…”YOUR WORLD, CH5.”  (This is the final chapter on the YOUR WORLD concept.)

POST YOUR RESPONSES  to both assignments in their respective DISCUSSION BOARDS by 8:00 pm,  SATURDAY  1/30/2016

FOURTH WEEK 
 FEB 1, 2016

READ IN ASSIGNMENTS… “CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT.”
POST IN DISCUSSION BOARD by SATURDAY, 2/6/2016
                                       AND
READ IN ASSIGNMENTS… “WALK THROUGH THE SYSTEM.”
POST YOUR RESPONSE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT BY SUBMITTING YOU’RE WRITING TO THE DISCUSSION BOARD, by 8:00 pm, SATURDAY 2/6/2016
In response to Walk Through the System… formulate an argument, pro or con, regarding, Bail, Miranda Warnings, and Jury Trial Verses Court Trial.  
For example… you might give me a reasonable argument as to why you would choose a court trial over a jury trial.

FIFTH WEEK
FEB 8, 2016             

READ IN ASSIGNMENTS… Commentary on “THE SYSTEM, PART ONE.”  (This file might open very slowly).
POST YOUR RESPONSE IN DISCUSSION BOARD by 8:00 pm, SATURDAY 2/13/16

READ IN ASSIGNMENT… “COMMENTARY ON “THE SYSTEM, PART TWO,” (Due Process).
POST YOUR RESPONSE IN THE DISCUSSION BOARD by SATURDAY 2/13/16

SIXTH WEEK
FEB 15, 2016	

QUIZ … OVER CHAPTERS 1 THROUGH 3 IN THE TEXT BOOK AND COMMENTARY.
THE QUIZ WILL BE AVAILABLE IN COURSE DOCUMENTS FROM 8:00 am, MONDAY  2/15/16, THROUGH FRIDAY, 2/19/2016

IT IS OBVIOUSLY AN OPEN-BOOK TEST… THEREFORE, I EXPECT YOUR ANSWERS TO BE ESPECIALLY ACCURATE AND COMPLETE.  WHERE OPINION IS REQUESTED, EXPRESS YOURSELVES CLEARLY AND SUPPORT IT BY SOUND LOGIC AND REASON.

SEVENTH WEEK
FEB 22, 2016

READ IN ASSIGNMENTS THE COMMENTARY ON “WHAT IS A CRIME?”  (VICE OFFENSES).

Take an approach on each issue and state your feelings and opinions.  Try to think “outside the box” using logic, reason, and common sense.  I expect a lot of thought and even some introspection on this assignment.
POST YOUR RESPONSE in the DISCUSSION BOARD, by 8:00 pm, SATURDAY 2/27/16
                             ALSO
READ IN ASSIGNMENT… Commentary on the Development of the Justice System in the USA; (THE BASIS OF OUR LAWS).
POST RESPONSE IN DISCUSSION BOARD by 10:pm, SATURDAY 2/27/16

EIGHT WEEK
FEB 29, 2016

READ IN ASSIGNMENTS ABOUT “THE QUEEN VS DUDLEY & STEPHENS.”  ALSO READ IN …“COURSE DOCUMENTS” “THE LIFE BOAT.”
         POST YOUR RESPONSE IN THE DISCUSSION BOARD FORUM by 8:00 pm SATURDAY 3/5/16.
(Tell me what you discovered about religion and the Criminal Justice System.  Is there a correlation between the religious aspects of the Criminal Justice System and the situation of the Life Boat?)

READ IN ASSIGNMENTS, THE COMMENTARY ON “CRIME CAUSATION.”
POST YOUR RESPONSE IN THE DISCUSSION BOARD, by 8:00 pm, SATURDAY 3//5/16

NINTH WEEK
MAR 7, 2016
MID-TERM TEST

THE TEST WILL BE AVAILABLE IN COURSE DOCUMENTS FROM 8:00 am, MONDAY, 3/7/16,  to  10:00 pm, THURSDAY, 3/10/16.  (OPEN BOOK … JUST LIKE THE FIRST QUIZ)  It will include questions from the text, my commentaries and outside sources.
 
INFORMATION
FRIDAY, MARCH 11,  IS THE LAST DAY THAT A STUDENT CAN WITHDRAW FROM A FULL SEMESTER CLASS WITH A “W”. 
 A DROP AFTER THAT DAY WILL REQUIRE A LETTER GRADE.

TENTH WEEK
MARCH 14, 2016

READ IN COURSE DOCUMENTS… “LETTER TO THE JUDGE.”
      POST IN DISCUSSION BOARD, YOUR RESPONSE TO THE QUESTIONS ASKED IN LETTER TO THE JUDGE, by 8:00 pm, SATURDAY 3/19/16.  (All answers may be found in the reading assignments)

READ IN ASSIGNMENTS…”FINAL THOUGHTS ON CRIME CAUSATION.” 
POST YOUR RESPONSE IN THE DISCUSSION BOARD BY 8:P.M.
SATURDAY  3/19/16.

ELEVENTH WEEK … MARCH 21 … SPRING BREAK

TWELFTH WEEK
MARCH  28, 2016
READ IN ASSIGNMENTS… COMMENTARY ON CRIME STATISTICS.
POST YOUR RESPONSE IN DISCUSSION BOARD by 8:00 pm SATURDAY 4/2/16.  (Express your thoughts and feelings on the readings and especially on the scope of the crime problem.  Share your feelings with other students.)
                                       
READ IN ASSIGNMENTS ABOUT THE “NEW-HALL INCIDENT” 
 POST YOUR RESPONSE TO THE “NEW-HALL INCIDENT” IN DISCUSSION BOARD by 8:00 pm, SATURDAY 4/2/16.
(How did this make you feel?)

	

THIRTEENTH WEEK
APRIL 4, 2016

READ IN ASSIGNMENTS, Commentary on “moving west.” 

READ IN ASSIGNMENTS THE COMMENTARY ON “PARA-MILITARY COPS.”

POST YOUR RESPONSE ON BOTH ASSIGNMENTS “MOVING WEST AND PARA-MILITARY COPS, (IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSION BOARDS) by SATURDAY, 8:00 PM,  4/9/16.

FOURTEENTH WEEK
APRIL 11, 2016

READ IN ASSIGNMENTS, THE COMMENTARY ON “ARREST, SEARCH, AND SEIZURE.”     …  RESPOND TO “THE SITUATIONS” AS ADDRESSED IN THE COMMENTARY BY SUBMITTING YOUR WRITING TO THE DISCUSSION BOARD, by 8:00 pm, SATURDAY 4/16/16.

READ IN ASSIGNMENTS… COMMENTARY ON THE “EXCLUSIONARY RULE.”

POST IN DISCUSSION BOARD, YOUR RESPONSE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT by 9:00 pm, SATURDAY 4/16/16

FIFTEENTH WEEK
APRI 18, 2016

READ IN ASSIGNMENTS… THE COMMENTARY ON “ETHICS.”
POST YOUR RESPONSE IN THE DISCUSSION BOARD.  SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS WITH OTHER STUDENTS by 9:00 pm, SATURDAY 4/23/16

READ IN COMMENTARY… “WHAT DO THE POLICE DO?”
POST YOUR RESPONSE IN THE DISCUSSION BOARD,  by 8:00 pm, SATURDAY 4/23/16.

SIXTEENTH WEEK
APRIL 25, 2016

(READ IN ASSIGNMENTS… “HOMELAND SECURITY / TERRORISM & CYBER-CRIME. (This is a power-point presentation.  It opens very slowly and you must move it along by clicking your mouse.) 
QUESTION:  WHAT DO YOU THINK OUR MAJOR CRIME PROBLEMS WILL BE IN THE FUTURE?
POST YOUR RESPONSE IN THE DISCUSSION BOARD by 9:00 pm.
SATURDAY  4/30/16.

	

SEVENTEENTH WEEK
MAY 2, 2016

READ IN ASSIGNMENTS… “THE COURT SYSTEM.”
POST IN THE DISCUSSION BOARD… YOUR THOUGHTS REGARDING THE COURTS, by 9:00 pm,  SATURDAY 5/7/16.

READ IN ASSIGNMENTS… “CORRECTIONS OR WHAT?”
 POST IN DISCUSSION BOARD... YOUR RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ADDRESSED IN THE CORRECTIONS READINGS by 9:00 pm, SATURDAY 5/7/16.

EIGHTEENTH WEEK
MAY 9, 2016

READ IN ASSIGNMENTS… “WHAT ABOUT THE VICTIM?”
POST YOUR RESPONSE IN DISCUSSION BOARD… by 9:00 pm, SATURDAY 5/14/16.

NOTE:  IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN A VICTIM OF A CRIME… JUST WAIT... YOUR TURN IS COMING.  I CAN JUST ABOUT GUARANTEE THAT. 
I HOPE YOUR VICTIMIZATION IS A VERY SMALL ONE.

READ IN ASSIGNMENTS ABOUT,  “GANGS.”  POST YOUR RESPONSE IN DISCUSSION BOARD BY, … SATURDAY,  5/14/16.

NOTE:  PREPARE FOR THE FINAL EXAM.  FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF BY OVERVIEW OF ALL COMMENTARIES COVERED THROUGH THE SEMESTER.  I SUGGEST YOU TABULATE YOUR TEXT BOOK WITH TOPIC HEADINGS FOR QUICK REFERENCE, AND REFRAIN FROM USING INTERNET RESOURCES. 

NINETEENTH WEEK
MAY 16, 2016		----FINALS WEEK---

FINAL EXAMINATION
THE FINAL EXAM CAN BE ACCESSED IN COURSE DOCUMENTS, BEGINNING AT 6:00 am, MONDAY, 5/16/16. 

 IT WILL BE AVAILABLE UNTIL 10:00 pm, THURSDAY  5/19/16.

LIKE THE OTHER TESTS, THIS IS AN OPEN-BOOK EXAM. THE FINAL EXAM IS COMPREHENSIVE.  IT MAY INCLUDE QUESTIONS FROM THE ENTIRE TEXT AND ALL COMMENTARIES.  SOME QUESTIONS MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL OUTSIDE RESOURCES.

ALL EXTRA CREDIT POINTS WILL BE ADDED TO YOUR FINAL OVER-ALL GRADES FOR THE SEMESTER.