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Introduction to Administration of Justice

Meta-Major

Agriculture, Business and Industries

Session Cycle

Fall & Spring

Credits

3

Allow Pass/No Pass

No

Lecture Hours

54

CalGETC Areas

Area 4 - Social & Behavioral Sciences

Transfer Status

UC and CSU

C-ID

AJ 110

Course Description

Provides an overview of the American criminal justice system and the various subsystems. Focuses on the roles and role expectations of criminal justice agencies in their interrelationships in society and emphasizes the concepts of criminal law and its effect on policing, crime causation, the Constitution and its effect on law enforcement, punishment and rehabilitation. Also discusses ethics, education and training for professionalism in the social system.