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COURSE SYLLABUS: Criminal Justice: Laws, Procedures and Rights

Course Title: Department: Instructor:

CJ520 - Criminal Justice: Laws, Procedures and Rights Criminal Justice/Criminology Richard Healy, J.D. E-Mail - Vita

Description

This course considers show the individual is acted upon by the criminal justice system’s laws, what the individual’s rights are and how various procedures affect the application of those rights and laws.

Welcome

Welcome to the course everyone! I look forward to a rewarding and interesting time with all of you.

I urge you to read and re-read the syllabus and to poke around in the course site to become familiar with the landscape.

It's particularly important to have a backup plan in case your primary computer or your ISP experiences trouble.

Regular, timely participation in any and all asynchronous discussions that may be assigned is crucial to the success of the course. It’s best not to reply with just an "I agree" or a one-liner. Please make a concerted effort to eliminate those replies as they take a lot of time to open up and there's little content in them. People on slow connections are particularly frustrated at these posts.

Assignments are normally due weekly. The week begins on Monday and ends on Sunday. If you need more time to complete the assignment, please ask and under almost every circumstance, you’ll be accommodated.

I suggest you may want to print out or electronically save all the course materials that may be of present or future use to you.

I’ve facilitated 148 online courses in several disciplines and I look forward to working with you, learning a lot, applying old and new skills and having a little fun, too.

Kind regards,
Dick Healy

Useful Information

1. Faculty Contact Information

Faculty Name	Richard Healy
Email Address(es)	rhealy@canyoncollege.edu If that email is temporarily down, please use ivyhalls@attbi.com BUT please note that by 15 July 2003, the attbi address will change to ivyhalls@comcast.net
Phone # (Optional)	Supplied on a need-request basis.
Online Office Hours (if any)	None

2. Distance Education Program Information

DE Program Office Tel #	Canyon College: Voice: 208-455-0010 Fax: 208-455-0040
Staff Names/ Positions	Ask upon calling for the appropriate party who would handle your inquiry.
Tech Support	Contact Canyon College.
Online or Live Help Desk	(If available at this time): N/A- Contact Canyon College

3. Textbook and Other Sources

Required (Must have ISBN)	Criminal Justice In America: A Critical View Allyn & Bacon, copyright 2003 0-205-37464-6
Optional But Recommended	N/A
Special Instructions (if any) to Obtain Resources (e.g. XanEdu)	Please email me when you have the book and you’re ready to begin the course.

4. College and Program Policies

Academic Honesty Policy	Canyon College requires all students to adhere to high standards of integrity in their academic work. Activities such as plagiarism and cheating are not acceptable and will not be condoned by the College.
Plagiarism Prevention Service	Students involved in such activities are subject to serious disciplinary action. For further explanation on this topic, please refer to the conventional definitions of “cheating”, “plagiarism” and plagiarism by “paraphrasing”.
Synchronous Communication Policy	All communication in the normal course of conducting any class in the DE Program must be asynchronous. Live chats, office hours or other synchronous communication are not required, nor can any grading advantage be accorded to any student who has participated in synchronous communication.
Compliance: Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 and other Acts (ADA504 et.al.)	Canyon College is committed to meeting the needs of students who are challenged by physical, emotional and/or learning disabilities. The College encourages you to request accommodations to any of those disabilities as soon as you determine that you may wish to qualify under the law. CC recommends that you contact College to assist you in the process. Until that process is complete, no reasonable accommodations for a disability will be made, absent exigent circumstances. I cannot request or receive from you any information of any kind except the bare request (“I’m interested in receiving accommodations under ADA504 for this course.”). The facilitator will not inquire nor does he want to know the nature or extent of your disability. The facilitator will receive an accommodation sheet if your disability comes under ADA504 and that is sufficient to meet the letter and spirit of this statute.
Email Policy	N/A
Off-Campus Library Services	N/A
Other Policies	N/A

5. Faculty Policies and Procedures

Course Participation Requirements, Course Contact Hours

Each class member needs to plan to be online or performing the various assignments and exams a minimum of five hours per week. Knowing this will help you to plan your work and personal schedules more efficiently. “Online” time includes but is not limited to posting, reading and responding to the posts of others, any necessary online research and any other communication and actions appropriate to the conduct of your role in the class.

Course Objectives

At the conclusion of this course, you should be able to;

1. To learn how criminal “justice” functions in this society.
2. 2. To learn how criminal law relates to you, the businessperson and you, the private citizen.
3. 3. To learn how to protect oneself and one’s company or organization from situations of possible criminal liability and to protect them from the law as well.
4. 4. To learn how to direct the legal problems to the appropriate person should they arise and how to hold the lawyer responsible for legal work.
5. 5. To learn how to avoid involvement with the legal system unless necessary, and to discern when involvement is indicated.
6. 6. To learn some of the rights that may apply to you in regard to the criminal justice system.
7. 7. To learn the most common procedures applicable to the criminal justice system.
8. 8. To learn some of the criminal laws that may apply in more common life situations.
9. 9. To involve you actively in your own learning.

Team (if required) Policies and Procedures

N/A

Grading Policies

Grading is determined by an evaluation of your
Exams
Assignments
Any class discussions
Attitude and cooperation.

In law, a more complete explanation is probably better than a less complete or brief explanation. Citation of a case on point or substantially similar is always a positive addition. A good place to begin is in your search engine or http://www.findlaw.com

Late Assignment Policy

Normally, a courtesy email is expected if your assignment will be late. Under normal circumstances, there is no penalty for a late assignment or exam if you have contacted me prior to the due date by at least two days. The usual extension is three days but more may be requested at initial contact only. Extensions after the three days or other days as arranged are granted with a full exam or assignment grade penalty.

Other Faculty Policies

N/A

Class Weeks By Date

Class Weeks

Rolling enrollments. Classes for the student normally begin on a Monday and run for eight consecutive weeks.

Course Assignments and Deliverables
List by class week and date, each assignment, exam, paper and process and the due dates.

Week 1	Please email me your background information. Read the Text, Chapter 1.
Week 2	Text, Chapter 2 and class discussion question in the CC forum boards
Week 3	Text, Chapter 3 Mid-Term exam distributed at the beginning of week 3 and due at the end of week 4
Week 4	Text, Chapter 7 and class discussion question in the CC forum boards
Week 5	Text, Chapter 8
Week 6	Text, Chapter 9 and class discussion question in the CC forum boards Final Exam distributed at the beginning of week 6 and is due at the end of week 8
Week 7	Constitution of the US (find a copy on the Net or elsewhere) and Text, Chapter 4 and Chapter 11
Week 8	Text, Chapter 14 and class discussion question in the CC forum boards

Getting Started In This Course

Please email me when you’re ready to begin the course.

Faculty Biography: Currently, I facilitate courses in five different disciplines (Law, Government, History, Business and Education, including Public Speaking and yes, Public Speaking online) and a total of 38 different courses (I'm approved for 47). I've led online faculty training courses for a university and for a commercial learning corporation as well as for this institution.