Saint Martin's College
Department of Criminal Justice
Fall Semester 2001
Criminal Justice 395: Justice and the Law
Professor: Victor M. Kogan
Office: Room 307
Classroom: 310
Time: 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM
Days: MWF
Office Hours: 10:00-12:00 M-T-W-TR-F
Office Phone: 438-4348
E-mail: vkogan@stmartin.edu
PURPOSE:
This course is designed to provide a foundation in the study of Justice and the Law. It will introduce you to Distributive and Retributive, Substantive and Procedural, Social and Criminal Justice and the “Rule of Law” in the conflict resolution, using ideas and data taken from legal, sociological, and psychological sources.
REQUIRED TEXTS:
1. Dale Nance. Law and Justice. Cases and Readings on the American Legal System. Second Edition, Carolina Academic Press - 1999.
2. Tom Tyler, Robert Boeckmann, Heather Smith, Yuen Huo. Social Justice in a Diverse Society, Westview Press, 1997.
3. Jill Karson (Ed.) Criminal Justice: Opposing
Viewpoints, Greenhaven Press, Inc., 1998.
CLASS REQUIREMENTS:
You will be invited to actively participate in learning rather than passively absorbing information.
1.Each student will be assigned writing a short essay for each discussion so that concepts based upon the source materials may be formulated, tested and mastered. You have to have a blue folder to keep your essays together. These essays will be presented orally to the class. If your essay is late you get minus point. The later your essay is the more points you get off.
2.You are expected to attend class in order to actively participate in class discussions. Your grade will be lowered for each absence with no excuse more than once.
GRADING SYSTEM:
1.Participation in class discussion including essays - 50%,
2.Mid-term Paper - 20%,
3.Final Paper - 30%.
There will be 500 possible points and grades will be assigned as follows:
95-100% = A
90-94% = A-
85-89% = B+
80-84% = B
75-79% = B-
70-74% = C+
64-69% = C
60-64% = C-
55-59% = D
54 and below = F
COURSE OUTLINE:
01.08.29.W.
02.08.31.F.
Following the Law: Does Justice have a Role?
Read:
Dale Nance. Law and Justice. Cases and Readings on the American Legal System. Second Edition, Carolina Academic Press, 1999,Ch.1, p.5-40.
Criminal Justice: Opposing Viewpoints, ## 1.1,1.2.
00.09.03.M. - Labor Day
03.09.05.W.
The Psychology of Social Justice,
Read: Tom Tyler, Robert Boeckmann, Heather Smith, Yuen Huo. Social Justice in a Diverse Society, Westview Press, 1997, p.3-13.
04.09.07.F.
05.09.10.M.
Making a Workable System of Rules,
Read: Dale Nance. Law and Justice, Ch.2, p.45-82.
06.09.12.W.
07.09.14.F.
Relative Deprivation,
Read: Social Justice in a Diverse Society, p.14-42.
08.09.17.M.
09.09.19.W.
10.09.21.F.
Judicial Fidelity to Law,
Read: Dale Nance. Law and Justice, Ch.3, p. 84-142.
11.09.24.M.
12.09.26.W.
13.09.28.F.
Distributive Justice,
Read: Social Justice in a Diverse Society, p.45-74.
14.10.01.M.
15.10.03.W.
Formal Justice,
Read: Dale Nance. Law and Justice, Ch.4, p.143-212.
16.10.05.F.
Dimensions and Criteria of Substantive Justice,
Read: Dale Nance. Law and Justice, Ch.7, p. 349-360.
17.10.08.M.
Retributive Justice,
Read: Social Justice in a Diverse Society, p.103-132.
Mid-term Paper Due.
18.10.10.W.
Mid-term Paper Discussion.
00.10.12.F. Mid term break
19.10.15.M.
20.10.17.W.
Basic Principles of Procedural Justice,
Read: Dale Nance. Law and Justice, Ch.5, p.217-292.
Grades Due in Record Office
21.10.19.F.
22.10.22.M.
The Adversary System,
Read: Dale Nance. Law and Justice, Ch.6, p.293-346.
Criminal Justice: Opposing Viewpoints, ## 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6.
23.10.24.W.
24.10.26.F.
Procedural Justice,
Read: Social Justice in a Diverse Society, p.75-102.
Criminal Justice: Opposing Viewpoints, ## 1.5, 1.6, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.5, 4.6.
25.10.09.M.
Psychological Versus Behavioral Responses to Injustice, Read: Social Justice in a Diverse Society, p.135-152.
26.10.31.W.
Behavioral Reaction to Injustice,
Read: Social Justice in a Diverse Society, p.153-178.
27.11.02.F.
28.11.05.M.
29.11.07.W.
Autonomy, Community, and Entitlement Structure,
Read: Dale Nance. Law and Justice, Ch.8, p.362-516.
30.11.09.F.
The Nature of Justice Motive,
Read: Social Justice in a Diverse Society, p.181-206.
00.11.12.M. Saint Martin’s Day (Holiday)
31.11.14.W.
32.11.16.F.
33. 11.19.M.
34. 11.21.W.
The Law Response to Injury,
Read: Dale Nance. Law and Justice, Ch.9, p.518-621.
Criminal Justice: Opposing Viewpoints, # 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 1.7, 1.8.
00.11.23.F. Thanksgiving
35.11.26.M.
36.11.28.W.
37.11.30.F.
Political Obligation,
Read: Dale Nance. Law and Justice, Ch.10, p.625-703.
Criminal Justice: Opposing Viewpoints, #4,7; 4,8.
38.12.03.M.
39.12.05.W.
When Does Justice Matter? - Read: Social Justice in a Diverse Society, p. p.209-262.
Final Paper Due.
00.12.07.F St. Thomas Aquinas Study Day
00.12.10.M.CJ 395 Final Exam from 1:00 to 3: