CRM 371 - Criminal Court System and Process

Credits: 3

Prerequisite(s): CRM 160, CRM 260.
This course will provide a description of the American judicial system along with analysis of the actual criminal court process. Students will learn the legal principles that frame the courts and the informal norms and external pressures that guide how millions of cases are processed every year. This will enable students to understand both the stability of the court system as well as the variance from one courthouse to another, and one case to the next. This course is cross-listed as LAW 371.