POLS2020-A Criminal Law and Evidence (Fall 2024)
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Course Details

Session, Dates: 1 (08/26/2024 - 12/13/2024)
Days: APPT
Time: -
Location: Moon Campus
Room:
Seats Available: APPT
Credits: 3

Course Description

This course is a basic introduction to the judicial process, with specific emphasis on federal criminal procedure. Students will learn the methods that the government uses to detect, investigate, apprehend, prosecute, convict, and punish criminals. It will cover the most common crimes prosecuted in American courts, including homicide, sexual assault, and theft, and common defenses, including insanity and self-defense. The course will first give an overview of criminal law and the American court system, and will then proceed to go through the constitutional provisions of criminal procedure chronologically as they occur in real life. The criminal justice system depends on the successful handling of evidence, and the last part of the course will emphasize the rules for the admissibility of evidence and the safeguards the Constitution provides for criminal defendants. 3 Credits

Course Materials

About the Instructor(s)

Frank X. Hartle, D.Sc.
Vice Dean, College of Business and STEM
College of Business and STEM

Associate Professor of Computer and Information Systems
Computer and Information Systems

Associate Professor of Criminal Justice
Computer and Information Systems

hartle@rmu.edu
412-397-6042 phone
412-397-6044 fax
Wheatley Center 308
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