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Crime & Punishment
Course Number: 6936 Credits: 2
This course will examine leading scholarship on various topics in criminal law such as the determinants of crime, policing, plea bargaining, sentencing, and the effects of incarceration. Students will be expected to give an oral presentation and write a paper on a specific topic in criminal law. Guest speakers and authors may address students during the semester. This course provides an opportunity to satisfy the Advanced Writing Requirement.