CRIM 1121

A historical review of society's reaction to crime and deviance and the continued pattern of the operation of the criminal justice system in Europe and North America over the centuries. The course relates this history to various political, legal, social, theoretical, philosophical movements and schools of thought. The development of the criminal law is traced through the development of the police institution, the courts, and the birth of the prison and other secure institutions designed to control the deviant. Consideration of the history, transformation and evolution of punishment and imprisonment practice that seemingly molds itself independent of actual crime, criminality and perceived deviancy in society. In-depth examination of historical forces influencing the development, implementation, and modification of criminal justice approaches.