SOC 4330

This course will explore procedures used by various criminal justice actors to assess their potential for producing errors in justice, consider the implications of balancing the rights of the accused with crime control, and discuss existing redress mechanisms to remedy miscarriages of justice and provide suggestions for policy change. Students will consider the psychological, familial, emotional, and economic consequences of wrongful convictions. [Restriction(s): Restricted to students in BAH.CJPP and BAH.CJPP:C. CJPP and CJPP:C students are restricted to a maximum of 3.00 credits in SOC and POLS 4000-level CJPP restricted electives.] [Department(s): Department of Sociology and Anthropology]