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This course takes a critical approach to the study of crime and justice in urban settings. Course materials examine contemporary crime-related issues that affect urban communities within a historical and sociological context. The course highlights the intersections of deviant behavior and the criminal justice system within the structures of class, race, gender, and power inequalities. Topics explored may include racial profiling, juvenile delinquency, media representations of crime, policing, the war on drugs, and prisoner re-entry. Prerequisites/Co-requisites: CRJ 101, CRJ 102.

This course takes a critical approach to the study of crime and justice in urban settings. Course materials examine contemporary crime-related issues that affect urban communities within a historical and sociological context. The course highlights the intersections of deviant behavior and the criminal justice system within the structures of class, race, gender, and power inequalities. Topics explored may include racial profiling, juvenile delinquency, media representations of crime, policing, the war on drugs, and prisoner re-entry. Prerequisites/Co-requisites: CRJ 101, CRJ 102.

This course provides a historical overview of the relationship of the states of the Bill of Rights, and how the Supreme Court has interpreted the powers of the federal government. The effect of the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment on the application of the Bill of Rights to the states is examined through a study of the leading Supreme Court decisions related to criminal justice. Topics include characteristics and powers of the three branches of government, the principles governing the operation of the Bill of Rights, and the variables affecting the formulation of judicial policy.

This course provides a historical overview of the relationship of the states of the Bill of Rights, and how the Supreme Court has interpreted the powers of the federal government. The effect of the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment on the application of the Bill of Rights to the states is examined through a study of the leading Supreme Court decisions related to criminal justice. Topics include characteristics and powers of the three branches of government, the principles governing the operation of the Bill of Rights, and the variables affecting the formulation of judicial policy.

Curso diseñado para hablantes de español como lengua de herencia que quieren practicar y sentirse más cómodos usando el español como medio de expresión! Los estudiantes crean 4 proyectos distintos en los que, entre otras actividades: narran un evento significativo personal; discuten noticias actuales y describen algunas características de su comunidad; investigan y comparten información sobre los recursos comunitarios disponibles para hispanohablantes en los cinco condados de Nueva York; analizan cómo las historias familiares se relacionan con el bilingüismo. Course for speakers of Spanish as a heritage language who want to practice and feel more confident using Spanish. Students create four different projects in which they narrate a significant event in their lives; discuss current news; investigate and share information regarding their community; reflect on their family history and their relation with bilingualism.

Curso diseñado para hablantes de español como lengua de herencia que quieren practicar y sentirse más cómodos usando el español como medio de expresión! Los estudiantes crean 4 proyectos distintos en los que, entre otras actividades: narran un evento significativo personal; discuten noticias actuales y describen algunas características de su comunidad; investigan y comparten información sobre los recursos comunitarios disponibles para hispanohablantes en los cinco condados de Nueva York; analizan cómo las historias familiares se relacionan con el bilingüismo. Course for speakers of Spanish as a heritage language who want to practice and feel more confident using Spanish. Students create four different projects in which they narrate a significant event in their lives; discuss current news; investigate and share information regarding their community; reflect on their family history and their relation with bilingualism.

Students complete the required 15 hours of fieldwork for ECE 110 by enrolling, attending and participating in this fieldwork seminar. The fieldwork seminar will meet two hours a week at our enrolled day/time/location for the first eight weeks of the semester. The ECE 110 fieldwork seminar is graded pass/fail based on attendance and participation in required class activities. Any student who fails the fieldwork seminar AUTOMATICALLY fails the entire ECE 110 course, regardless of your earned grade in the lecture portion of ECE 110. At the end of this seminar, your instructor will complete a pass/fail form. YOU are responsible for giving this form to your ECE 110 lecture instructor to ensure that your completion of the seminar portion of ECE 110 is recorded.

Students complete the required 15 hours of fieldwork for ECE 110 by enrolling, attending and participating in this fieldwork seminar. The fieldwork seminar will meet two hours a week at our enrolled day/time/location for the first eight weeks of the semester. The ECE 110 fieldwork seminar is graded pass/fail based on attendance and participation in required class activities. Any student who fails the fieldwork seminar AUTOMATICALLY fails the entire ECE 110 course, regardless of your earned grade in the lecture portion of ECE 110. At the end of this seminar, your instructor will complete a pass/fail form. YOU are responsible for giving this form to your ECE 110 lecture instructor to ensure that your completion of the seminar portion of ECE 110 is recorded.