I. COURSE DESCRIPTION:

     Course consists of workshops, institutes, or field trips designed for continued professional education of  students and practitioners in Criminal Justice.  Credit and topics as announced.  May be repeated for up to six hours credit with different topics.  Prerequisite:  Criminal Justice 1013 or consent of instructor
 

II.  COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

    After completing Criminal Justice 4093, the student will be able to:

        1. Describe the true system of Criminal Justice.

        2. Describe the myths within the Criminal Justice System.

III. COURSE PURPOSE:

    This is a elective course in the Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice with the Administration of Justice and the Law Enforcement options.

IV. COURSE TEXTS:

    The text for this course are The Mythology of Crime and Criminal Justice, 2nd edition, by Victor E. Kappeler, Mark Blumberg and Gary W. Potter.  The student is expected to have read and be ready to discuss the assigned material during the appropriate class meeting (see schedule).

V.  COURSE EXAMINATIONS:

    There will be two (3) examinations in this course.  See the schedule for the dates.  Make-up exams will NOT normally be given.  It is the student's responsibility to be at and to take the examinations at the appropriate times.

VI.  COURSE PAPER:

    Each student will write a term paper. The subject and requirements will be provided to the class in a separate handout. See the schedule for the paper due date.

VII. COURSE PRESENTATION:

    Each student will present their term paper to the class in a formal oral presentation. An evaluation form for the grading of the presentation will be given out in class. The schedule of these presentations may be given out in class or by electronic mail.

VIII. COURSE PARTICIPATION:

    A maximum of 10 percent will by awarded for class participation. Students will be evaluated on their contribution to class discussion particularly on their performance during the short review period preceding most lectures and in the student presentations. All students including those absent should carefully review material discussed before the next class meeting.

IX.COURSE GRADING:

    The student should understand that assignments, papers and presentations are to be turned in on or completed before the class indicated. Papers and assignments that are not turned in by the class period indicated will have a penalty of letter grade per each weekday (Monday-Friday) assigned. Those student not doing a presentation during the assigned time without prior approval will have a penalty of two letter grades assigned per occurrence. Failure to complete a major part of the course (turn papers, take major exams or make presentations) can result in the failure of the course.

    The following is a breakdown of the value of each element of the students work as it pertains to the final grade:

        Each examination will count 20%                                             20 x 3 = 60%
        Term paper will count 20%                                                      20 x 1 = 20%
        Oral Presentation will count 10%                                              10 x 1 = 10%
        Class participation will count 10%                                             10 x 1 = 10%
                                                                                                       Total =100%

Grading System:

    90-100 = A
    80- 89 = B
    70- 79 = C
    60- 69 = D
    0- 59 = F

X.COURSE FINAL GRADE:

    If you would like to know your final grade at end of the semester before the University sends it to you, bring a self addressed, stamped, business sized envelope to the final examination and your final grade and final examination grade will be sent to you.

XI.COURSE ETHICS:

    A student found to be acting unethically (cheating on tests, quizzes, papers or assignments, etc.) will be failed in this course.

    All work submitted to the instructor must be the result of the student's own effort. If it is not it is PLAGIARISM. Any instances of plagiarism in any class assignment or test will result in a grade of zero for the assignment or test. The assignment or test will have to be redone as well. To plagiarize is to represent as one's own work the words or ideas of another. Examples of plagiarism include:

    a. Failure to give credit to the person whose words or ideas have been borrowed;
    b. Failure to place quotation marks (or other proper citation forms) around passages that are cited
        verbatim;
    c. and Minor changes of someone else's sentences and words that do not alter the essential style or
        meaning of the passage.

    The above paragraph is copied from a professional colleague with his permission.

XIII.COURSE DECORUM:

    The University regulations prohibit the use of tobacco (both smoking and chewing), drinking and eating in the classroom. These regulations will be observed. Tape recorders are NOT allowed in this course. Students who disrupt class (talking, pagers, cell phones, watch alarms, ect.) or fail to follow instructions will be warned once without penalty. Subsequent infractions will result in a deduction of points from the student's final grade. Additional guidelines regarding classroom behavior will be announced in class.

XIV. COURSE WITHDRAWAL:

    Students may withdraw with a "W" grade until the last day allowed by the University (February
19, 1999 this semester) regardless of their grade in the course. Students who withdraw after the last day to withdraw with a "W" will receive a "W" grade if they are passing at the time of their withdrawal and have less than ten absences (calculated on the basis of a fifty-minute class period). Students who want to withdraw and have a "F" average and less than ten absences should see the instructor. Students with ten or more absences (calculated on the basis of a fifty-minute class period) who withdraw will receive a "F" grade.

XV.COURSE ATTENDANCE:

    Each student should recognize that one of the most vital aspects of a college experience is attendance and participation in classes and that the value of this academic experience cannot be fully measured by testing procedures alone. The members of this class are considered sufficiently mature to appreciate the necessity of regular attendances, to accept this as a personal responsibility and to demonstrate the kind of self-discipline essential for such performance.

    As a student, one should remember that they are responsible for all material covered in class. If a class should be missed, it is the student's task to find and make-up the missed material. Leaving an electronic mail message, voice mail message, or written message does NOT fulfill this responsibility.

    Attendance will count towards the computation of the student's final grade. Students who came to class late or leave early will be counted absent.

XVI.COURSE INFORMATION:

    The class will meet from 17:20-20:00 on Thursdays in room 204 of the Baird Hall.

XVI.COURSE INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION:

Charles Dreveskracht
303 Seminary Hall
Northeastern State University
Tahlequah, Oklahoma 74464
Telephone (voice): (918) 456-5511 ext. 3505
Telephone (fax): (918) 458-2193
E-Mail(Internet): dreveskr@cherokee.nsuok.edu
URL: http://arapaho.nsuok.edu/~dreveskr

OFFICE HOURS:

Monday: 11:00-12:00 & 13:30-15:30
Tuesday: 13:30-14:30 & 18:00-19:00 at OSU-T
Wednesday: 18:00-19:00 at OSU-T
Thursday: 13:30-14:30 & 16:00-17:00 at RSU
Friday: 11:00-12:00
    or by appointment

CLASS HOURS:

Tuesday: 11:00-12:15 & 19:20-22:00 at OSU-T
Wednesday: 19:20-22:00 at OSU-T
Thursday: 11:00-12:15 & 17:20-20:00 at RSU
 

XVIII. COURSE ACCOMMODATIONS:

    If any member of the class feels that he/she has a disability and needs special accommodations, please advise the instructor of such disability at the first class attended.

XVIX. COURSE EXCEPTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS:

    Under EXTREMELY compelling circumstances, exceptions can be made to some policies in this syllabus. If you have a problem, inform me as soon as possible, preferably beforehand and in person. If I am alerted early, it may be possible to work out a mutually satisfactory solution to the situation. Delay almost always makes resolution more difficult. I prefer to discuss problems in my office rather than in front of the class and find that the students are usually happier about the decisions made there. All exceptions to class policies in this syllabus must be requested in writing and, if approved, will be granted in writing. The instructor, not the students, determines class policy or policies in any instance in which the syllabus does not seem to be clear.

XX. COURSE SCHEDULE:

 WEEK      DATE           SUBJECT                  PAGES        NOTES

 1           January 14         Introduction               1-30

 2           January 21         Crime Fears                31-52

 3           January 28         Child Abduction          53-68

 4           February 4         Murder                      69-92

 5           February 11       Stalkers                      93-108

 6           February 18       Organized Crime         109-140    Exam # 1
                                                                                                             (1-108)

 7           February 25       White Collar Crime     141-164

 8           March 4             Drug War                   165-190

 9           March 11            HIV                           191-208

10          March 25            Police Work               209-234

11          April 1                Courts                        235-256  Exam# 2
                                                                                                              (108-234)

12          April 8                Punishment                257-286

13          April 15              Lenient System           287-306

14          April 22              Death Penalty             307-330

15          April 29              Solutions                     331-348 Papers Due

16          May 6               Exam # 3                    (235-348)
 
 

    "PLEASE BE PLANNING WELL AHEAD SO THAT YOU ARE PREPARED FOR THE REQUIRED ASSIGNMENTS AND TESTS ON THE ABOVE DATES"

Last Modified on Thursday April 22 1999
Maintained by Charles L. Dreveskracht