POL 381: CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE

This course is an introduction to U.S. criminal law and procedure. The course will cover the following topics: Provide a working knowledge of constitutional rights in the context of crimiinal law. Focus on the concept of reasonableness of restraints on those rights. Gain an understanding of the public policy considerations underlying the substantive criminal law and the manner in which such policies are effectuated through criminal procedural requirements. Study the specific procedural law issues and requirements, including right to counsel, exclusionary rule, search warrant, permissible warrantless searches, stop and frisk, entrapment, wiretapping, confessions, lineups, jury selestion, voir dire, negotiated pleas, and post-conviction relief.