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Explore critical issues in criminal justice reform, from mass incarceration to police surveillance, with expert analysis of current challenges and solutions.
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₹ 2,699
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15 Hours
Self-paced lessons
This comprehensive course examines pressing issues in the American criminal justice system, focusing on reform needs. Led by Vanderbilt University expert Christopher Slobogin, it analyzes mass incarceration, death penalty, police powers, and surveillance technology. The curriculum covers both theoretical frameworks and practical implications, exploring solutions to systemic problems while examining scientific advances in criminal justice. Students learn about preventive detention, risk assessment, police use of force, and technological surveillance, gaining insights into modern criminal justice challenges.
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What you'll learn
Understand the causes and solutions to mass incarceration
Analyze death penalty implementation and wrongful convictions
Evaluate police use of force and surveillance practices
Examine the role of mental illness in criminal justice
Assess preventive detention and risk assessment methods
Understand legal remedies for police misconduct
Explore technological surveillance and privacy issues
Analyze racial disparities in criminal justice
Skills you'll gain
This course includes:
410 Minutes PreRecorded video
26 quizzes
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There are 7 modules in this course
This comprehensive course examines critical issues in the American criminal justice system and explores potential reforms. Students learn about mass incarceration, preventive detention, the death penalty, and police practices including use of force and surveillance. The curriculum covers the intersection of science and criminal justice, including risk assessment tools and neuroscience in criminal cases. Special attention is given to racial disparities, wrongful convictions, and the constitutional principles governing law enforcement activities.
Mass Incarceration
Module 1 · 2 Hours to complete
Punishment & Prevention
Module 2 · 3 Hours to complete
Insanity & Neuroscience
Module 3 · 3 Hours to complete
The Death Penalty
Module 4 · 2 Hours to complete
Police Use of Force
Module 5 · 3 Hours to complete
Police Surveillance
Module 6 · 2 Hours to complete
End of Course Final Quiz
Module 7 · 0 Hours to complete
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