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Suggested Psych/Soc Courses

• PSC 274 (or SOC 274) Criminal Justice System. The American system of criminal justice, general processing of cases, principal actors, study of theories of criminal law, and pretrial detention and sentencing.
  
  
• SOC 230 Crime and Delinquency. Survey of the extent, distribution, trends and costs of delinquency and crime in the United States; examination of selected types of crime and delinquency; policy implications.
  
  
• SOC 330 Police in Democratic Societies. Examines the development of policing, its structures and functions, police discretion and accountability, and current innovations. Focus on the United States with comparisons to other countries.
  
  
• SOC 370 Theories of Crime and Delinquency. Historical development of criminological theory; examination of the major sociological and social psychological theories of crime, criminality and delinquency; evaluation of competing theories.
  
  
• PHL 430 Philosophy of Law. Critical evaluation of the basis of legal authority and legal decision making, covering topics in the areas of analytic and ethical jurisprudence as well as professional ethics for lawyers.
  
  
• PSC 288 The American Legal System. Political and social analysis of the American legal system, particularly at trial court and street levels, and roles of participants in that system with observation of local courts.

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Coming Soon

Starting in Spring 2010 URI will be offering a full course in EnCase Forensics Software. This course will be eligible to any student who is currently enrolled in one of the degree or certificate programs and has successfully completed CSC485 or CSC585. Enroll now to be one of the first students eligible. Students who complete the course will be eligible to take their EnCe certification test.