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Instructor	Stephen Holmes
Office	HPA 1-327
Office Hours	M & W 9:30-11:30 Or by Appointment
Phone	407-823-2938
E-mail	sholmes@mail.ucf.edu

Course Description:

Presently, organized society looks not to the church, kindred groups or the community for respite against social ills, but to government. We expect government to improve economic conditions, solve international crises, improve the political climate and also to maintain viable community norms and values. However, the reliance on government to solve all social ills is a relatively recent phenomenon. This course will focus specifically on the origins and development of state sponsored social control institutions as the primary means of relieving the responsibility of individuals to force people to adhere to the social order. To this end, this course will examine a variety of social ills and critical events in the history of mankind that led to the development of criminal justice institutions and the practices adhered to within.

Required Text:

Johnson, H. and Nancy Wolfe (2003) History of Criminal Justice. Cincinnati: Anderson.

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