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Instructor Contact
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Administration
of Justice 210 Evidence Intersession
2008 CRN 30190
(619) 388-7454 |
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Textbook and Course
Material Requirements |
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Title: Criminal Evidence Author: John L. Worrall and Craig Hemmens Publisher: Roxbury Purchase
Textbooks Online at the SDCCD Online Bookstore |
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Hardware and Software
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Hardware and Software: To
successfully complete this online course, you will be required to meet the
minimum hardware and software requirements. View Hardware and Software Requirements. Internet Browser: You must
use a supported Internet browser in order to successfully work in WebCT, the
online course management system for this course. To see a list of supported
Internet browsers, click here. |
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Course Description |
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This
class will discuss the origin, development, philosophy, and legal basis of
evidence. Subjects include judicial
decisions and statutory rules of evidence that govern the admissibility of
testimony, writings and material objects at a criminal trial. We will also learn how constitutional and
procedural considerations affect searches and seizures, admissions,
confessions, and methods of identification. |
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Course Objectives |
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OUTLINE OF TOPICS TO BE ADDRESSED
IN THIS COURSE 1.
Introduction and Overview 2.
The American Criminal Court System 3.
Important Underlying Concepts 4.
Forms of Evidence 5.
An Introduction to the Fourth Amendment 6.
Arrests and Searches with Warrants 7.
Arrests and Searches without Warrants 8.
Self-Incrimination, Confessions and Identification Procedures 9.
Witness Competency, Credibility and Impeachment 10.
Examining Witnesses 11.
Testimonial Privileges 12.
The Hearsay Rule and Its Exceptions 13.
How Different Types of Evidence are Introduced |
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Online Learning Readiness
Assessment |
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To find
out if you have the technical and student skills necessary to succeed with
online learning, take the Online Learning Readiness Assessment. |
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This
course is offered as a technology mediated instruction class. All lecture
material will be delivered via the Internet. It is not easier or less work
than a traditional course. In fact, most distance learners say these courses
are harder and more time consuming. The instructor will be available to
students via electronic mail within the WebCT website or via telephone at
(619) 388-7454. It is the
student's responsibility to add, drop or withdraw from this course by the
established deadlines. Petitions to add, drop or withdraw after the deadline
will not be approved without proof of circumstances beyond the student's
control. Lack of money to pay fees is not considered an extenuating
circumstance. Further, it is the student's responsibility to insure that all
work is submitted, as per guidelines in the on line format, by the required
date. Students
are advised that many problems can occur with technology and that they should
anticipate such problems and allow sufficient time to rectify them in order
that work is completed by deadline. For the purposes of this online course,
students are expected to have adequate computer skills to be able to manage
the technology. Students are required to check the Internet course site on a
daily basis to insure that they are up to date with the calendar, mail and
bulletin board postings. Registration
into this course assumes that you have access to a computer with a reliable
Internet Service Provider, that you are computer literate, self motivated and
disciplined and that you will devote sufficient time to the course. |
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Application and Registration
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6. After completion of
registration on Reg-e, and several days prior to the start of the semester, you will
receive an email with course login instructions. If you don't receive an
email please go to http://www.sdccdonline.net and login on the first day of
class as follows:
You will not be able
to login to your online course until the first day of the semester!!! |