Minorities and the Criminal Justice System

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Minorities and the Criminal Justice System

• Course Orientation and Introduction

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Todays Schedule

• Instructor Introduction
• University Education
• Course Outline and Expectations
• Website Orientation
• Course Beginning

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Raymond E. Foster, MPA
EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL TRAINING Doctoral
Student, Touro University International Winter
2007 MPA, Public Financial Management
California State University, Fullerton 4.0 GPA
(Member Phi Kappa Phi) - 2003 BA, Criminal
Justice The Union Institute 1999 National
Institute for Justice, Technology Institute,
Washington, DC Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Incident Command System
POST Courses POST Certificates West Point
Leadership Program Management Instructor
Development Course Supervisor Middle
Manager Advanced Officer Watch
Commander Intermediate Officer Supervisory
Development Basic Officer
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• De-briefing Suspects An Analysis of the Crime
  Control Tactic of Gathering Criminal Intelligence
  from Arrested Persons LAPD Intranet, September
  1999.
• Change in Public Safety Organizations Its a
  Cultural Thing www.hitechcj.com, October 2003.
  (Co-Author)
• Police Technology Prentice Hall, July 2004.
• Five Tactics for Taking Civil Service Multiple
  Choice Examinations www.hitechcj.com, January
  2004
• Strategies for Preparing for Promotion
  www.hitechcj.com December 2004
• Hi Tech Criminal Justice Newsletter 2003 to
  Present (Editor)
• Police Pursuit Technology Modern Marvels,
  History Channel, September 2004, (Technical
  Advisor)
• Tailored Technology Mobile Government,
  September 2004
• Air-to-Ground Communications Airbeat Magazine,
  October 2004
• Returning to the Scene of the Crime High
  Definition Survey Technology and Law Enforcement
  Government Technology Magazine, March 2005
• Homeland Security and the New Threats of Global
  Terrorism From Cold War to Flaming Hot War
  (Prentice Hall, February 2007)
• Prepared and submitted several successful grant
  applications

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CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FULLERTON (Instructo
r) 2004 Present UNION INSTITUTE AND
UNIVERISTY (Faculty Advisor and Instructor) 2004
Present HI TECH CRIMINAL JUSTICE 2003
Present Owner FOSTER YOUTH CONNECTION 2003
Present Founding Board Chair LOS ANGELES
POLICE DEPARTMENT 1980-2003         LIEUTENANT
(1997-- 2004) SERGEANT
(1988 1997) POLICE OFFICER (1980
1988)
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What does a university education mean?
You can manage a long term project. You can work
independently. You can work in a group. You can
manage competing resources. You can read and
write. You learned new ideas. You were exposed to
a variety of cultures. You enhanced your critical
thinking skills
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Course Objectives

• This course provides an overview and discussion
  of
• the themes and issues surrounding the
  relationship
• between minority groups and the criminal justice
• system. The course focuses on overt,
  institutional
• and subtle racism and discrimination and its
• relationship to the criminal justice system.
  Subjects
• will include personnel and organizational
  policies,
• policing, corrections, juveniles and the courts.

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Contact Me

• Office Hours Tuesday and Thursday, 1000 to 1100
  hours
• Office Location UH541
• Office Telephone [phone]
• raymond_at_hitechcj.com

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Learning Goals

• Place the issues of race and gender in the
  criminal justice system in a broader societal
  context by examining the historical developments
  of race and gender issues.
• Explore the criminal justice system responses to
  minority groups
• Understand the extent and differences in the
  nature and cause of crime by and against minority
  groups.
• Develop an awareness and understanding of
  different cultures.

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Required Text Books

• (Available at the Titan Bookstore)
• With Justice for All Minorities and Women in
  Criminal Justice, Janice Joseph, The Richard
  Stockton College of New Jersey, Dorothy L.
  Taylor, University of Miami 2003 ISBN No.
  0-13-033463-4 / Prentice Hall
• Multicultural Law Enforcement Strategies for
  Peacekeeping in a Diverse Society, 3/E Robert M.
  Shusta, Deena R. Levine, Herbert Z. Wong, Philip
  R. Harris 2005 ISBN No. 0-13-113307-1 / Prentice
  Hall

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Required Supplemental Readings

• What is a Minority Group? Based on Richard T.
  Schaefer, Racial and Ethnic Groups 5 - 10 (1993).
• Creation and Consequences of Minority Group
  Status, Based on Richard T. Schaefer, Racial and
  Ethnic Groups 18 34 (1993).
• What is Race? Ian F. Haney Lopez, The Social
  Construction of Race Some Observations on
  Illusion, Fabrication, and Choice, 29 Harvard
  Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review 1-62,
  6-7, 11-17 (Winter, 1994)
• Language of Closet Racism An Illustration, Paul
  Gorski (2004)
• Defining Race Racism and Racial Discrimination,
  Vernellia R. Randall, Professor of Law, The
  University of Dayton, School of Law
• Institutional Racism, Vernellia R. Randall,
  Professor of Law, The University of Dayton,
  School of Law
• Domestic Violence Handbook, U.S. Department of
  Agriculture Safety, Health and Employee Welfare
  Division
• What is Community Orientated Policing?, Community
  Orientated Policing Services, Department of
  Justice

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Teaching Assistant
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Course Requirements

• Attend class and take notes.
• Read and prepare to discuss the assigned reading
  by the dates identified in the course syllabus.
• Prepare five reaction papers to subjects
  identified by the instructor.
• Complete a mid-term paper.
• Complete the final examination.

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Method of Evaluation

• Reaction Papers 50 (10 each)
• Mid Term Paper 25
• Final 20
• Participation 5
• Extra Credit 5
• Semester Total 100 (105 with extra credit)

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Grades
In accordance with University Policy Statement
(UPS) 300.020 the /- system of grading will be
used in this course
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Attendance

• Within the university setting, students are
  expected to
• attend class on a regular basis and participate
  in topic
• discussion to enhance the overall learning
  experience.
• As participation is directly related to
  attendance,
• students missing four (4) class session will not
• receive any credit for attendance/participation.
• Attendance will be recorded by a class roster
  that will
• be passed among the students during each class.
  It is
• the students responsibility to sign the roster.

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Ethical Conduct

• Students should be aware that there are severe
• consequences for violations of academic ethical
• conduct. Primarily, we are concerned with
• cheating and plagiarism. Students who are
• determined to have cheated or committed
• plagiarism will face disciplinary action as
  identified
• within CSUF regulations. For additional
• clarification of cheating and/or plagiarism,
  refer to
• the CSUF website or the instructor.

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Participation Log
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Reaction Papers

• Students will be required to write five typed,
  1-2
• page reactions to subjects identified by the
• instructor. The instructor will provide more
• information concerning Issue Paper expectations
• during class. The paper will graded on content
  as
• well as exposition. The due dates of the
  reaction
• papers are listed on the syllabus and course
• website. Late papers will lose one letter grade
  per
• week. Papers more than three weeks late will not
• be accepted.

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Reaction Papers

• Subject will be assigned.
• It is your reaction to the material.
• It should be clear, concise and well-written.
• One or two paragraphs describing the subject
• One or two paragraphs describing your
  interpretation of the subject.
• The balance of the paper should describe your
  reaction to the subject based on your personal
  experience.

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Mid Term Paper

• Students will be required to write a typed, 3-5
  page
• analysis of a course related issue identified by
  the
• instructor. The student will have a choice of
  ten
• issues (available on the course website and
• Blackboard). At a minimum it is expected that
  the
• students will produce an academically sound and
• properly formatted work (APA format is strongly
• encouraged). The instructor will provide more
• information concerning Issue Paper expectations
  during
• class. The paper will graded on content as well
  as exposition.

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Mid Term Paper

• Exposition means spelling, grammar, punctuation
  and composition do count.
• Content means academically sound.
• A thesis, topic paragraph or hypothesis
• Properly sourced.
• At least three separate sources with a
  bibliography that does not count as a page.

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Final Examination

• The final examination will consist of two essay
  questions
• and will be cumulative. questions, two of which
  will
• be the final examination. Although this is not an
  open
• book test, students may use any notes they took
• during class or while studying for the final
• examination. They must be the students notes
  refer to
• the syllabus section on ethical conduct for
  further
• information.

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Minorities and Criminal Justice