Please note that students are not permitted to leave early for Easter break or Spring break or to return late from those breaks if it causes them to miss class in CJS/SOC 220. If you miss the class just before or after those breaks, you will have to provide a doctor's note. Failure to provide such a documented medical excuse will result either in the student being required to drop the class or being required to do a substantial additional assignment, at the discretion of the instructor.

You must make sure you get the correct edition of the textbook in CJS/SOC 220.

There are several editions of the book but we are using the first edition, from 2016.  The book is:

Introduction to Criminal Justice: Systems, Diversity, and Change, by Callie Marie Rennison and Mary Dodge.

If you get the 2018 or 2020 edition, you may not be able to answer the quiz questions in the class.  The bookstore has the correct edition (2016) and I have also seen it available on Amazon and in other places.

Additional Required Assignments:

For class on February 19, you are required to read the Supreme Court decison in Mapp v. Ohio (1961) including all concurring and dissenting opinions.

For class on February 24, you are required to read the Supreme Court decision in United States v. Russell (1973) including all dissenting opinions.

You will NOT be allowed to stay in class on those dates if you have not read those cases!

There is a link which will enable you to find the full text of these cases in the Supreme Court Case Analysis section of the course home page.