CASES IN CORRECTIONS
SYLLABUS 2002

CASES IN CORRECTIONS
CCJ 4031
TT 8:00 AM 210 GC
TT 11:00 AM 100 GC
Dr. Christina J. Johns
416 Perry Paige Building

christinajjohns@earthlink.net

Office Hours TT 7:00 - 8:00, by appointment
Office Phone Number 561-2255
Always Available by Email

• Introduction to Course
• Syllabus

1/10

• Professional Behavior
• Levels of the Court System

1/15

• How to Brief a Case
• Payne v. Tennessee (opens new window)

1/17

• Payne v. Tennessee

1/22

• Payne v. Tennessee

1/24

• Test 1

1/29

• Chapter 2: Guilty Pleas and Plea Bargaining

1/31

• Chapter 3: The Sentencing Process

2/5

• Test 2

2/7

• Chapter 6: The Death Penalty

2/12

• Chapter 6: The Death Penalty

2/14

• Test 3

2/19

• Chapter 7: Cruel and Unusual Punishment and Noncapital Cases

2/21

• Chapter 8: Prisoners’ Rights: An Introduction

2/26

• Chapter 9: First Amendment Rights

2/28

• Test 4

3/5

• Chapter 10: Right of Access to the Courts

3/7

• Chapter 11: Prison Disciplinary Proceedings

3/11 - 3/15 Spring Break

3/19

• Chapter 12: Classification, Transfers, and Withholding of Privileges

3/21

• Test 5

3/26

• Chapter 13: Searches, Seizures, and Privacy Rights

3/28

• Chapter 14: Due-Process Claims

4/2

• Test 6

4/4

• Chapter 15: Cruel and Unusual Punishment

4/9

• Chapter 16: Parole Release and Probation and Parole Revocation

4/11

• Test 7

4/16

• Class Discussion

4/18

• Test 8
• Last Class