Learning Outcomes

• Define the general principles of the Bill of Rights, and the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution.
• Describe the relationship between the Constitution and practices of criminal justice.
• Identify and describe landmark Supreme Court cases related to criminal justice.

Tasks

1. Review the Viewing Guide for Constitutional Principle: Rule of Law***
2. Watch The Story of the Bill of Rights (16:21 min)***
3. Read the Annenberg Guide United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights***
4. Complete the “After you watch” questions from the Viewing Guide for Constitutional Principle: Rule of Law***
5. Review the Objectives, Roles and Limits (Sec 1.2) Lecture and Key Terms** 
6. Review the Criminal Justice Processes (Sec 1.4) Lecture and Key Terms**
7. Review the Criminal Justice Processes (Sec 1.5) Lecture and Key Terms**
8. Review the Dual Federalism (2.1) Lecture and Key Terms**
9. Complete the BlackBoard Quizzes for lectures and Key Terms  (Sec 1.2 ; 1.4, 1.5; and 2.1)
10. Read Crime, Criminal Justice, and Criminology (1.7 – 1.9; 1.11)
    • 1.7. The Three C’s: Cops, Courts, and Corrections
    • 1.8. The Crime Control and Due Process Models
    • 1.9. How Cases Move Through the System
    • 1.11. Wedding Cake Model of Justice*
11. Complete the Crime Control and Due Process Models Exercise*
12. Complete the Wedding Cake Model Exercise*

Sources:

*Introduction to the American Criminal Justice System: Open Oregon Educational Resources

**Criminal Justice: An Overview of the System: Adam McKee

***Annenberg Classroom – The Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania

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