LAW 973: Criminal Procedure: Social Science Perspectives Seminar
This course will examine insights that social science can provide criminal procedure policymakers. The course will focus on the rationale and methodologies of social science and explore social science literature which examines various criminal procedure topics, including expectations of privacy and the impact of the exclusionary rule under the Fourth Amendment, the efficacy of Miranda, the most effective way of constructing identification procedures, the fairness of jury decision-making, the validity of risk assessment at sentencing, and the impact of habeas review. Student team presentations will describe original social science research on a criminal procedure topic. Enrollment limited. [3]