Victims in Criminal Procedure

Victims in Criminal Procedure - Professor Meg Garvin

• Course Number: LAW-590
• Course Type: Foundational
• Credits: 2
• Enrollment Limit: Determined by the Registrar

• Description: This course tracks the victim’s role through all stages of criminal procedure, from investigation through sentence and post-sentence matters. It examines state and federal constitutional provisions relevant to victims’ role as well as federal and state statutory provisions. The course analyzes definitions of “victim” to see who is included and excluded; examines data regarding how gender and race impact response to crime; and engages with underlying cultural dynamics and their relationship with the legal system to assess how law serves as a force that preserves or destroys relationships of power. This course offers the opportunity to understand both the practice and the theory of law emerging in this area.

• Prerequisite: none
• Evaluation Method: Final examination; class participation
• Capstone: no
• WIE: no