Osher Lifelong Learning: Chris Slobogin "Preventive Detention and Sentencing"
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Channel: Vanderbilt University · 2012 · Education
Contemporary Debates in Criminal Justice Chris Slobogin, Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University This course will explore a number of the hottest topics in criminal justice: the death penalty, the insanity defense, preventive detention, surveillance and other topics relating to investigation of crime and its punishment. The course will expose participants to the basic principles of criminal law and to constitutional doctrine governing the police and adjudication of crime. Christopher Slobogin, J.D., LL.M. occupies the Milton Underwood Chair at the Vanderbilt Law School, directs the Criminal Justice Program there, and also has an appointment in the Department of Psychiatry. Oct. 3 - The Death Penalty Oct. 10 - The Insanity Defense Oct. 17 - Preventive Detention and Sentencing Oct. 24 -- Government Surveillance Oct. 31 -- Interrogation Practices Nov. 7 -- The Class Decides
