NCJ Number
105058
Journal
Journal of Criminal Justice Volume: 15 Issue: 2 Dated: (1987) Pages: 137-144
Date Published
1987
Length
8 pages
Annotation
Criminal justice education, if it is to remain vital and growing, has to experiment with courses involving material beyond the social sciences.
Abstract
Although generally accepted as an interdisciplinary field, criminal justice has focused on the social sciences. Using examples found in many law schools, criminal justice instructors can employ the art or humanity of literature in their classes. Fiction, especially short stories and one-act dramas, can be inserted into core courses or used as the basis for a special course on criminal justice and literature. The new approach offered by literature encourages students to reexamine various aspects of the criminal justice system. (Author abstract)