Learner Reviews & Feedback for Hot Topics in Criminal Justice by Vanderbilt University
About the Course
that can help separate out the most and least culpable and dangerous. We grant the police far too much power to use force and technological
surveillance. As a way of thinking about dealing with these problems, this course examines two over-arching issues: What should we do with
people who have committed crime, and how should we identify who they are? On the first issue, we will look closely at the nature and causes of
mass incarceration, the death penalty, the lawfulness and usefulness of preventive detention and risk assessment, and the ro...
Top reviews
AS
Jan 24, 2020
Highly engaging and interesting! Absolutely loved learning this :) [although keep in mind if you want to get the certificate, it may take a while due to the need for multiple peer reviews]
MR
Jul 3, 2023
The course was well designed, delivered and included important topics of US Criminal Justice. The learning was enjoyable as well as kind of depressing (because of the subject matter).
51 - 58 of 58 Reviews for Hot Topics in Criminal Justice
By Ibtissam K
•Dec 8, 2021
PARFAIT
By Ashok K S
•Jul 28, 2021
Superb
By Kathy A M
•Feb 20, 2023
The course was very interesting but I was unable to access several of the youtube videos. consequently I was not able to complete the course
By Nathan C
•Feb 2, 2024
really hard course to finish
By L A A
•Jan 8, 2025
I think this is for US focussed citizens. I am from the UK and was not particularly interested in the US. Also found the professor difficult to listen to at times and remain focussed.
By Joel E S D
•Jan 10, 2025
Without feed back in the final quiz and can't see the mistakes is nice for coursera keep charge money of my credit card until can't pass
By sumit k b
•Nov 3, 2023
last week quiz is having technical error, everytime i am getting 78% where the passing marks in 80%.
By Varada L
•Mar 16, 2022
hard to follow and unending course test