Fall 2026

Criminal Justice in America

Examines the functioning, organization, and roles within the U.S. criminal justice system.

offering recorded3–4 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Jinho LimLasya Priya Rao JarugumilliRalph Grunewald +1 more

Summary

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Historical reviews of Alyssa Mugavero: Reviewers report that the TA leads discussions poorly, goes in circles, and fails to stay on track, making the learning process difficult.

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Prerequisites

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LEGALST/SOC 131 used by

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Professors

Fall 2026

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.19 GPA, 48.8% A/AB (n=166 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.33 GPA, 58.7% A/AB (n=361 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.37 GPA, 64.4% A/AB (n=188 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical reviews of Alyssa Mugavero: Ralph Grunewald is the current instructor, but recent reviews target his teaching assistant, Alyssa Mugavero, for poor discussion leadership and condescension. Reviewers report that she misleads students on exams and fails to answer questions, creating a frustrating experience despite Grunewald teaching the main lectures.

IRENE BIRUTE KATELE is recorded teaching in Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Spring 2013. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

KARL B SHOEMAKER is recorded teaching in Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

RALPH GRUNEWALD is recorded teaching in Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction198 / 3007
DIS 301Classroom Instruction16 / 250
DIS 302Classroom Instruction18 / 250
DIS 304Classroom Instruction14 / 252
DIS 305Classroom Instruction21 / 251
DIS 307Classroom Instruction15 / 250
DIS 308Classroom Instruction21 / 251
DIS 309Classroom Instruction18 / 250
DIS 310Classroom Instruction15 / 250
DIS 306Classroom Instruction12 / 252
DIS 303Classroom Instruction20 / 200
DIS 311Classroom Instruction10 / 250
DIS 312Classroom Instruction18 / 181
LEC 001Classroom Instruction100 / 3002
DIS 301Classroom Instruction9 / 250
DIS 302Classroom Instruction7 / 250
DIS 303Classroom Instruction0 / 200
DIS 304Classroom Instruction11 / 250
DIS 305Classroom Instruction5 / 251
DIS 306Classroom Instruction13 / 251
DIS 307Classroom Instruction10 / 250
DIS 308Classroom Instruction4 / 250
DIS 309Classroom Instruction7 / 250
DIS 310Classroom Instruction10 / 250
DIS 311Classroom Instruction15 / 250
DIS 312Classroom Instruction8 / 250

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Student experience

the class

Historical reviews of Alyssa Mugavero: Recent reviews for current instructor Ralph Grunewald’s TA, Alyssa Mugavero, are overwhelmingly negative, citing her as condescending, disorganized, and unhelpful.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.19 GPA, 48.8% A/AB (n=166 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.33 GPA, 58.7% A/AB (n=361 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.37 GPA, 64.4% A/AB (n=188 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Alyssa Mugavero: Reviewers report that the TA leads discussions poorly, goes in circles, and fails to stay on track, making the learning process difficult.

Historical reviews of Alyssa Mugavero: Students describe the TA as condescending and fake, noting she ridicules questions, gets offended easily, and misleads students on exam writing.

Topics

  • Organization and roles of police, lawyers, court, and correctional personnel
  • Nature of crime, causes, and solutions in the U.S.

Grades

Historical instructor

Fall 2026 · Projected

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About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.15 GPA average error.

Grades over time

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Where this course fits relative to

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About this comparison

1283 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
LEGALST/SOC 131 · Fall 2026

Criminal Justice in America

Recorded 2026-09-07
LEGALST/SOC 131 · Fall 2026

Criminal Justice in America

Recorded 2026-09-07
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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Model outputs & technical records
nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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Model & dataset provenance
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