Spring 2027

Criminal Law and Justice

Criminal Law and Justice covers substantive and procedural criminal law, criminal justice purposes, responsibility, punishment, proof, and 4th-6th Amendment issues using a case approach.

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Summary

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Past student reviews · Howard Schweber

Grades relied entirely on three take-home partner exams. The course also assigned an overwhelming number of readings, making TAs essential for support.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Discuss the substantive and procedural aspects of criminal law.

  • Explore the purposes of criminal justice.

  • Examine criminal responsibility and punishment and legal concepts of proof.

  • Analyze the 4th, 5th, and 6th Amendment issues.

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Prerequisites

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Sophomore standing and a course in POLI SCI or SOC

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      • POLI SCI
      • SOC
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POLISCI 314

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    • Sophomore standing
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      • SOC

Professors

Spring 2027

No instructors recorded for this selection.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

HOWARD SCHWEBER is recorded teaching in Fall 2025. 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

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Howard Schweber

Howard Schweber's lectures were engaging but difficult to follow due to the lack of slides. Students found him entertaining and knowledgeable, though the format required active participation.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.88 GPA, 96.2% A/AB (n=52 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.59 GPA, 81.6% A/AB (n=141 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.64 GPA, 87.8% A/AB (n=148 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Howard Schweber

Grades relied entirely on three take-home partner exams. The course also assigned an overwhelming number of readings, making TAs essential for support.

Past student reviews · Howard Schweber

Students found the class confusing to navigate, with lectures often going off-topic. Office hours were helpful for clarification, but the lack of structured slides made following the material challenging.

Topics

  • Purposes of criminal justice, specific crimes, responsibility, punishment, and legal concepts of proof.
  • 4th, 5th, and 6th Amendment issues.

Skills

  • Discussing substantive and procedural aspects of criminal law.
  • Analyzing 4th, 5th, and 6th Amendment issues.

Grades

Latest available · Fall 2025— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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Where this course fits relative to

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About this comparison

1316 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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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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Model & dataset provenance 
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