CUNY Class Information

Instructor: Dr. Cory Rowe

CUNY Campus: , LaGuardia Community College

Class Title: Introduction to Criminal Justice and International Crime

Course number: SSJ 101

International Class Information

Instructor: Carlos Augusto Jaramillo Gutiérrez

Partnership institution/ country: Universidad de Medellin

Class title: Ciencias Forenses

Length of COIL Collaboration: Entire semester

Project Description

In groups with students from Colombia, create a PowerPoint presentation and short paper that offers an overview of a controversial topic in international criminal justice. Students are assigned the following topics: human trafficking; sex tourism; pirates; drug smuggling; and narco-terrorism.

Include information on the following:

1. What type of crime did you explore?

2. What is ONE major controversy about this crime? Be sure to present both sides.

3. Compare the way the United States handles policing this crime, to the way Colombia polices this crime.

4. Offer TWO recommendations for how to improve policing of this international crime.

Online Platforms

Introductions to one another were made by both sets of students through Padlet. A sample is here: https://padlet.com/belojennifer/criminal-justice-coil-ztnolmgicjqsbkll

All students shared the last two hours of every class on Zoom and assignments were posted on Google classroom. Whatsapp was used by all students for group work. 

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