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課程概述

媒體常以斷章取義的方式報導與犯罪相關的新聞，也有許多人在資訊不充足的狀況下發表相關評論，應如何觀察、思考，才不至於被帶風向或被激情牽著走？本課程即從刑事法出發，提供學生觀察與理解犯罪現象所需的背景知識，包含犯罪學上對於前端犯罪事件發生原因如何說明，與後端刑事司法系統如何回應與處理，並探討幾個刑事政策基本議題。本課程在歷年的教學意見調查中屢獲學生肯定，期能繼續引導同學們，在面對社會當中與犯罪相關的各種爭議時，發揮更深層的反思與同理，進而以冷靜的態度及理性的方法分析，找出真正有用、可行的問題解決對策。

The media often reports crime-related news out of context, and many people make relevant comments without sufficient information. How can we observe and think without being led by trends or passion? This course provides students with the background knowledge needed in observing and understanding criminal phenomena. We will start from criminal law, stepping into how criminology explains the causes of front-end criminal events, how the back-end criminal justice system responds and handles them, and explores several criminal Basic policy issues. This course has been repeatedly recognized by students in the teaching opinion surveys over the years. It is hoped that it will continue to guide students to develop deeper reflection and empathy when facing various controversies related to crime in society, and then use a calm attitude and Rational method analysis to find truly useful and feasible problem-solving strategies

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包括犯罪的成因、刑罰的目的、刑事司法系統的部門組織、案件流程、刑事訴訟制度（含制度架構與基本原理，也會順帶介紹國民法官制度）、刑罰制度（順帶介紹易刑、緩刑、保安處分等）、我國各種「刑」的運作實態、監獄現況與相關問題。而各個常見的刑事政策議題（如死刑、毒品、少年犯罪等）等，均會涉獵。