INSTRUCTION: The links below take you to video clips taken from Reel Justice, which is a unique movie that is centered on a sexual assault that takes place in a college town. It allows students to explore course concepts and terminology in a relevant and meaningful context. Movie segments are augmented by a robust array of review and assessment features. Students can explore a wide variety of criminal justice issues firsthand including criminal responsibility, theories of crime causation, civil vs. criminal law, police roles, functions, and ethics, the courts, and more. Master course concepts more completely than they could by just reading any text. Read the introduction, answer the following questions below and discuss your answers with your classmates and instructor.

Chapter 5 Video 1: Broadband (5256.0K)

Chapter 5 Video 1: Dial-Up (638.0K)

5.1. Officer Jordan notes that investigations are long and involved processes. How much does success in investigations depend on training? How much depends on common sense? How much on luck? What are some of the likely difficulties that one might encounter during the investigation process?

Chapter 5 Video 2: Broadband (5365.0K)

Chapter 5 Video 2: Dial-Up (729.0K)

5.2. In this scene, Officer Jordan must decide whether or not to arrest the suspect. What would you do? Why? Would your decision be affected by the ethnicity of the suspect? What if the victim was your close friend or a family member?