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ERIC Number: EJ551283
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0092-055X
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Employing a Mock Trial in a Criminology Course: An Applied Learning Experience.
Shepelak, Norma J.
Teaching Sociology, v24 n4 p395-400 Oct 1996
Recounts a criminology class exercise that consisted of staging a mock trial using the murders from Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood" as source material. Students research the case and role play various lawyers, jury members, and witnesses. Identifies and discusses four educational objectives attainable through the staging of mock trials. (MJP)
Descriptors: Courts, Criminology, Educational Objectives, Experiential Learning, Higher Education, Juries, Law Related Education, Learning Activities, Role Playing, Simulation, Sociology, Student Evaluation, Student Participation, Student Reaction, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners; Researchers; Teachers
Language: English
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