In this seminar, we will examine the criminal justice system from the perspective of psychological science, and human psychology from the perspective of the criminal justice system. We will discuss each stage of a typical criminal case, from investigation through sentencing, as a framework for exploring how cognitive processes shape the collection, retention, presentation, and evaluation of evidence, as well as judgments about guilt, responsibility, and punishment. Topics include witness memory, false confessions, collective recall, witness preparation, narrative cognition, jury decisionmaking, moral contagion, procedural justice, punishment, recidivism, and rehabilitation. Throughout the course, we will consider how legal institutions transform incomplete and often uncertain information into shared representations of what happened in the past and how those representations shape the future. Our goals are to understand the ways in which legal institutions are built upon and constrained by fundamental features of human cognition and to gain deeper insight into how human beings create, sustain, and navigate a shared social world. Prerequisite: One Lang fundamentals course or ULEC Introduction to Psychology with a grade of "C" or higher.