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Dates: TBA           Cost: $2475 (Including Airfare) +tuition

The study abroad program focusing on the English criminal justice system offers students an opportunity to consider the impact of the English criminal justice system on the development of American criminal justice.

Students will tour English prison museums at the Clink and Clerkenwell and working prisons such as Pentonville, the oldest prison now in use in Britain. We will visit repositories of English history at the British museum and the Museum of London, where they actually display the remains of the noted Newgate Prison. One of the most poular visits is always the Tower of London, built in the 12th century and home to noted prisoners, including William Penn, Walter Raleigh, and King Henry VIII's ill-fated wives.

English legal traditions will be observed by touring the Inns of Court, sitting in on public trials at the Old Bailey, and visiting the Parliament.

Students will also have the opportunity to visit police officials at local police stations in East London as well as Inner City probation officials. One of the highpoints is a visit to the police academy at Bramshill.

Crime and punishment will be given its due with a guided tour of the Jack the Ripper murders, a visit to the East London murder haunts of the Kray Brothers, and the sites of various notable murders.

As time permits students will have the opportunity to visit Greenwich after a boat ride on the Thames; Salisbury and Stonehenge; various markets; and many other memorable places.

Day 1	Depart U.S.
Day 2	London Gatwick Airport and proceed by train to accommodations at Queen Mary and Westfield College
Day 3	Boat Tour on Thames Rive and sightseeing at Greenwich
Day 4	Trooping the Colour-Queen's birthday parade which leaves Buckingham Palace and continues down the mall to the Horse Guards Parade: 61 gun salute from Tower Wharf
Day 5	Visit Covent Garden (and Bow Street) and Camden Market/Portobello Market
Day 6	Visit Museum of London; Roman Fortifications, Tower of London; prisoners of the Tower exhibit.
Day 7	Visit Clink Prison, considered one of the world's best prison Museums; visit London Bridge and Shakespeare's Globe Theater; The London Dungeon experience-unique museum of 40 spine chilling exhibits which dwell on the darker side of European history.
Day 8	Day trip to Bramshill Police Academy; riot control training; new recruit training; etc. This famous police academy is affiliated with the Central Police Training and Development Authority (CENTREX); return to London in time for Jack the Ripper walking tour.
Day 9	Attend trial at Old Bailey; Legal London walking tour including The Inns of Court. Visit Imperial War Museum Exhibition of Crimes against Humanity and Holocaust Exhibit.
Day 10	Visit Stonehenge and Salisbury by train/bus.
Day 11	Tour Pentonville Prison, Europe's busiest prison.
Day 12	Attend trail at Old Bailey; visit St. Paul's Cathedral; the site of Prince Charles and Diana's wedding; it is also held state funerals for Churchill, Wellington, and other notables.
Day 13	Departure for U.S.