CRIMLJUS 1130 3 credits
Introduction to Criminal Justice
A survey of the administration of criminal justice, including the structural components of the criminal justice system and the stages of the criminal process from the detection of crime and arrest through prosecution, adjudication, sentencing, and correctional intervention; emphasis upon analysis of decisions and practices within the context of the entire criminal justice system. GE: SS. F, S

CRIMLJUS 2130 3 credits
The Police Function
The roles and functions of police in a democratic society, including their responsibilities for peacekeeping, law enforcement and service; the police as part of the criminal justice system and as agents of municipal government; models and styles of police behavior. P: CRIMLJUS 1130 with a "C" or better. F, S

CRIMLJUS 2230 3 credits
Correctional Philosophy
The theories, philosophies and practices of corrections; sentencing structures and their relationships to correctional objectives; the modes of correctional intervention. P: CRIMLJUS 1130 with a "C" or better. F, S

CRIMLJUS 2630 3 credits
Private Security Operations
A survey of the physical, personnel and informational aspects of the security field; concept of physical information and personnel security systems integrated with management systems; controls in regard to private, public and government owned complexes. F

CRIMLJUS 2830 3 credits
Ethnicity, Race and Crime
(Cross offered under ETHNSTDY 2830)
This course will study the correlation between ethnicity, race, crime and criminality in the United States. It will explore the interrelationships among ethnicity, race, the production of criminal law and the sanctioning of criminal behavior. Also, it will examine social dynamics which underlie current concepts, information and misinformation regarding ethnicity, race and crime in an increasingly diverse society P: Sophomore standing. GE: E

CRIMLJUS 2930 3 credits
Interviewing
Examination of the principles of effective interviewing as applied to investigative reporting, research, persuasion, counseling, employment, and the investigation of crime. The latter part of this course will pay particular attention to the theory and practice of interviewing and interrogation as applied to gaining information from complainants, witnesses, victims, informants, and suspects. F, S

CRIMLJUS 3130 3 credits
Criminal Investigation
An introduction to the principles and procedures of criminal investigation, including the identification of physical and testimonial evidence, creation of hypotheses for the development of leads and documentation of findings. P: CRIMLJUS 2130 with a "C" or better and junior standing. S

CRIMLJUS 3140 4 credits
Criminalistics
The function and techniques of the application of scientific methods to the evaluation of physical evidence. The course examines the various analytical systems used in the evaluation of physical evidence with a balance between the theoretical framework and practical application. P: CRIMLJUS 2130 with a "C" or better and junior standing. F

CRIMLJUS 3230 3 credits
Comparative Criminal Justice Systems
Cultural bases of laws, development of laws, conceptions of justice and patterns of crime; comparison of American criminal justice systems with other Western and Asian justice systems. P: CRIMLJUS 2130 and CRIMLJUS 2230 with a "C" or better in each and junior standing. S

CRIMLJUS 3330 3 credits
Police Administration
Principles of police administration and organization; detailed analysis of police administration such as budgeting, personnel management, implementation of programs toward fulfillment of objectives and decision-making. P: CRIMLJUS 2130 with a "C" or better and junior standing. S

CRIMLJUS 3430 3 credits
Patterns of Criminal and Delinquent Behavior
The legal and behavioral classification of crimes and criminals based on analysis of the criminal career of the offender, group support of the behavior, society's reaction and the response of the legal system; analysis of crimes as systems of behavior: property, violent, professional, organized, victimless, white-collar, conventional and political crime. P: CRIMLJUS 2130 and CRIMLJUS 2230 with a "C" or better in each and junior standing. F

CRIMLJUS 3530 3 credits
Correctional Institutions
History, development and functions of correctional institutions including prisons and jails; their custodial and correctional programs; the impact of incarceration on inmates; the interactional structure of the prison environment; improving conditions and correctional programs. P: CRIMLJUS 2230 with a "C" or better and junior standing. F

CRIMLJUS 3630 3 credits
Juvenile Justice
Conceptions of juvenile delinquency; the juvenile offender in the juvenile justice system; the philosophy, structure and function of juvenile courts; legal rights of accused juveniles, correctional theories, and programs in juvenile institutions; methods and models of rehabilitating juvenile offenders and prevention of juvenile delinquency. P: CRIMLJUS 2230 with a "C" or better and junior standing. F, S

CRIMLJUS 3730 3 credits
Women and the Law
(Cross offered under WOMSTD 3730)
A study of women in their legal roles as wives and mothers, workers and students, criminals and victims of crime. The course examines how the law affects women's personal choices regarding marriage, having children, and aiming for high-level achievements in education and in work. The course also examines ways in which law affects women in poverty and in old age. P: CRIMLJUS 1130 or one course in women's studies and junior standing. GE: SS, G. F



CRIMLJUS 3800 3 credits
Environmental Law
A study of historical concepts and common law rules and their effect on the development of environmental law; examination of state and federal statutes, regulations and case law relating to land use, pollution control and preservation of natural resources; exploration of the legal frontiers of environmental protection and restoration. S

CRIMLJUS 3830 3 credits
Crime Prevention
An investigation of the prevention of crime utilizing changes in both the physical and social environments. P: CRIMLJUS 1130 with a "C" or better and junior standing. S

CRIMLJUS 3900 3 credits
Research Methods in Criminal Justice
An introduction to research methods in criminal justice and criminology, with applications to both pure and applied research. The course provides a basic conceptual framework for understanding and interpreting criminal justice research as well as designing, conducting and evaluating research projects. P: CRIMLJUS 2130 and CRIMLJUS 2230 with a "C" or better in both, Math 1830, and junior standing. S

CRIMLJUS 3930 3 credits
Law of Corrections
The law pertaining to the effects and consequences of conviction, sentencing and prisoner rights; the legal process in terms of post-trial motions and appeals of conviction. P: CRIMLJUS 2230 with a "C" or better and junior standing. F

CRIMLJUS 4030 3 credits
Criminal Law
A study of the principles, doctrines and selected rules of criminal law; the sources of substantive criminal law and historical development of common law principles of criminal responsibility; constitutional constraints on the decision to define the behavior as criminal. P: CRIMLJUS 2130 and CRIMLJUS 2230 with a "C" or better in each and junior standing. F, S

CRIMLJUS 4130 3 credits
Police-Community Relations
Analysis of the interdependence of the police and community in maintaining order and controlling crime; theories of community and the community's role in the development of police systems; tensions and conflict in police-community interaction; programs and strategies for improving the quality of police-community relations. P: CRIMLJUS 2130 with a "C" or better and junior standing. F

CRIMLJUS 4230 3 credits
Community-Based Corrections
Community-based correctional programs, pre- and post-trial; a critical investigation of theories, practices and problems involved in pre-trial diversion, probation and parole. P: CRIMLJUS 2230 with a "C" or better and junior standing. S

CRIMLJUS 4330 3 credits
Criminal Procedure and Evidence
A study of case law defining constitutional constraints on police behavior in the areas of arrest, search and seizure, interrogation, identification and investigation; rules on the exclusion of illegally seized evidence. P: CRIMLJUS 4030 with a "C" or better and junior standing. F, S

CRIMLJUS 4430 3 cr
Issues in Criminal Justice Planning and Management
Problems confronting American criminal justice in the areas of criminal law, courts, law enforcement and corrections; models and alternatives for reforming the criminal justice process including program planning, development, and management.

CRIMLJUS 4500 1-3 credits
Directed Individual Studies
Supervised individual study of a topic selected by the student with staff approval. P: CRIMLJUS 4030 with a "C" or better, an accumulated GPA of 2.50, junior standing, and consent of instructor. F, S

CRIMLJUS 4630 1-3 credits
Current Topics in Criminal Justice
Current issues in criminal justice which may not warrant a permanent course. Course content will be announced each time the course is presented. P: CRIMLJUS 4030 with a "C" or better and junior standing. Offered Various Semesters

CRIMLJUS 4730 2-4 credits
Honors in Criminal Justice Research
The practical application of research to the criminal justice field. The student will design a complete research project within the framework of a tutorial relationship with a member of the criminal justice faculty. P: CRIMLJUS 4030 with a "C" or better, junior standing, and departmental approval. Offered Various Semesters

CRIMLJUS 4830 3 credits
Psychopharmacology for AODA Counselors
The effects of nutrients, additives and psychoactive drugs on criminal behavior; the process by which behavior is affected by these substances. P: BIOLOGY 1150 or CHEMSTRY 1050 and CRIMLJUS 1130, PSYCHLGY 1130 or SOCIOLGY 1030 and junior standing. S

CRIMLJUS 4880 8 credits
Internship
Enhancement of the educational experience through placement of a student with a governmental or private agency; emphasis placed on integration of criminal justice theory and practice through field observations, practical experience, and extensive report writing, including submission of daily reports, administrative reports, and case reports. P: CRIMLJUS 4030 with a "C" or better, an accumulative GPA of 2.25, junior standing, and departmental approval. F, S, Su

CRIMLJUS 4930 3 credits
Criminal Justice Seminar
Discussion and evaluation of problems in the contemporary criminal justice system; individual research and presentation of findings. P: CRIMLJUS 4030 with a "C" or better and senior standing. F, S