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.
Components: Lecture
GE: Social Sciences
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.
Components: Lecture
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMJUS 1130 with a "C" or better
CRIMLJUS 2230 3 credits Correctional Philosophy
The theories, philosophies and practices of corrections; sentencing structures and their relationship to correctional objectives; the modes of correctional intervention.
Components: Lecture
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMJUS 1130 with a "C" or better
CRIMLJUS 2340 3 credits U S Courts and the Criminal Justice System
A detailed study of the adversarial system in the United States examining the history, tradition and philosophy underlying the system of justice as it is played out in the criminal courts, as well as administrative and civil courts.
Components: Lecture
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMJUS 1130 with a "C" or better
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.
Components: Lecture
CRIMLJUS 2830 3 credits Ethnicity, Race and Crime
A study of the correlation between ethnicity, race, crime and criminality in the United States. This course explores the interrelatedness of ethnicity, race, criminal law, and the sanctioning of criminal behavior in the United States.
Components: Lecture
Cross Offerings: ETHNSTDY 2830
GE: Ethnic Studies
Prereqs/Coreqs: sophomore standing to enroll in this class
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.
Components: Lecture
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.
Components: Discussion, Lecture
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMLJUS 2130 with a "C" or better and junior standing or junior standing and a Forensic Investigation Major
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 justice systems with other Western and Asian justice systems.
Components: Lecture
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMJUS 2130 and CRIMJUS 2230 with a "C" or better in each and junior standing
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.
Components: Lecture
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMJUS 2130 with a "C" or better and junior standing
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.
Components: Lecture
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMJUS 2130 and CRIMJUS 2230 with a "C" or better in each and junior standing
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 upon inmates; the interactional structure of the prison environment; improving conditions and correctional programs.
Components: Lecture
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMJUS 2230 with a "C" or better and junior standing
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.
Components: Lecture
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMJUS 2230 with a "C" or better and junior standing
CRIMLJUS 3730 3 credits Women and the Law
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. Also examines ways in which law affects women in poverty and in old age.
Components: Lecture
Cross Offerings: WOMSTD 3730
GE: Gender Studies, Social Sciences
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMJUS 1130 or one course in women's studies and junior standing
CRIMLJUS 3830 3 credits Crime Prevention
An investigation of the prevention of crime utilizing changes in both the physical and social environment of the community.
Components: Lecture
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMJUS 1130 with a "C" or better and junior standing
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.
Components: Lecture
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMJUS 2130 and CRIMJUS 2230 with a "C" or better in each, MATH 1830 and junior standing or a Forensic Investigation major, MATH 1830 and junior standing
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.
Components: Lecture
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMJUS 2230 with a "C" or better and junior standing
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 behavior as criminal.
Components: Lecture
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMJUS 2130 and CRIMJUS 2230 with a "C" or better in each and junior standing
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; tension and conflict in police-community interaction; programs and strategies for improving the quality of police-community relations.
Components: Lecture
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMJUS 2130 with a "C" or better and junior standing
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.
Components: Lecture
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMJUS 2230 with a "C" or better and junior standing
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.
Components: Lecture
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMJUS 4030 with a "C" or better and junior standing
CRIMLJUS 4430 3 credits 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.
Components: Lecture
CRIMLJUS 4500 1 - 3 credits Directed Individual Studies
Supervised individual study of a topic selected by the student with staff approval.
Components: Independent Study
Cross Offerings: FORENSIC 4500
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMJUS 4030 with a "C" or better, an accumulated GPA of 2.50 and junior standing
CRIMLJUS 4530 3 credits Social Welfare Policy
This course provides a basic conceptual framework for understanding and interpreting historical and contemporary social welfare policy proposals, methods, and alternatives to existing policies and programs such as those that impact at-risk and diverse populations.
Components: Lecture
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMLJUS 1130 with a "C" or better or PSYCHLGY 1130 with a "C" or better or SOCIOLGY 1030 with a "C" or better and junior standing
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.
Components: Lecture
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMJUS 4030 with a "C" or better and junior standing
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.
Components: Independent Study
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMJUS 4030 with a "C" or better and junior standing
CRIMLJUS 4840 3 credits Substance Abuse I: Theory and Assessment
This course is designed to provide an overview of basic psychopharmacology, recreational drug use, substance abuse, and dependency. Included in this approach will be coverage of addiction theory, prevention, and assessment. Particular attention will be paid to risk and protective factors associated with abuse and dependency. (Fall)
Components: Lecture
Cross Offerings: PSYCHLGY 4840
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMJUS 1130, PSYCHLGY 1130 or SOCIOLGY 1030 and junior standing; a biology course is recommended
CRIMLJUS 4880 8 credits Internship
Enhancement of the educational experience through placement of a student with a governmental or private agency, emphasis place 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.
Components: Field Studies
Cross Offerings: FORENSIC 4880
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: 60 credits plus 12 upper division criminal justice/forensic investigation credits, an accumulated GPA of 2.25 and have passed the department's writing certification requirement
CRIMLJUS 4930 3 credits Criminal Justice Seminar
Discussion and evaluation of problems in the contemporary criminal justice system; individual research and presentation of findings.
Components: Seminar
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMJUS 4030 with a "C" or better, senior standing and have passed the department's writing certification requirement