CRIJ 4370 - Senior Seminar - Policy Issues

Institution:

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Brownsville Campus

Subject:

CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Description:

Provides a capstone course for criminal justice students nearing the completion of the baccalaureate degree (more than 100 semester credit hours). This course is designed to explore current criminal justice policy issues from individual student interest and integrate material learned in the criminal justice curriculum, transcending the parochial view of the crime phenomenon from an agency perspective (police, courts, juvenile justice, and corrections). This course allows the student to explore topical criminal justice policy issues as they effect each agency, from the micro to the macro perspectives and to assess the intended and unintended consequences of criminal justice policies throughout the system and society. Lec 3, Cr 3.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

Prerequisite: Senior standing, ENGL 1301, ENGL 1302 or ENGL 2311 and ENGL 2332 or ENGL 2333.

Corequisites:

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

WWW.UTB.EDU

Phone Number:

(956) 882-8200

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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