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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: CRJU 500, which may be taken concurrently; and CRJU 504 and CRJU 505 This course introduces students to the in-depth study of the organizational culture of law enforcement. Specifically, students will delve into a rich, diverse and burgeoning literature on police culture, as they read a number of first-person accounts and weigh relevant theoretical constructs drawn from ethnographic fieldwork. They will explore contentious issues, such as the misuse of force, official corruption and the militarization of policing in 21st century America, with an emphasis on the intensive use of scholarly research and monographs.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: CRJU 500, which may be taken concurrently This course provides an overview of the relations between crime and corrections. Topics covered include the theories of punishment, the development of corrections, theories of corrections and rehabilitation, and current issues in American corrections.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: CRJU 500 This course focuses on recent developments in community-based corrections. Topics covered include the history of alternatives to prisons, the relationships between community-based corrections and rehabilitation, and the political feasibility of community-based corrections. The course also examines other intermediate sanctions, such as alternative sentencing and diversion programs.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: CRJU 500, which may be taken concurrently; and CRJU 510 and CRJU 511 In this seminar students will choose a research topic related to corrections, plan and carry out their research. During weekly class meetings, the class members will discuss their projects and present their results.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: CRJU 500, which may be taken concurrently This course examines how class, race and gender intersect with crime and the criminal justice system. The course provides an overview of class, race, ethnic and gender stratification in the United States and looks at how that stratification is reflected in judgments about crime and in treatments of various groups in the criminal justice system.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: CRJU 500, which may be taken concurrently This course provides an overview of juvenile delinquency and the juvenile justice system. It covers various theories of juvenile delinquency and examines their relations to broader sociological and criminological theories. Other topics include the development of the juvenile justice system, the police handling of juveniles, the role of juvenile courts, and juvenile corrections and rehabilitation.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: CRJU 500, which may be taken concurrently This course provides an overview of the sociology of law. Topics covered include the sources and development of law, different philosophical and sociological approaches to law, the roles of criminal justice agencies, alternate dispute resolution, the relations of between law and social change, and the impact of race, class and gender in the legal system. The course will also examine attempts to develop a general theory of law and society.
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0.00 Credits
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: CRJU 500, which may be taken concurrently; and CRJU 510 and CRJU 511 In this seminar students will choose a research topic, plan and carry out their research. During weekly class meetings, the class members will discuss their projects and present their results. This course may be repeated twice for different topics.
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