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Course Criteria
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1.00 Credits
This course introduces sociology, social services, gerontology and criminal justice majors to the disciplines and fields in which they are majoring. Students meet once a week to discuss the origins, breadth and potential careers in their fields. The course orients the student to professions within criminal justice, sociology, social services and gerontology through interaction with departmental faculty, former students and practitioners in the field. For criminal justice majors only. This course is graded on a pass/fail basis. Every Year, Spring
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the changing patterns of women's criminality, the experiences of women who are processed as crime victims, and the evolution of women's role in law, law enforcement and corrections. Prerequisite: SO 101 or CJ 283; Every Year, Fall
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3.00 Credits
This course considers the history of organized crime, its functions in distributing goods and services, in establishing order and disorder, its role in the integration of marginal ethnic groups, and the response of law enforcement and government agencies. Prerequisite: SO 101 or CJ 283; Every Other Year
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3.00 Credits
This course considers the history and development of functions in policing. Issues and controversies in policing such as, training, police ideology, police management styles, the development of a working police personality, the appropriate use of force, racial profiling, police corruption, patrol, profes- sionalism, due process, and vocational considerations are examined. Prerequisites: SO 101 or LE 115; SO 283 or CJ 283; Every Year, All
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3.00 Credits
In this course, students explore the intersections of race, crime and law in terms of the historical context, present-day situations and future directions. They examine the concepts of race, crime and law from the viewpoints of the offender, the victim and the criminal justice practitioner within the various aspects of the criminal justice process-from law enforcement to courts to corrections. The course also focuses on the interrelationship between theory, policy and practice. Prerequisite: SO 101; Every Year, Fall
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3.00 Credits
This course provides students with knowledge of basic concepts of case and crime scene investigation; scene and investigative personnel management; nature of investigative personnel roles; steps in the processing of scenes and evidence; methods of documentation; general and specialized techniques for the recognition, identification and individualization of evidence; sources of investigative information; interview techniques; reconstruction of events; and legal and ethical considerations during criminal investigations. For majors only. Prerequisite: SO 283 or CJ 283; Every Year, Spring
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3.00 Credits
Although young people are processed through a different system of criminal justice than adults, theories of criminal behavior address motivations for both juvenile and adult crime. Of interest is the ongoing tendency to treat serious crimes committed by young people as if they were committed by adults. This course examines the consequences for problematic behavior in the criminal justice system, including incarceration and alternative programming for juveniles. Prerequisite: SO 101 or CJ 283; Every Year, Spring
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3.00 Credits
Offenders are sentenced to one of these alternatives to incarceration in order to change or control behavior.Methods of supervision, special goals such as shock probation or parole, electronic and other high-tech monitoring, controversies over effectiveness and punitive aspects of these technologies are considered. Prerequisite: SO 283 or CJ 283; Every Year, Fall
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3.00 Credits
This course covers the history and evolving ideology of confinement. Topics included are prison architecture, management and security levels, the development of the modern super prison, prison labor, chain gangs, crowding, women's and men'sprisons, life in prison, prison culture and inmate social structure, prison riots, violence in prison, geriatric and mentally ill inmates, inmates who are ill, particularly those with AIDS. Prerequisite: SO 283 or CJ 283; Every Other Year
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3.00 Credits
This course deals with domestic terrorism, the militias, hate groups such as the Skinheads, random hate crimes, civil disobedience, treason, the Second Amendment. Prerequisite: SO 101 or CJ 283; Every Other Year
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