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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
History, theory, practices, and research in adult, community, and institutional corrections.
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3.00 Credits
Administration of the criminal court system, issues confronting the court system are considered from historical, legal, philosophical, sociological and psychological perspectives.
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3.00 Credits
Examines how the court system is portrayed in popular media and how this portrayal comports with reality. Popular media will be used as the basis for a discussion of legal issues.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the biological, psychological, and sociological theories of crime and criminality. Explores the policy options for the criminal justice system and society. PREREQ: Upper-division criminal justice standing.
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3.00 Credits
Study of the philosophy and function of the juvenile court, court procedures and law, theories of causation, and intervention strategies for juveniles. Includes an evaluation and analysis of law, institutions, policies, and practices of the court since inception. PREREQ: Upper-division criminal justice standing.
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3.00 Credits
Elements and application of federal and state criminal statutes. The effect of differential enforcement on the tolerance limits of society.
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3.00 Credits
Development, organization, operation, and results of post-conviction release programs. Traditional court - and institutional - supervised probation and parole, work release, halfway houses, diversion, furlough concept, and various community/social agency rehabilitative programs of both traditional and innovative nature.
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3.00 Credits
Theory and skills involved in effective communication, interviewing, and counseling for criminal justice personnel. Basic communication skills and process of problem solving with criminal justice clients emphasized. PREREQ: Upper-division criminal justice standing.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to methods of legal research with emphasis on the utilization of law library resources, private and government organizations as courses of legal information, and on the formulation of briefs, memoranda, and other documents appropriate to legal practice.
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3.00 Credits
The historical development, processes, and methods of operating the adult correctional system. Detailed study of the philosophy and development of treatment strategies in local, state, and federal correctional institutions. This course may be taken for CJ or SOC credit, but not both. PREREQ: Upper-division criminal justice standing.
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