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3.00 Credits
An in-depth examination of the criminal justice system and the efforts it has exerted in an attempt to prevent and control criminal behavior. Course will focus on the traditional methods including probation and parole as well as recent trends in crime control and prevention: the utilization of community based treatment programs and attempts by many criminal justice agencies to avoid the processing of individuals through the system. Prerequisite: CRJU 0101, CRJU 0201, and Junior standing.
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3.00 Credits
The study of the different types of evidence, relevance, the hearsay rule and its exceptions, impeachment and cross-examination and privileged communications. Prerequisite: CRJU 0101, CRJU 0205, and Junior standing.
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3.00 Credits
An intensive analysis of selected problems in institutional and community corrections. Prerequisite: CRJU 0101, CRJU 0202, and Junior standing.
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3.00 Credits
An intensive analysis of selected problems in American law enforcement and police-community relations. A major research paper is required. Prerequisite: CRJU 0101, CRJU 0201, and Junior standing.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the legal rights of the individual who has been convicted of a crime. This lecture course will focus specifically on both federal and state laws and court decisions dealing with the legal rights of probationers, confined prisoners, and parolees in the American criminal justice system. Prerequisite: CRJU 0101, CRJU 0205, and Junior standing.
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3.00 Credits
The science of investigation of crimes, laboratory techniques, interpretation of data, and elements of specific crimes. Prerequisite: CRJU 0101, CRJU 0201, and Junior standing.
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3.00 Credits
The methods through which organized crime influences and, in many instances, controls entire communities. Traditional types of crime heavily influenced by organized crime, such as loan sharking and gambling, will be analyzed in an effort to demonstrate the basis of power and wealth of organized crime in the United States. Prerequisite: CRJU 0101, CRJU 0201, and Junior standing.
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3.00 Credits
Criminal-victim relationships, with emphasis on victim-precipitated crimes and compensation to the victims. Consideration is given to: concept and significance of victimology; time, space, sex, age, and occupational factors in criminal-victim relationships; victims of murder, rape, other violent crimes and property crimes; victim typology; the public as victim; restitution and compensation to victims. Prerequisite: CRJU 0101 and Junior standing.
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3.00 Credits
(3) An examination of the female and her often unique involvement in the American criminal justice system, whether as an offender, as a victim, or as an employee in policing, the courts, or in corrections. Traditional as well as feminist theories will be critically evaluated, using both historical analysis and more recent studies. Throughout, the focus is on the detection and understanding of differences and similarities in gender attitudes and behaviors, as well as institutional factors effecting change. Prerequisite: CRJU 0101 and Junior standing.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the relationship and application of statistical techniques to theory building and concept construction. Gives an overview of statistical methods and their appropriateness for research in criminal justice. In addition, various computer-oriented analytical tools and data processing systems available to the criminal justice practitioner will be surveyed. Prerequisite: CRJU 0231 or its equivalent and Junior standing.
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