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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours. Network of intergovernmental organizations (the United Nations, in particular) and international nongovernmental organizations in the field of environmental management. Analysis of key international projects and sources of information. Lessons for the integration of international research expertise. Prerequisite: Criminology, Law and Society C7. Same as Planning, Policy, and Design 137 and International Studies 123.
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4.00 Credits
Seminar, three hours. An overview of gangs, including the nature and definition of gangs; types of gangs; diversity of membership; theoretical explanations; criminal behavior; drug use and sales; law enforcement responses; gangs in correctional institutions; intervention and prevention strategies; and public policy issues.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours. Examination of the phenomenon of American organized crime from a sociological perspective. Explanation of methods by which organized crime is tolerated at various levels of society. Emphasis on ways in which "underworld"interests interact with legitimate economic and political institutions.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours. Examines the use of "forensic science" to resolve issues arising in criminal casesincluding crime scene analysis, DNA testing, fingerprints, trace evidence comparisons, profiling, lie detectors, other forensic techniques; evaluation, statistical characterization, and legal admissibility of evidence; regulation of forensic laboratories.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours. Examines similarities and differences among homicide and suicide, two major causes of death.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours. Examines major theoretical, empirical, and policy-oriented research related to the design, implementation, and analysis of government intervention, through the criminal sanction, in the spheres of vice and morality.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours. Examines homicide from several different perspectives including: how the social, cultural, and economic environment impacts homicide levels; the measuring and categorizing of homicide to aid in the design and implementation of violence-reduction interventions, and the investigation of homicide events by law enforcement.
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4.00 Credits
Seminar, three hours. Overviews all forensic psychology, then focuses on psychological analyses of criminal behavior, particularly violent behavior. Examines violence, sexual offending, and mental disorder related to crime with regard to clinical assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation; mental health services within forensic institutions. Prerequisites: Psychology and Social Behavior P9 or P11C, or Psychology 7A or 9C, or equivalent; Psychology and Social Behavior P105; Psychology and Social Behavior P175P or Criminology, Law and Society C149, or consent of instructor. Same as Psychology and Social Behavior P145C and Psychology 177F.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours. Examines the law governing arrests (with and without a warrant); police detention; search and seizure; interrogation; use of informers, eavesdropping, wiretapping; examination and identification of suspects. Pretrial motions such as speedy trial and discovery of evidence may be covered.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours. Examines the impact of crime upon a variety of victims, e.g., victims of child and spousal abuse, burglary, arson, robbery, and rape. Considers such topics as victim compensation, victim-offender relationships, and the secondary victimization process.
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