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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Considers the major issues confronting police executives, such as professionalism, recruitment, selection, training, deployment, innovation, evaluation, and charges of brutality, in efficiency and corruption. Cross-listed with CRJU 5320.
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3.00 Credits
Provides an assessment of research strategies in criminal justice through an examination of applied research designs and analytical models. The logic and rationale of these various strategies are contrasted, and their relative merits are critiqued. Selected research problems in the criminal justice system are utilized to illustrate the application and interpretation of alternative strategies. Cross-listed with CRJU 5321.
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on qualitative methods applicable to research in the field of criminal justice. The primary focus is on ethnographic approaches employing such fieldwork techniques as observation, participant observation, interviews, content analysis, life histories and case studies. Cross-listed with CRJU 5325.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines extent, nature and trends of gangs and criminal organizations. We focus on contemporary studies and theories of gang behavior and organized crime. The course examines types of crime, gender and race issues, transnational violence, and public policies regarding criminal organizations. Cross-listed with CRJU 5330.
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3.00 Credits
This course will focus on challenges practitioners face in the management of sex offenders. It covers development of programs and partnerships that can effectively assess inform, manage and treat sex offenders through all phases of the system and reduce recidivism. Cross-listed with CRJU 5391.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines victim-offender relationships, the interactions between victims and the criminal justice system and the connections between victims and other social groups and institutions among various populations. This course addresses the theory, history, research, legislation and policy implications related to the social construction of “The Victim.” Cross-listed with CRJU 5410.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines various aspects of violence including distribution over time and space, situations and circumstances associated with violent victimization and offending, and how social institutions, community structure and cultural factors shape violent events. Cross-listed with CRJU 5420.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an interdisciplinary overview of theory, research and policy issues surrounding the relationship between drugs, alcohol and crime; and the criminal justice system response. The course explores the socially constructed nature of illegal substances and connections to U.S. drug policy. Cross-listed with CRJU 5430.
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3.00 Credits
Examines current thinking and experience with respect to changing and reforming police programs and practices. The course focuses primarily on the American police experience, reviewing major innovations, exploring their rationale, and examining organizational impediments to their implementation. Cross-listed with CRJU 5510.
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3.00 Credits
Provides a critical examination of the development and implementation of correctional systems in America. The course presents the origins of correctional efforts and the evolution of the prison; reviews punishment and rehabilitation rationales in the context of sentencing models; examines the social organization of the prison, including inmate subcultures and staff work strategies; and assesses the inmates’ rights movement and the impact of judicial intervention in correctional settings. Cross-listed with CRJU 5520.
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