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3.00 Credits
Examines the offender who may be mentally disordered. A survey is made of the various phases of the criminal justice system where psychiatrists are involved, e.g., diversion, fitness, insanity and sentencing. Dangerous sex offender legislation, “Not guilty by reason of insanity” and “Guilty but mentally ill” statutes, and issues concerning confidentiality, informed consent, and treatment are addressed. Cross-listed with CRJU 5575.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the use of social science as a tool for legal analysis within the criminal justice system. The course examines how social science research is used to resolve relatively simple factual disputes, then moves on to more complex issues that arise when social science is invoked to make or to change law, both constitutional law (particularly the First, Sixth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments) and common law, particularly the construction of procedural rules that govern the operations of the criminal justice system. Cross-listed with CRJU 5576.
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3.00 Credits
This highly specialized seminar addresses cutting-edge and emerging developments in the field of criminal justice and provides students and faculty with the opportunity to explore significant themes, issues, and problems from a broad interdisciplinary perspective. Topics vary from semester to semester. Course may be taken for credit more than once, provided subject matter is not repeated. Cross-listed with CRJU 6600.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a sociological, feminist analysis of violence against women and girls that addresses the intersection of sexism and other forms of oppression such as racism, classism and heterosexism within historical, cultural, social and institutional contexts. Topics covered focus on overt and covert forms of sexual coercion, harassment and assault, battering and stalking. Cross-listed with CRJU 5910, PUAD 5910 and 7910.
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3.00 Credits
This class addresses the contributions and the limitations of current empirical and clinical psychological literatures about domestic violence. Topics covered include: distinguishing among mental health professionals regarding work with DV clients; the psychological impacts of domestic violence; services useful for responding to the needs of women and children; and an introduction to the psychology and treatment of batterers. Cross-listed with CRJU 5920, PUAD 5920 and 7920.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides a practical understanding of how the following relate to battered women and their children; a) major developments in federal, state, tribal, administrative, statutory and case law; b) the role and responses of the law enforcement, judges, attorneys, victim assistance providers and other legal system agents; and c) the role and process of victim advocacy. Cross-listed with CRJU 5930, PUAD 5930 and 7930.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides students information on the theories and strategies behind contemporary social change movements and the skills necessary to organize and implement actions to influence public awareness and policy. The values of American society are complex and require advocates/activists to develop a heightened sense of self, community and an ethical framework while confronting sexism, racism and other forms of oppression. Cross-listed with CRJU 5940, PUAD 5940 and 7940.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Affords the student the opportunity to pursue creative research activities under the individual supervision of a full-time faculty member. No more than six semester hours of credit for independent study may be applied toward the PhD degree. Prereq: 12 semester hours of criminal justice course work and permission of instructor.
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1.00 - 10.00 Credits
Upon admittance to candidacy, students must be continuously registered for dissertation credit each fall and spring semester or be automatically dropped from the program. Students must register for 7.0 credit hours per semester. In cases where students will not be using any university resources during a particular semester, they may petition the PhD director to register for only 3.0 credit hours to maintain continuous enrollment. Students must be registered for dissertation credit during the semester they have a colloquium or defense.
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3.00 Credits
A course in programming for students in all disciplines who are non-computer science majors. Learning essential programming skills using a modern language like Ruby or Python, both of which are easier to learn than traditional programming languages such as C++ and Java. The student is introduced to the flow of control: selection, iteration, subprograms. Data structures: strings, arrays, records, lists, tables. Introduction to testing and debugging. Prereq: MATH 1120.
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