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3.00 Credits
A study of transnational crime, criminals, and criminal organizations in a global context including an examination of international and national organizations, laws, and justice practices responsible for controlling multi-national criminal activity.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to delinquency, to the juvenile justice process from intake to disposition, to trends in the treatment of juvenile offenders, and to juvenile justice reform (decriminalization, diversion, deinstitutionalization, and due process).
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3.00 Credits
A study of "white collar" crime as a specific type of deviance. The course explores aspects of organizational, corporate, occupational, and governmental criminality and its detection, investigation, prosecution, and punishment.
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3.00 Credits
The scientific study of the extent, nature, and causes of criminal victimization, its consequences for the persons involved and the reactions to such victimization by society, in particular the police and the criminal justice system. Additional areas of examination include history of victimology, legal recourse for crime victims, and informal methods of addressing the needs of victims.
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3.00 Credits
An exploration of the current state of computer crime in the United States. The course traces the history of technological crime and identifies areas ripe for exploitation from technology savvy deviants. It also evaluates forensic practices and software in light of government legislation together with an analysis of emerging case law. The course also addresses guidelines for the development of computer forensic laboratories, the creation of computer crime task forces, and the search and seizure of electronic equipment.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to teach students about homicide through a scholarly and sociological examination of the crime and those who commit such acts. Topics will range from traditional homicides to multiple victim homicides, including spree, mass, and serial killings. Special attention will be paid to the statistical, legal, and psychological elements of homicide in the United States.
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3.00 Credits
This course explore the ethics, policies, and legal responses that affect behavior in cyberspace with an emphasis on nefarious behavior. Students will explore these topics both from a computer scientist perspective, with an emphasis on computers and networks, as well as a social science perspective, with an emphasis on human behavior in cyberspace.
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3.00 Credits
An advanced seminar designed to examine in-depth selected topics in criminal justice.
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine how to prevent crime from humanistic, structural, situational and environmental perspectives. A basic introduction to each of these schools of thought will be given. The main focus of this course will be examining the empirical research surrounding each method.
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3.00 Credits
The nature versus nurture debate has affected those who write about crime and its causes since the mid-19th century. Crime is defined as deviant behavior, and social scientists have alternately sought to identify the causes of individual criminality in biological or sociological factors. This course considers the relative contributions of biological and sociological factors to individual criminality in light of the findings of twins studies, adoption studies and other scholarship through the 21st century.
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