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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Mandatory weekly seminar to be taken in conjunction with field service internship with law enforcement and other criminal justice agencies, rehabilitation and prevention programs, and community organizations dealing with the crime problem.
Prerequisite:
Departmental approval
Corequisite:
CRM JUS 4087 (0304)
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3.00 Credits
For students wishing to engage in intensive study of a specific topic in consultation with a faculty member. Not intended to be a substitute for any required course. The student and faculty member must enter into an agreement regarding the content and requirements, including readings, meetings, and papers. Note: The agreement must be filed in the department office before the end of the first two weeks of the semester.
Prerequisite:
Junior or senior standing in Criminal Justice, 3.0 grade point average, and permission of the instructor
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3.00 - 9.00 Credits
Field Service Training is provided with law enforcement and other criminal justice agencies, rehabilitation and prevention programs, and community organizations dealing with the crime problem. Allows a student to clarify career interests, synthesize prior knowledge from the classroom with direct experience, critically examine the criminal justice system in operation, and sharpen analytic and observational skills. Note: Students may register for 3 (10 hours per week), 6 (20 hours per week), or 9 credits (30 hours per week).
Prerequisite:
Department approval
Corequisite:
CRM JUS 4077 (0303)
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3.00 Credits
This writing intensive course explores the social policy implications of various perspectives on crime. Through an analysis of different criminal justice policies, reforms and recommendations, it examines the assumptions of political authorities and government decision-makers about the nature of disorder, crime and criminals in contemporary society. Policies in areas such as drugs, sexual offending, domestic violence, and child abuse will be analyzed. While this course centers on policies in the United States, it will offer a comparative perspective by discussing policy responses from other countries.
Prerequisite:
CRM JUS 1001, ENGLISH 0802, and CRM JUS 2696 with a C- or better in each
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3.00 Credits
In this Writing Intensive course, students will explore the historic and contemporary treatment of women involved in the criminal justice system as offenders, victims of crime, and workers in criminal justice related professions. Specific topics include: feminist and other criminological theories regarding women’s crime, prostitution, infanticide, women’s prisons, sexual offenses, domestic violence, and women’s experience working in policing, corrections, and law.
Prerequisite:
ENGLISH 0802
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3.00 Credits
This course examines trends and issues in policing and their philosophical and operational implications. It discusses the challenges involved with managing complex threats to security such as cybercrime and organized crime. Other topics include measuring effectiveness in policing; community and problem oriented policing; intelligence-led policing; corruption; use of force; women and policing; and policing ethnic minority communities. Developments in private policing are also examined. While this course focuses on issues in the United States, it will situate trends in a global context and offer examples from different parts of the world.
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3.00 Credits
Course links features of community and individuals with different responses to crime and disorder, including individual and community prevention efforts. Examines causes of fear of crime, impacts of neighborhood features on reactions to crime, and types of prevention efforts mounted in different types of neighborhoods. Emphasizes linking individuals, community context, and psychological and behavioral reactions to disorder.
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3.00 Credits
This writing intensive course examines trends and issues in policing and their philosophical and operational implications. It discusses the challenges involved with managing complex threats to security such as cybercrime and organized crime. Other topics include measuring effectiveness in policing; community and problem oriented policing; intelligence-led policing; corruption; use of force; women and policing; and policing ethnic minority communities. Developments in private policing are also examined. While this course focuses on issues in the United States, it will situate trends in a global context and offer examples from different parts of the world.
Prerequisite:
CRM JUS 1001, ENGLISH 0802, CRM JUS 2696
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the highly controversial subject of the death penalty. The history of capital punishment in America and the types of offenses to which it has been applied; arguments for and against its use; its status in current legislation; significant cases; the current death row population and the likelihood of execution; public attitudes toward capital punishment; and the moral issues it raises.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of key issues associated with youth and crime in the United States, and the educational, social, and cultural efforts to reduce youth involvement with guns, drugs, and gangs. Emphasis will be on the nature and structure of youth gangs, drug use by juveniles, and risk factors associated with youth violence. Other issues may include curfews, gun violence, victims of youth violence, and the over-representation of minority youth in the juvenile justice system.
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