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  • 3.00 Credits

    Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: SOC 201S or CRJS 215S or completion of social science perspective or permission of instructor. A critical analysis of violence against women as an institution of social control. Examines violence in the context of social and political inequality and feminist critique. Issues explored include pornography, prostitution, sexual harassment, incest, battering and rape. (cross-listed with SOC 527)
  • 0.00 - 6.00 Credits

    No course description available.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: SOC 201S or CRJS 215S. The study of sociological and social psychological explanations of drug-using behaviors and of legal and medical control of drugs. Topics include changes in the legal status of drugs, cross-cultural and historical variations in the control of drugs, and social epidemiology of drug use in contemporary society. (cross-listed with SOC 541)
  • 3.00 Credits

    Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: CRJS 215S or permission of the instructor. This course introduces students to legal issues which specifically affect women and examines historical attitudes that have been used to justify differential treatment of women. It explores various legal approaches used to achieve equal protection under the law and examines a variety of specific topics such as: the equal protection analysis; Title VII and Title IX and their relationship to sex discrimination; affirmative action; and reproductive freedom.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisites: CRJS 215S and 222 or permission of the instructor. Examines historical and contemporary theories and research on African-Americans, criminal behavior and the administration of justice. Selected topics will include African-American perspectives, the death penalty, victimization, police brutality, and justice systems in Africa and the Caribbean.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Lecture and discussion 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: CRJS 215S or 222 or permission of the instructor. This course deals with the major substantive concepts involved in American criminal law, including development of criminal law, elements of criminal liability, defenses against criminal responsibility, and descriptions and definitions of specific offenses.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: CRJS 215S or 222 or permission of the instructor. The study of criminal justice systems around the world in order to understand how criminal behavior is defined and responded to in various cultures. Cultural differences will be highlighted in order to recognize that definitions of and responses to crimes closely reflect the cultures in which they exist.
  • 3.00 Credits

    3 credits each semester. Prerequisite: CRJS 215S or permission of the instructor. The advanced study of selected topics designed to permit small groups of qualified students to work on subjects of mutual interest which, due to their specialized nature, may not be offered regularly. These courses will appear in the course schedule, and will be more fully described in information distributed to all academic advisors.
  • 3.00 Credits

    3 credits each semester. Prerequisite: CRJS 215S or permission of the instructor. The advanced study of selected topics designed to permit small groups of qualified students to work on subjects of mutual interest which, due to their specialized nature, may not be offered regularly. These courses will appear in the course schedule, and will be more fully described in information distributed to all academic advisors.
  • 1.00 - 3.00 Credits

    1-3 credits. Prerequisites: senior standing and approval of the department chair. Independent reading and study on a topic to be selected under the direction of an instructor. Conferences and papers as appropriate.
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