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3.00 Credits
3 credits An examination of strategies for affecting offender behavior change by correctional counseling and case management in both institutional and community based settings. Emphasis will be on functional and contemporary approaches. CRJS elective. Prerequisite: CRJS 201
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course examines the various social, legal, and ethical issues surrounding computing and modern technology. Although it is not designed to be a 'technical' course, students in computer science, humanities, social sciences, and criminal justice will benefit from the course content. Issues covered include privacy and information, wiretapping and encryption, software protection, and professional ethics.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits The focus of this course is crime committed in professional organized and other occupational settings. The emphasis will be on current research and case histories, and will include material on etiology and law enforcement. CRJS elective. Prerequisites for Criminal Justice majors: CRJS 110, 240
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course will examine contemporary gangs, gang life and law enforcement efforts to study and coordinate the community's response to them. A wide variety of topics and issues will be covered, including: female gangs and ganging, ethnic diversity, economic, neighborhood, and school gang behavior; gun and drug relationships, and research methods used in the study of gangs. There will also be discussions on recruiting, gang identification,gang slang, graffiti, and major national gangs.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits The U.S. has the highest rate of drug abuse of any industrialized country in the world. This course is designed to provide the student with a broad understanding and insight into drug abuse within American society and it's impact upon society in general. The primary focus will be on how the criminal justice system, health care system, and other institutions attempt to deal with the nations' drug problem. The course will focus on what has been done in the past by society about the drug problem, what is and what is not working now, and what needs to be done in the future.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits, Spring and Distance Learning (Internet) This course will provide an overview of the American Juvenile Justice System. The student will review the history, theories and origin of juvenile justice, consider influential factors and explore various causes that contribute to delinquent behavior. We will examine status offender, juvenile delinquency, deprived, dependent, neglected and abused children. Issues of early development, the family, schools, and community and peer relationships will be considered as to how it contributes to the proper development and/or anti-social behaviors of the child. The course will then examine the victim's rights and the roles of law enforcement, Juvenile Court, probation officers, and social workers. Discussion will focus on the community, service providers, preventative techniques and treatment modes all aimed at impacting the delinquent/dependent child. Final thoughts will involve the future of Juvenile Justice.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course introduces the student to the state of the art in juvenile justice. It provides the student with an understanding and a working knowledge of the key principles in balanced and restorative justice. Key issues that will be addressed are how to implement and measure these principles.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course will examine the plight of victims including child maltreatment, domestic violence, victimization at work and school. It further explores the extent of homicide victimization. In reviewing the above mentioned topics, guest speakers with expertise in these areas will present their viewpoints on the extent of victimology. Throughout this course, the BARJ principle will be the focus in balancing the victim's role in the criminal justice system.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits, Spring, odd years This course introduces the student to the realities of both administration and management of criminal justice agencies in contemporary America. It provides a comprehensive perspective regarding interpersonal skills, basic management techniques, training, motivating and supervising and appraising others, dealing with difficult people, and getting things done through others. This is a CRJS upper level elective. Prerequisites: CRJS 110, 201, 202
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Distance Learning (Internet) and offered in the Fall-Odd years This course examines how the Criminal Justice System, and the influences of formal and informal social controls to which women have been subjected. Historical perspective is integrated with contemporary reality, and attention is focused on women as professionals, offenders, and victims. Focus will be placed on both formal and informal institutions from Colonial America, Victorian France and England, to the present day. Theoretical perspectives on gender inequality will be explored by reviewing the strengths and the limitations of traditional Social Theories. Marxism, Rational choice theories, Psychoanalysis, Ethnomethodology, and Expectation states theory will be some of the theories reviewed. This is a CRJS upper level elective and an accepted course in the Women's Studies minor.
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