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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course examines similarities and differences between the United States criminal justice system and another countrys criminal justice system. The course requires a travel abroad activity that will include experiential learning regarding criminal justice components, such as police, courts, and corrections programs.
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3.00 Credits
This course creates a partnership between institutions of higher learning and correctional systems in order to deepen the conversation about criminal justice issues and transform our approaches to understanding crime, society's response to it, justice, inequality, and other issues of social concerns. This semester-long class brings together college students and incarcerated men or women to study as peers behind prison walls.
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3.00 Credits
This course will focus on theoretical and contemporary issues involving female practitioners, victims and offenders in the criminal justice system.Students will have the opportunity to become acquainted with and evaluate the political, legal and social issues of crime relating to women. This course will also examine diversity issues. More specifically, this course will examine how gender, race/ethnicity and class are related to the way they are treated in the criminal justice system in the U.S.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
A unique and specifically focused course within the general purview of a department which intends to offer it on a "one time only" basis and not as a permanent part of the department's curriculum.
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1.00 - 6.00 Credits
A workshop is a program which is usually of short duration, narrow in scope, often non-traditional in content and format, and on a timely topic.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
A Selected Topics course is a normal, departmental offering which is directly related to the discipline, but because of its specialized nature, may not be able to be offered on a yearly basis by the department.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores aspects of mental illness, cognitions, psychopathology, mental disorders and other psychological aspects of criminal behavior and their relation to theories of crime. This is a cross-listed course that will fulfill either graduate or undergraduate credit.
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3.00 Credits
This course addresses the history, legalities, trends and controversies in law adjudication as it pertains to issues of crime and justice. Students will examine the topics of criminal law, landmark cases, prosecution, defense, court procedures and decision-making and their interaction with our society.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the complex issues surrounding white collar crime. In terms of white collar crime, the topics addressed may include: the complexities of defining it, theoretical explanations for it, the economical, physical and social costs that result from these types of crimes, and the issues the criminal justice system faces in trying to control it.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the traditional schools of ethical thought and how they are applicable to the field of criminology, crime, and justice. Students will study formal works in ethics and morality and develop understanding of their role in the criminal justice professions as well as issues of crime, law, and society. This course is designed as a writing intensive course.
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