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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
3 credits An inquiry concerning the state and federal criminal courts in the United States. Consideration of social science and legal scholarship with regard to major court actors (especially judges, prosecutors, and defenders) and processes (including bail, plea bargaining, and trials). Also examines non-traditional approaches, such as treatment courts. An important theme is the degree to which the courts effectuate the noble goal of "justice."
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3.00 Credits
3 credits An examination of philosophy and history underlying attempts to deal with persons who commit crime. Emphasizes social science scholarship in corrections, including implications related to social justice. Topics include: philosophies of punishment, prisons, jails, probation, parole, intermediate punishments, capital punishment, and transformative approaches. The social worlds of prisoners are a major focus of the course. Attendance at multiple sessions at one or more corrections sites may be required.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits An exposition of the legal rules that are supposed to be followed by law enforcement actors when they investigate crime (conduct searches, make arrests, interrogate suspects). Also, the social contexts of those rules are examined, including issues such as breadth of police powers, individual privacy, unequal enforcement, and political influences. State and federal appellate court decisions are the major means through which legal principles are examined.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Elective only A course that addresses intensively a particular area of criminal justice. Topics vary from semester to semester.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits An intensive analysis of contemporary theories of deviant behavior. Theories examined through seminar discussions of primary materials and critiqued by consideration of research findings. Social policy implications discussed and specific criminal justice programs considered in the light of these theories.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Elective only A study of the gendered nature of criminal justice theory, policy, and practice. Among the major themes are: gender differences in criminal behavior, criminal victimization, and criminal processing. Includes consideration of the contributions of feminist criminologies.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits A study of how social research is performed, including through studying examples of criminal justice research. Focus is on becoming a more informed consumer of research information. Topics include: research ethics, sampling, field research, experimental designs, survey research, research using available data, and evaluative research. Prerequisites: CRJ 161, 261, and junior or senior status
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Elective only This elective course requires 15 hours per week (for three credits) or 30 hours per week (for six credits) of supervised internship in an approved criminal justice setting. Participation in one-hour periodic campus integration seminars also is required. Students may take a maximum of two internship courses, either concurrently or sequentially across two semesters. Prerequisites: CRJ 161, 261, senior status, and minimum overall GPA of 2.5
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Elective only Each student works on a particular research project in conjunction with a faculty member. Includes preparation of literature review, collection and analysis of data, and preparation of findings in a paper of publishable quality. Faculty authorization required for registration. Prerequisites: CRJ 161, 261, 480, senior status, and minimum overall G.P.A. of 3.0
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3.00 Credits
3 credits An exploration of the interaction between ethics and criminal justice practice, including application of ethical theory to criminal justice issues. Focus is primarily on normative ethics (both deontological and teleological views), including major theorists. The course helps to integrate knowledge gained from previous courses through the overarching theme of the pursuit of justice as an ethical ideal. Prerequisites: CRJ 161 and 261; at least two of the following: CRJ 324, 325, and 326; and senior status
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