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3.00 Credits
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS Specifi c study of a topic chosen by the instructor and students. Prerequisites: ENG 101 and sophomore standing or above.
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3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS Ways in which Americans have defi ned crime, explained its causes, and punished and rehabilitated criminals. Th e relationships among crime, social values, and social structure. Areas of emphasis include colonial Massachusetts and Virginia; the creation of police forces and prisons during the fi rst half of the 19th century; criminality during the Gilded Age and Progressive Period; Prohibition; creation of the FBI; crime and the Great Depression; and some aspects of crime and punishment between 1950 and 1970. Prerequisites: ENG 102 or ENG 201, and junior standing or above.
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3.00 Credits
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS Th e origins of the Western system of criminal justice in early modern Europe and a comparative analysis of recent developments in Britain, France, Germany, and Italy. Examination of the evolving defi nition of crime and changes in criminal law, methods of enforcement, and types of punishment in relation to the growth of urban and industrial society and the extension of state power. Topics include witchcraft , the Inquisition, the classical and positivist schools of criminology, prostitution and homosexuality, birth and development of the prison, establishment of professional police forces, the Mafi a and European terrorism. Prerequisites: ENG 102 or ENG 201, HIS 231, HIS 232, and junior standing or above, or permission of the section instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS Th is course is the fi rst of four required courses in the core of the justice studies major. It is an introduction to the normative history of “justice” asa principle of human personal and social organization in the experience of peoples living in the “western” world. An emphasis on primary textsallows the student to encounter fi rst principles, and selected secondary readings introduce the student to questions posed by the attempt to defi ne justice. Issues under study may include determinism and free will and the implication of each for the meaning of the “unjust” act; retributionand the rhetorics that justify or condemn it; divinity, hierarchy and the community as sources of justice; the social construction of such ideas as justice and “crime;” law as the structure of rules regulating coercion andthe use of force. Prerequisites: ENG 101-102 or ENG 101-201, one of the required general education courses in literature, history, or philosophy, and one of the required general education courses in the social sciences.
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3.00 Credits
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS Th is course will study justice in the non-Western world as it is variously represented in historical, literary and philosophical texts. A sequel to HJS 250: Justice in the Western Traditions, it builds upon the analytical skills developed in that course and extends its geographical boundaries to the Mideast, Asia, Africa and the other Americas. By studying how social, political, and religious institutions shape understandings of justice and injustice, and how these concepts defi ne race, gender, ethnicity and class, the course focuses on articulations and practices of justice that are diff erent from the Western constructs considered in HJS 250. Th rough comparative investigations of encounters between societies resulting from conquest, trade and social exchange, it will explore justice as culturally infl ected, the product at once of a particular regional or national identity and history, and of intercultural contact. Prerequisites: ENG 102 or 201, HJS 250 and junior standing.
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3.00 Credits
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS An introduction to the methods by which the humanities defi ne, research, and investigate problems, this course is the second course of four that make up the required core of the major in humanities and justice. It introduces the student to methods of inquiry in the three primary disciplines of the major: history, philosophy and literature. Th e logic, design and execution of the research process are considered, as well as the appropriate respective uses of primary and secondary sources. Electronic and non-electronic research aids will be examined, as will the research strategies most commonly employed by practicing historians, literary critics, and philosophers. Prerequisites: English 102 or English 201, all reading/writing skill courses, completion of a general education requirement course in history, literature, and philosophy, and completion of or enrollment in HJS 250.
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3.00 Credits
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS A course in which the student develops the ability to design advanced research projects drawing on the methodologies and practices of the humanities. Designed as a “studio” or workshop course, the seminar’activities will be built around the research interests of the students as they develop topics and methodologies for the senior thesis in the humanities and justice major. Th e fi nal product of the course will be a prospectus for the senior thesis that is acceptable to the seminar instructor and to the student’s adviser. Prerequisites: ENG 102 or ENG 201, HJS 315, nine credits in one of the interdisciplinary components of the major, and nine credits in the component topics.
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3.00 Credits
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS Designed for students in their fi nal semester to conduct a signifi cant investigation of a topic of their choosing in the area of humanities and justice studies. Designed as a “studio” course, the seminar’s activitiewill be built around the prospectus developed by the student in HJS 410: Problems and Th eory: Th esis Prospectus. Th e fi nal product of the course will be a senior thesis that is acceptable to the seminar instructor and to the student’s adviser. Prerequisites: ENG 102 or ENG 201, and HJS 410
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3.00 Credits
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS Th e student submits a project of reading and research for the term, for approval by the instructor. A paper is required and there are periodic conferences. Special arrangements may be made to do this work over the summer. Prerequisites: ENG 102 or ENG 201, and senior standing
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3.00 Credits
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS Th is course is an introduction to the nature and scope of international and transnational crime, to the emerging legal framework for its prevention and control, and to its impact on the U.S. criminal justice system. Emphasis will be placed on the international aspects of the work of diff erent criminal justice agencies, such as formal and informal police cooperation and the use of mutual assistance and extradition agreements, and on the bilateral, regional, and international structures created for crime prevention, punishment and control.
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