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  • 0501-440: Juvenile Justice

    4.00 Credits
    Rochester Institute of Technology

    This course examines the concepts, theories and environmental influences of juvenile offenders, the impact of the judicial system, control and corrections on juvenile justice. The course also examines the role of forces in the system including police, courts, community resources and treatment. Required course for criminal justice majors. Part of the criminal justice concentration and minor and may also be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered regularly)
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  • 0501-441: Corrections

    4.00 Credits
    Rochester Institute of Technology

    This course is an introduction to the basic organizations of the correctional system, their functions and performance. Prisons, and jails, as well as probation and parole agencies, are discussed with the context of historical and contemporary philosophy. Attention also is focused on decision-making functions, the role of various personnel within the correctional system and the population of offenders within it. Strategies for rehabilitation and their effectiveness are surveyed. Required course for criminal justice majors. Part of the criminal justice concentration and minor and may also be taken as an elective. (0501-400) Class 4, Credit 4 (offered regularly)
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  • 0501-443: Law Enforcement in Society

    4.00 Credits
    Rochester Institute of Technology

    The social and historical origins of the various police systems; police culture, role and career; police in the legal system; social and legal restraints on police practices; police discretion in practice; police and community; police organization and community control mechanisms. Required course for criminal justice majors. Part of the criminal justice concentration and minor and may also be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered regularly)
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  • 0501-444: Concepts in Criminal Law

    4.00 Credits
    Rochester Institute of Technology

    Concepts in Criminal Law deals with the substantive and procedural criminal law. Emphasis will be placed on various concepts of criminal law and practice; how ideas, laws and community perception influence the criminal justice system. Characteristics of crimes against people and property will be examined; including: the nature of criminal conduct, intent, and causation. Required course for criminal justice majors. Part of the criminal justice concentration and minor and the legal studies minor. It may also be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered regularly)
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  • 0501-445: Minority Groups and the Criminal Justice

    4.00 Credits
    Rochester Institute of Technology

    This course will investigate the roles played by racial minorities-African- Americans, Native Americans, Hispanic-Americans, and Asian-Americans-at each level of the criminal justice system in the United States. The experience of African-Americans will be emphasized since this group has been the subject of more extensive research by criminologists and criminal justice practitioners. Professional elective course for criminal justice majors. Part of the criminal justice concentration and minor and may also be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered annually)
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  • 0501-446: Women and Crime

    4.00 Credits
    Rochester Institute of Technology

    The course deals with women as criminal offenders and as victims of crime, focusing upon theories about women in crime, types of crimes committed, patterns of criminality and the treatment of women offenders. It also examines the role of women as law enforcement officers, judges, lawyers and correctional officers in the criminal justice system. Professional elective for criminal justice majors. Part of the criminal justice and the women and gender studies concentrations and minors. It may also be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered annually)
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  • 0501-456: Courts

    4.00 Credits
    Rochester Institute of Technology

    This course provides students with an understanding of the recognized functions of courts in the American criminal justice system. Jurisdiction, policies and procedures of courts in the administration of criminal justice, including trial and appellate courts, will be discussed. Courts will be examined at the local state and federal levels. Required course for criminal justice majors. Part of the criminal justice concentration and minor and the legal studies minor. It may also be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered regularly)
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  • 0501-460: Current Issues in CJ

    2.00 Credits
    Rochester Institute of Technology

    This course involves year long participation in, and written critique of, a designated set of lectures, roundtables and presentations on topics covering current issues in criminal justice. The goal is to engage students in discussion of current issues with their peers and with experts in the field. Students must sign up in the criminal justice office for fall, and register for the course in the spring quarter. May be taken up to four times. Restricted to criminal justice majors as an elective. Class 2, Credit 2 (offered occasionally)
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  • 0501-505: Corporate and White Collar Crime

    4.00 Credits
    Rochester Institute of Technology

    This course is an examination of the extent and character of white collar crime with special emphasis upon business and professional deviance. Elective for criminal justice majors. (0501-400) Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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  • 0501-506: Evidence

    4.00 Credits
    Rochester Institute of Technology

    This course provides the student with an awareness of what types of evidence are admissible in a criminal trial. It includes a comprehensive analysis of the most frequently used rules of evidence. There are readings and discussions pertaining to the nature of real, testimonial, hearsay and circumstantial evidence. It examines rules concerning the cross examination of witnesses, exceptions to the exclusion of hearsay evidence, the burden of proof, the provinces of the judge and of the jury, legal presumptions and the exclusion of illegally obtained evidence. Elective for criminal justice majors and part of the legal studies minor. (0501-444) Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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