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4.00 Credits
This course provides definitional, theoretical, and operational context for understanding computer-based competition conflict and crime in the information age. Students study the history, nature and extent of computer-related crime, as well as differing types of computer criminals, their motivations and the methods they use to threaten, attack, compromise or damage physical and cyber assets. The course considers legal and regulatory environments and the impact these have on policies and practices related to ethics in the management of information security, data encryption, privacy, and numerous other special topics. 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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4.00 Credits
This course instructs the student in the various contemporary dynamics of interviewing and counseling criminal justice and related human service clients. Issues discussed revolve around counseling and supervision strategies and conflicts among agencies, between administrators and staff, and clients. Presents both the practical and theoretical aspects of these issues as well as devotes attention to surveying prospective counseling strategies for accomplishing desired behavioral change. Restricted to criminal justice majors. (Junior or senior status) Class 4, Credit 4 (offered annually)
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4.00 Credits
This course analyzes possible sentencing options available to the criminal courts as well as pre-adjudicatory alternatives for both adults and juvenile offenders. The variety of dispositions evaluated include probation, parole, halfway houses, work-release, study-release, prison furloughs, pretrial release, pre-probation alternatives (fines, suspended sentences, conditional discharge and a variety of diversion programs). Special emphasis is placed on a critical evaluation of the alternatives as they compare to the more traditional methods of handling offenders. Part of the criminal justice concentration and minor. Elective for criminal justice majors. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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4.00 Credits
This course examines, in a comparative analysis, the criminal system and the penal methods globally. Major emphasis is given to the issues of intent, criminal responsibility, individual and public interests, purposes and modes of prevention, repression and punishment, methods of trial, punishment and pardon. Part of the criminal justice concentration and minor. Elective course for criminal justice majors. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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4.00 Credits
This course examines crime and justice issues at the level of local community. Theories of community will be considered and emphasis will be placed on community definitions and responses to crime and deviance. Local sanctions, treatment approaches, offender reentry and the relationship between criminal justice and other responses to behavior problems are explored. Part of the criminal justice concentration and minor. Elective for criminal justice majors. (0501-400) Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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4.00 Credits
Victimless crime familiarizes the student with many of the implications and ramifications of efforts to control "victimless" crimes. Discussions concentrateon the illegal activity associated with prostitution, gambling, drug use and pornography. The social, moral, legal and practical consequences of legalizing such activities are examined and evaluated. Part of the criminal justice concentration and minor. Elective for criminal justice majors. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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4.00 Credits
Crime and Violence focuses on the outbreak and increase of violent crime and criminal trends in the United States as one of the more serious realities in this century. In addition to an historical review, contemporary problems are explored, covering such topics as violence in the streets, terrorism, riots, vigilantism and the role of various criminal justice agencies in attempting to control these problems. Part of the criminal justice concentration and minor. Elective for criminal justice majors. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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4.00 Credits
This course is a critical analysis of some of the current issues, problems and concerns in criminal justice. Conflicts between theory and practice are examined and analyzed. Restricted to criminal justice majors. (Junior or senior status) Class 4, Credit 4 (offered regularly)
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4.00 Credits
This course is a comprehensive survey of historical and contemporary theories of the causes of crime. Included are theories that derive from biological, psychological, sociological, geographic, economic, and political perspectives. The development of criminological theory is reviewed. Fundamental distinctions between classical and positive theories and between theories of crime and criminality are discussed. Restricted to criminal justice majors. (Junior or senior status) Class 4, Credit 4 (offered annually)
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4.00 Credits
This course examines alternative methods in research including qualitative methods, small group research ethnographic research, focus groups, snowball surveys, participant observation, interviewer techniques with diverse participants, and the use of new technologies such as computer-based surveys, clickers, and on-line surveys. This course will also examine the methods by which both qualitative and quantitative methods may be combined. Elective for criminal justice majors. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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