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CJS 1300 Introduction to Criminal Justice
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
A study of the agencies and processes involved in the Criminal Justice System - legislature, the police, the prosecutor, the public defender, the courts and corrections; an analysis of the roles and problems of law enforcement in a democratic society, with an emphasis upon inter-component relations and checks and balances; selected problems of administration in the Criminal Justice System, with an emphasis on Social Justice as a guide to policy formation. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CJS 1310 Introduction to Corrections
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
The history, development, and philosophy of corrections in the United States. An examination of the function and operation of correctional institutions, traditional probation and parole, and also intermediate sanctions. The relevance of the medical model to correctional programming, and a comparison with other models of punishment, including just deserts, justice, and reintegration models. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CJS 2500 Introduction to Police Administration
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
An examination of the organization and administration of police departments of varying sizes. Consideration of principles of management. Evaluation of line, staff and auxiliary functions. Policy problems at the managerial level, including labor relations, internal investigations and policy formulation. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CJS 3900 Introduction to Forensic Science
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
This course studies the applications of criminal justice theory and research to deciding both civil and criminal law issues in the courtroom. Issues of foreseeability and liability created by knowledge of crime patterns, basic criminology, and established security procedures are examined. The role of the criminal justice and security professional as expert witness is discussed, both in terms of the level of professional certitude that can be attained and the ethics of advocacy as opposed to neutral expertise. (For advanced undergraduates only.) | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CJS 3950 Criminal Investigation
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Fundamentals of criminal investigation, including techniques of surveillance, crime scene search and recording, collection and preservation of physical evidence, scientific aids, modus operandi, sources of information such as interviewing and interrogation, follow-up and case preparation. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CJS 3980 Technology and Criminal Justice
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Technological advances in the field of the Criminal Justice are displayed, discussed, and utilized as tools of change. Technology is also used as a mechanism to enhance an analytic understanding of the spatial patterns of crime, criminal awareness spaces, criminal mobility and the development of cognitive maps. The use of Geographical Information Systems to profile serial criminals and to map crime will also be a focal point. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CJS 3990 Narcotics and the Police
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
This course will look at the orgin of drug policy in the United States, dating from the Harrison Act of 1916. Other countries will be looked at for comparison purposes, as well as 19th century US material. The concept of "moral panics" with respect to drug use will be examined. Policing and law enforcement strategies post 1950 will be looked at, such as demand reduction, supply reduction, and harm reduction. The politics of legalization will be discussed, both with respect to medical marijuana and libertarian proposals to legalize all drugs. The impact of drug law enforcement on police community relations will be examined, as well as the problems of undercover policing and possible entrapment issues. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CJS 4010 Correctional Counseling
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
The application of traditional and special counseling techniques to the adjudicated offender. Problems of the unmotivated or coerced client. The relevance of the medical model to correctional systems. Special problems in group process with offenders. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CJS 4020 Court Structures and Functions
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
The critical and pivotal role of the courts in the criminal justice process. Major structures and basic legal concepts that underlie the criminal courts. The dynamics of case process, management, and bargaining as well as the role of key personnel in the court structure. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CJS 4050 Directed Studies
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Student works independently on a field problem or a research problem in consultation with an instructor. | 1 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CJS 4100 Criminal Law
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
CJS 1300 (Minimum Grade of D, May not be taken concurrently)
Elements and proof in crimes of frequent concern in law enforcement with reference to principal rules of criminal liability. The importance of criminal law at the enforcement level considered from crime prevention to courtroom appearance. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CJS 4150 Juvenile Justice
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
An investigation into the history and nature of juvenile courts. Etiology of juvenile delinquency and status offenses. Diversion programs and other attempts at delinquency prevention. Court decisions and emergent policy issues (e.g., "zero tolerance") pertaining to juvenile justice will be explored. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CJS 4160 Gangs and Juvenile Delinquent Group
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
This course explores the history of street gangs and other deviant social groups primarily in America. A wide array of criminological theories applicable to gang formation, expansion, and intervention will be reviewed. The influence of the family, media, peers, socioeconomic status, drugs, neighborhood affiliation, public housing, and schools on gang activity will be presented. An overview of the legal framework in which police and gangs interact along with the roles of the police, prosecutor, the juvenile court, and correctional personnel (e.g., security threat groups) will be presented. Course discussion will include significant policy implications due to gang violence. Students will obtain a working knowledge of gangs and develop skills at identification of at-risk children and learn methods for intervention. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CJS 4180 Crime in Film
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Does art imitate life or does life imitate art? Do the tangible magnifications of true crime inspire writers of fiction to pen onscreen villains and Hollywood capers or are the actions and modus operandi of true criminals inspired by or at least framed by exploits of their celluloid counterparts? This course will seek to answer these questions and more. This course will also examine the influence that crime based film has on both society and the individual. This course will also delve into the criminological theories that explain the actions of the onscreen criminals and the actions real world criminals as well. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CJS 4190 Literature and Crime
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
This course offers an examination of the influence that the written portrayal of crime has on both the individual's and society's view of the criminal and criminal acts. Excerpts from historical and contemporary literature are discussed and debated. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CJS 4200 Evidence and Criminal Procedure
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Rules of evidence of particular importance at the operational level in law enforcement and with criminal procedure in important areas such as arrest, force, and seizure. Supreme Court decisions affecting law enforcement. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CJS 4220 History of Criminal Justice
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
This course traces criminal justice history on a cross-national basis and surveys criminal justice in Western civilization and American life chronologically from ancient times (e.g. the Law of Hammurabi and Roman Law) to the present (e.g. Patriot Act). It is designed as an introduction to the historical problems of crime, law enforcement and penology, set against the background of major historical events and movements. Integrating criminal justice history into the scope of European, British, French and American history, this course allows for the opportunity for comparisons of crime and punishment over boundaries of national histories. Its broad chronological sweep gives the student an appreciation of the historical factors that have influenced criminal justice and how the field has changed in emphasis through the ages. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CJS 4400 Global Justice
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
This course goes beyond the traditional boundaries of American criminal justice system and its models and looks at global aspects of crime and punishment. The course will use a comparative methodology and will encompass the pressing global issues that face criminal justice internationally today. The unique capabilities of such international law enforcement agencies, such as Interpol or Europol, will be detailed. Students will learn how these global criminal justice agencies and others work to investigate and prosecute common crimes that defy normal national boundaries (e.g. human trafficking and drug trade). The participants in this class will enhance their geographical knowledge of crime hot spots throughout the world. Students will be introduced to a variety of real world global concerns that confront CJ practitioners such as: Global crime rates/trends, Enforced prostitution/pornography (women and children); Enslavement (forced labor), etc. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CJS 4410 Trends in Constitutional Law
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
An analysis of recent appellate and U.S. Supreme Court decisions as they bear on criminal justice practice. The impact of current issues on present and future legal considerations. The impact of social and legal literature on judicial consideration. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CJS 4500 Institutional Corrections
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Administration of correctional facilities. Types of correctional facilities, including special problems and opportunities at various custody levels. An examination of the concept of "prisonization," including a comparison of importation and deprivation models. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CJS 4510 Criminology and Penology
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
The nature of crime, crime trends, causes of criminal behavior; philosophy of punishment, legal procedures, operation of correctional institutions; probation and parole, and crime prevention. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CJS 4520 Organized Crime
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
A study of the impact of organized crime as a social and economic problem with special attention to the role of the criminal justice system as an ameliorative agent. History, nature, and extent of various types of organized crime in the United States and abroad. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CJS 4540 Sociology of Deviant Behavior
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
A study of the various forms of deviance from mental illness and juvenile delinquency to habitual crime with an analysis of sociological theories developed to explain the incidence of deviance. Contrast of sociological and psychological approaches to understanding the deviant. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CJS 4550 Substance Abuse and Deviance
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
This class will examine various levels of substance use, to wit, use, dependency, addiction and abuse. The general perspective will be that of deviant behavior: why does society view a given behavior and given the probable stigma what motivates people to deviate? The concept of the addictive personality will be examined, as it pertains to substance use, behavioral addictions, and other deviant behaviors. CJS 454 is recommended but not required. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CJS 4560 Managing Aggressive Behavior
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Anticipating, responding to, and preventing or controlling various forms of aggressive behavior in the workplace, the home, and everyday life. Appropriate responses are examined from law enforcement, human services, and private security perspectives. This course includes a hands-on component in which self-defense techniques are demonstrated. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CJS 4570 School Violence
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
This course examines the problems of violence in schools, including verbal confrontations and fights between student, gang behavior, and violent intruders. The emphasis is on recognizing conflict situations that can escalate into student perpetrated violence and examining programs and approaches that have been developed to obviate such conflicts, especially tactics for non violent conflict resolution. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CJS 4580 Profiling and Threat Assessment
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
An examination of criminal profiling, including crime scene profiling, psychological profiling, and offender profiling. Discussion of ethnic, racial, and behavioral profiling as well as equivocal death analysis (psychological autopsy). Geographical profiling of serial killers and rapists. The biopsychosocial model of threat assessment, including applications to school shooters. Management of stalking behavior. Empirical validity versus media sensationalism of profiling and threat assessment. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CJS 4600 Community Corrections
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Beginning with traditional forms of community supervision, namely probation and parole, this course examines the processes used to both manage and rehabilitate offenders in a community setting. The benefits and problems of various intermediate sanctions are examined, including: Intensive Parole and Probation, Electronic Monitoring, Boot Camps, and restitution and reconciliation programs. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CJS 4770 Introduction to Intelligence Analysis
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Introduction to Intelligence Analysis is designed to introduce the advanced undergraduate student to the field of intelligence analysis. The student will acquire knowledge of the major subspecialties within the field: crime analysis for law enforcement, counter terrorism and other non-state threats to homeland security, and competitive intelligence and security for private industry. The course will give the student an understanding of the types of problems dealt with in each of these areas, the skill sets that are used to resolve the problems, and the occupational structure in which this problem solving takes place. Traditional academic literature and criminological theories that support this activity will also be examined. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CJS 4800 Theory of Law Enforcement
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
A comparative analysis of theories of law enforcement as they have been applied in terms of time and place. Historical trends and current applications in selected areas of the world will be examined. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CJS 4810 Women Crime and Justice
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Current research and theorizing about the roles of women in the criminal justice system: as victim, offender and professional. The rape victim, the violent woman, the incarcerated mother, the policewoman and the woman lawyer, for example, are roles that raise particular questions concerning the fairness and effectiveness of social policy. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CJS 4820 Terrorism
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Examines the subject of terrorism and treats the phenomenon as criminal activity. Special attention to the following topics: 1) historical and social antecedents to today's problems; 2) profiles and motivations of contemporary terrorists; 3) characteristics of active terrorist groups; 4) the vulnerability of western nations to the techniques and technology of terrorism; 5) the role of the media; 6) the impact of terrorism on non governmental sectors of society; and 7) acceptable counter-terrorist policies and practices. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CJS 4830 Family Violence: Spouse and Child Abuse
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Current knowledge about family violence from the areas of psychology, sociology, social work, and law enforcement. Understanding the motivations underlying the behavior of the various actors involved: perpetrator, victim, social control agent, and helping professional. The connection between theory and treatment. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CJS 4840 Psychology Psychiatry and Law
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Various interfaces between psychological theory and practice and the criminal justice system. The insanity defense, predictions of dangerousness, handling "victimless" crimes, psychological screening of police officers and other criminal justice system personnel, and the development of a moral-ethical sense. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CJS 4850 Critical Issues in Criminal Justice
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Selected topics pertaining to crime and justice in America. Sex crimes and sex offenders, women in the criminal justice system, family violence, and victimology. Course may be taken twice under separate topic headings. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CJS 4860 The Criminal Justice System
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Designed to introduce teachers, nurses, social workers and others involved in human service professions to the criminal justice system. Survey of criminal law, law enforcement, the courts, protection, prison and parole. Field trips role-playing and other educational techniques where appropriate. (Not for CJS majors.) | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CJS 4870 Victimology
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
The process of becoming a victim of crime. Psychological stages through which victims pass. Crisis intervention with crime victims as well as means of prevention. Specific crime patterns and implications for victims. Consideration of victim response to such events as natural disasters and loss of loved ones. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CJS 4880 Sex Crimes
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
This course offers a comparative analysis of sexual deviance. Theoretical foundations will be applied to enhance the understanding of both nuisance and serious sexual offenses. The process of investigating sex crimes will be detailed, as well as discussions about serial sexual offenders. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CJS 4890 White Collar Crime
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
The problem of criminal deviance by the wealthy and powerful, including pro and anti-organizational deviance. Conflict, structural, and person-centered theories of elite deviance are compared and contrasted. The appropriateness of various social control efforts is also looked at. Case studies of various industries and organizations. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CJS 4900 Internship in Criminal Justice Studies
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
(The course must be arranged in the semester prior to election and requires the approval of the student's advisor.) A supervised work experience in criminal justice under the direction of a faculty advisor and a field supervisor. The experience consists of working in an institutional setting at varying positions to become more familiar with the criminal justice field. Students must spend a minimum of 90 hours per semester in this capacity, maintain a log of their work activity, and meet weekly with their advisor. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CJS 4920 Senior Seminar: Theory and Research in Criminal Justice
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
A review of major trends, problems, and current thought regarding the future of justice in America. A review of major theories as well as an introduction to scientific research. Philosophy of research. Common statistical practices, sampling, and data interpretation. The relationship of theory to research and of research to theory. Preparation of a senior paper. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CJS 4950 Criminalistics (Forensic Science)
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
A general course in forensic operations and techniques. Firearms identification, ballistics, and glass examinations. Physical impressions, document and ink studies, and the science of fingerprints applied to crime investigations. Forensic photography and specimen identification. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CJS 4990 Violence in the Workplace
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
An examination of various categories of workplace violence, including both worker-instigated and outsider-instigated. A look at the relative roles of organizational climate compared to person-centered variables as factors in producing workplace aggression. Programs to reduce workplace aggression are also examined. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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