COURSES IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
CRJU C101 Introduction to Law Enforcement 3 crs.This course is an introduction to the philosophical and historical background of law enforcement.The principles of organization and administration for functions and activities; planning and research;public relations, personnel and training; inspection and control; direction; and policy formation
will be discussed.
CRJU C105 Introduction to Criminal
Justice Systems 3 crs.
This course is intended to introduce the student to how the justice system
works in America. It begins with a discussion of the underlying rationale
for punishment of crime. Topics discussed include police, role of the
attorney, bail, criminal trial, sentencing, corrections, and post-conviction
remedies.
CRJU C110 Criminology 3 crs.
This course is a survey of basic topics and problems related to the discipline,
such as the nature of crime in America, criminal statistics, and selected
criminological theories. It serves as an introduction to the systematic
study of crime, criminals, criminal behavior, and the criminal justice
system.
CRJU C218 Criminal Procedure
3 crs.
This course is a study of the formal process whereby the government seeks
to convict and punish a person for a criminal offense. Special emphasis
will be placed on appellate review, the law of search and seizure, interrogations,
confessions, the use of informers and entrapment, pretrial procedures,
and various doctrines applying the fourteenth amendment.
CRJU C220 Recent Supreme Court Decisions 3 crs.
Students are exposed to an in-depth discussion and analysis of the most
recent Supreme Court decisions in criminal cases. Issues of procedural
and substantive law, right to counsel, criminal evidence, and constitutional
law will be covered.
CRJU C250 Juvenile Delinquency
3 crs.
This course explores the nature and causes of juvenile crime and delinquency
in America and other cultures. An in-depth analysis of crime measurement,
causes,controls, and treatment are examined. Other topics include juvenile
law, corrections, family therapy, gangs, schools, and the influence of
the mass media on juvenile crime and delinquency.
CRJU C260 Statistics in Criminal
Justice 3 crs.
This course is intended
to provide students with an understanding and appreciation of the variety
of statistical procedures utilized within the field of criminal justice.
Apart from a purely statistical awareness, students will also be exposed
to crime policy, national crime reporting mechanisms, policing experiments,
and many inappropriate uses of criminal justice data evident in modern
society.
CRJU C275 Deviant Behavior 3
crs.
This course is a critical examination of the nature and extent of deviant
behavior in complex, industrial societies. Particular attention will be
given to the causes and consequences of deviant behavior and to the social
relations and processes associated with the more common forms of deviant
and criminal expression within American society.
CRJU C300 Research Methods -
Criminology 3 crs.
Data collection, reduction, and analysis are covered for the major forms
of research used in the behavioral and social sciences. Experimental analysis,
control group designs, and survey research are given equal weight. Tests
and measurements and computer applications are mentioned.
CRJU C313 Criminal Evidence 3 crs.
The rules of evidence will be examined including examination of witnesses;
impeachment; real, direct, and circumstantial evidence. Special emphasis
will be given to relevancy, hearsay and its exceptions, privileges, presumptions
and inferences,burden of proof, judicial notice, and the parole evidence
rule.
CRJU C330 Correctional Institutions
3 crs.
The course examines the theory and practice of correctional institutions
and functions;the history of the prison as a total institution; types
of correctional facilities; problems of rehabilitation in correctional
institutions; crimes in prisons; adjusting to prison life; the inmate
culture; and the future of correctional institutions. Attention is also
devoted to high-tech innovations in prisons; proactive approaches for
reducing crowding, controlling inmates, and managing stress; and what
works in correctional treatment.
CRJU C345 Seminar Constitutional Law 3 crs.
This seminar concerns basic constitutional law and in-depth analysis of
Supreme Court decisions decided during recent terms ofcourt with a special
emphasis on trends in constitutional law and criminal procedure.
CRJU C365 Program Planning and
Evaluation in Criminal Justice3 crs.
The course examines how social research contributes to effective policy
making and evaluation. Topics covered include conceptual, methodological,
bureaucratic, political, and organizational factors hindering sound evaluation
in addition to specific research techniques used in program evaluation.
CRJU C385 Seminar in Advanced Criminology 3 crs.
Selected topics will concern criminology examined in depth through assigned
readings and classroom discussion.
CRJU C405 Criminal Law 3 crs.
This course examines sources of criminal law; theories of punishment,
corpus delicti, and basic elements of crime; specific offenses, principles
of liability to punishment, and specific defense to criminal behavior.