CRIMLJUS 1130 Introduction to Criminal Justice 3 Credits

A survey of the administration of Criminal justice, including the structural components of the criminal justice system and the stages of the criminal process from the detection of crime and arrest through prosecution, adjudication, sentencing and correctional intervention; emphasis upon analysis of decisions and practices within the context of the entire criminal justice system.
Components: Class
GE: Social Sciences
Typically Offered: Fall - Spring

CRIMLJUS 2130 Foundations of Policing 3 Credits

The roles and functions of police in a democratic society, including their responsibilities for peacekeeping, law enforcement and service; the police as part of the criminal justice system and as agents of municipal government; models and styles of police behavior.
Components: Class
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMLJUS 1130 with a "C-" or better
Typically Offered: Fall - Spring

CRIMLJUS 2230 Foundations of Corrections 3 Credits

The theories, philosophies and practices of corrections; sentencing structures and their relationship to correctional objectives; the modes of correctional intervention.
Components: Class
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMLJUS 1130 with a "C-" or better
Typically Offered: Fall - Spring

CRIMLJUS 2330 Women, Gender, and Justice 3 Credits

This course focuses on research about the experiences women and gender minorities have with crime and the criminal justice system. Additionally, this course addresses the basic social science perspectives on genders and sexualities. This course covers theories and patterns of the nature of crime with respect to gender, victimization, offending, legislation and policies, criminal justice-related social movements, and professional participation in the criminal justice system. This course discusses and applies traditional theoretical explanations as well as feminist and critical criminological explanation of these patterns. Last, throughout this course, students will practice employing an intersectional perspective to these social phenomena by looking at gender issues vis-à-vis race, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic status, etc.
Components: Class
Cross Offering: WOMGENDR 2330
GE: Gender Studies, Social Sciences
Typically Offered: Fall

CRIMLJUS 2340 Foundations of US Courts 3 Credits

A detailed study of the adversarial system in the United States examining the history, tradition and philosophy underlying the system of justice as it is played out in the criminal courts, as well as administrative and civil courts.
Components: Class
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMLJUS 1130 with a "C-" or better
Typically Offered: Fall

CRIMLJUS 2430 Counterterrorism for First Responders 3 Credits

A comprehensive examination of the counter-terrorism response in the United States. Emphasis is placed on domestic agency response and prevention efforts, as well as investigative and crime scene processing challenges with litigation, personal safety, and modus operandi of an attack.
Components: Discussion, Class
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMLJUS 1130 or FORENSIC 1320 with a C- or better
Typically Offered: Occasionally

CRIMLJUS 2630 Private Security Operations 3 Credits

A survey of the physical, personnel and informational aspects of the security field; concept of physical information and personnel security systems integrated with management systems; controls in regard to private, public and government owned complexes.
Components: Class
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMLJUS 1130
Typically Offered: Fall

CRIMLJUS 2750 Issues in Criminal Justice 1-3 Credits

Current issues and trends in criminal justice which may not warrant a permanent course. Course content will be announced each time the course is presented.
Components: Class
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMLJUS 1130 or FORENSIC 1320 with a grade of C- or higher.
Typically Offered: Occasionally

CRIMLJUS 2830 Ethnicity, Race and Crime 3 Credits

A study of the correlation between ethnicity, race, crime and criminality in the United States. This course explores the interrelatedness of ethnicity, race, criminal law, and the sanctioning of criminal behavior in the United States.
Components: Class
Cross Offering: ETHNSTDY 2830
GE: Ethnic Studies
Typically Offered: Fall - Spring

CRIMLJUS 2850 White Collar Crime 3 Credits

This course examines the trend of white collar offending. First, the course will discuss the criminological theories associated with white collar crimes. Second, the course will explore the methods used by offenders to commit white collar crimes and the subsequent impact to businesses and organizations. Third, students will learn investigative techniques and the use of technology in white collar investigations. Lastly, white collar crime topics such as legal issues, litigation, and regulations resulting from white collar crimes will be discussed.
Components: Class
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMLJUS 1130 with C- or better
Typically Offered: Fall

CRIMLJUS 2930 Foundations of Interviewing 3 Credits

Examination of the principles of effective interviewing as applied to investigative reporting, research, persuasion, counseling, employment, and the investigation of crime. The latter part of this course will pay particular attention to the theory and practice of interviewing and interrogation as applied to gaining information from complainants, witnesses, victims, informants, and suspects.
Components: Class
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMLJUS 1130 or FORENSIC 1320
Typically Offered: Fall

CRIMLJUS 3030 Foundations of Crime Analysis 3 Credits

This course introduces students to concepts, theories, practices, and techniques of crime analysis. This field of study uses systematic research methods and data to support the mission of a police agency in terms of geographic resource deployment, hot spot identification, and offender targeting based on the application of criminological theory.
Components: Class
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMLJUS 1130 and CRIMLJUS 2130
Typically Offered: Fall

CRIMLJUS 3040 Police Ethics 3 Credits

This course will focus on the ethical dilemmas and issues affecting policing. The course will address the philosophical styles of policing and the decision making process commonly used by police officers. Emphasis will placed on the societal effect of unethical police behavior and ways to detect and prevent these behaviors.
Components: Class
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMLJUS 2130 and Junior Standing
Typically Offered: Occasionally

CRIMLJUS 3130 Criminal Investigation 3 Credits

An introduction to the principles and procedures of criminal investigation, including the identification of physical and testimonial evidence, creation of hypotheses for the development of leads and documentation of findings.
Components: Class, Discussion
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMLJUS 2130 with a "C-" or better and sophomore standing or sophomore standing and a Forensic Investigation Major
Typically Offered: Fall - Spring

CRIMLJUS 3230 Comparative Criminal Justice Systems 3 Credits

Cultural bases of laws, development of laws, conceptions of justice and patterns of crime; comparison of American justice systems with other Western and Asian justice systems.
Components: Class
GE: Global Studies (former Int Ed), International Education
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMLJUS 2130 and CRIMLJUS 2230 with a 'C-' or better in each and sophomore standing
Typically Offered: Occasionally

CRIMLJUS 3330 Police Administration 3 Credits

Principles of police administration and organization; detailed analysis of police administration such as budgeting, personnel management, implementation of programs toward fulfillment of objectives and decision making.
Components: Class
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMLJUS 2130 with a 'C-' or better and sophomore standing
Typically Offered: Fall - Spring

CRIMLJUS 3430 Criminology 3 Credits

The legal and behavioral classification of crimes and criminals based on analysis of the criminal career of the offender, group support of the behavior, society's reaction and the response of the legal system; analysis of crimes as systems of behavior: property, violent, professional organized, victimless, white-collar, conventional and political crime.
Components: Class
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMLJUS 2130 and CRIMLJUS 2230 with a "C-" or better in each and sophomore standing
Typically Offered: Fall

CRIMLJUS 3530 Correctional Institutions 3 Credits

History, development and functions of correctional institutions including prisons and jails; their custodial and correctional programs; the impact of incarceration upon inmates; the interactional structure of the prison environment; improving conditions and correctional programs.
Components: Class
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMLJUS 2230 with a "C-" or better and sophomore standing
Typically Offered: Fall

CRIMLJUS 3630 Juvenile Justice 3 Credits

Conceptions of juvenile delinquency; the juvenile offender in the juvenile justice system; the philosophy, structure and function of juvenile courts; legal rights of accused juveniles, correctional theories, and programs in juvenile institutions; methods and models of rehabilitating juvenile offenders and prevention of juvenile delinquency.
Components: Class
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMLJUS 2230 with a "C-" or better and sophomore standing
Typically Offered: Fall

CRIMLJUS 3830 Crime Prevention 3 Credits

An investigation of the prevention of crime utilizing changes in both the physical and social environment of the community.
Components: Class
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMLJUS 1130 with a "C-" or better and junior standing
Typically Offered: Occasionally

CRIMLJUS 3900 Research Methods in Criminal Justice 3 Credits

An introduction to research methods in criminal justice and criminology, with applications to both pure and applied research. The course provides a basic conceptual framework for understanding and interpreting criminal justice research as well as designing, conducting, and evaluating research projects.
Components: Class
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMLJUS 2130 and CRIMLJUS 2230 with a "C-" or better in each, MATH 1830 and sophomore standing or a Forensic Investigation major, MATH 1830 and sophomore standing
Typically Offered: Fall - Spring

CRIMLJUS 3930 Law of Corrections 3 Credits

The law pertaining to the effects and consequences of conviction, sentencing and prisoner rights; the legal process in terms of post-trial motions and appeals of conviction.
Components: Class
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMLJUS 2230 with a "C-" or better and sophomore standing
Typically Offered: Spring

CRIMLJUS 4030 Criminal Law 3 Credits

A study of the principles, doctrines and selected rules of criminal law; the sources of substantive criminal law and historical development of common law principles of criminal responsibility; constitutional constraints on the decision to define behavior as criminal.
Components: Class
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMLJUS 2130 and CRIMLJUS 2230 with a "C-" or better in each and junior standing; a forensic investigation or cybersecurity major, CRIMLJUS 2130 with a "C-" or better and junior standing
Typically Offered: Fall - Spring

CRIMLJUS 4130 Police-Community Relations 3 Credits

Analysis of the interdependence of the police and community in maintaining order and controlling crime; theories of community and the community's role in the development of police systems; tension and conflict in police-community interaction; programs and strategies for improving the quality of police-community relations.
Components: Class
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMLJUS 2130 with a "C-" or better and junior standing
Typically Offered: Fall

CRIMLJUS 4150 Deviance, Crime, and Social Control 3 Credits

This course investigates the topic of deviance generally with a focus on various forms of formal and informal social control. Theoretical explanations and understandings about deviance will be covered and applied to various types of deviance. This course covers the creation of deviance, social control, deviant identities, deviant careers, and specific categories of deviance.
Components: Class
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMLJUS 1130 with a "C-" or better and junior standing
Typically Offered: Occasionally

CRIMLJUS 4230 Community-Based Corrections 3 Credits

Community-based correctional programs; pre- and post-trial; a critical investigation of theories, practices and problems involved in pre-trial diversion, probation and parole.
Components: Class
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMLJUS 2230 with a "C-" or better and junior standing
Typically Offered: Spring

CRIMLJUS 4250 Environmental and Wildlife Crime 3 Credits

The growing global challenge of environmental and wildlife crime undermines our ability to protect our land, water, species, and habitats. In this course, students confront the extent of these crimes and examine the diverse frameworks and debates that explain the social, political, and economic drivers of environmental crime. Students will apply criminological theories and perspectives (including green criminology) to these crimes. While exploring solutions, students consider the complexity of legislation and legal frameworks that criminalize practices harmful to the environment.
Components: Discussion, Class
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMLJUS 1130 and junior standing
Typically Offered: Occasionally

CRIMLJUS 4330 Criminal Procedure and Evidence 3 Credits

A study of case law defining constitutional constraints on police behavior in the areas of arrest, search and seizure, interrogation, identification and investigation; rules on the exclusion of illegally seized evidence.
Components: Class
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMLJUS 1130 or FORENSIC 1320 and junior standing
Typically Offered: Fall - Spring

CRIMLJUS 4430 Issues in Criminal Justice Planning and Management 3 Credits

Problems confronting American criminal justice in the areas of criminal law, courts, law enforcement and corrections; models and alternatives for reforming the criminal justice process including program planning, development and management.
Components: Class
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMLJUS 1130 or FORENSIC 1320 and junior standing
Typically Offered: Occasionally

CRIMLJUS 4500 Directed Individual Studies 1-3 Credits

Supervised individual study of a topic selected by the student with staff approval.
Components: Independent Study
Cross Offering: FORENSIC 4500
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMLJUS 1130 or FORENSIC 1320, Junior Standing, and Departmental Consent
Typically Offered: Fall - Spring - Summer

CRIMLJUS 4530 Social Welfare Policy 3 Credits

This course provides a basic conceptual framework for understanding and interpreting historical and contemporary social welfare policy proposals, methods, and alternatives to existing policies and programs such as those that impact at-risk and diverse populations.
Components: Class
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMLJUS 1130 with a "C-" or better or PSYCHLGY 1130 with a "C-" or better or SOCIOLGY 1030 with a "C-" or better and junior standing
Typically Offered: Spring

CRIMLJUS 4540 Social Work Practice with Communities, Organizations and Social Institutions 3 Credits

This course will prepare students to engage with, assess, intervene with, and evaluate social work organizations and communities. The purpose of this course is to address social work practices with communities, organizations and social institutions. The National Association of Social Workers (NSAW) Code of ethics and the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) standards for cultural competence in social work practices will provide the guiding principles for social work values and ethics. This course includes an analysis of social work theories and principles, their application to organizational, communal, and institutional settings, and specific techniques and methods appropriate to community organizing and development.
Components: Class
Typically Offered: Fall

CRIMLJUS 4630 Current Topics In Criminal Justice 1-3 Credits

Current issues in criminal justice which may not warrant a permanent course. Course content will be announced each time the course is presented.
Components: Class
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMLJUS 1130 with a "C-" or better and Junior Standing
Typically Offered: Fall - Spring

CRIMLJUS 4730 Honors in Criminal Justice Research 2-4 Credits

The practical application of research to the criminal justice field. The student will design a complete research project within the framework of a tutorial relationship with a member of the criminal justice faculty.
Components: Independent Study
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMLJUS 4030 with a "C-" or better and junior standing
Typically Offered: Occasionally

CRIMLJUS 4830 Victimology and Restorative Justice 3 Credits

This course focuses on the study of crime victims to include the nature, extent, and causes of crime. Emphasis will be placed on examining the principles and concepts of victimology, victimization patterns and trends, and theoretical responses to criminal victimization. Philosophies and principles of Restorative Justice will also be explored to include an analysis of the key player's roles- offender, victim, state, and community. Several restorative justice initiatives will be analyze. Students will participate in a restorative justice with a criminal justice organization.
Components: Class
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMLJUS 4230 or CRIMLJUS 4130 or CRIMLJUS 3530 and junior standing.
Typically Offered: Spring

CRIMLJUS 4840 Substance Abuse I: Theory and Assessment 3 Credits

This course is designed to provide an overview of basic psychopharmacology, recreational drug use, substance abuse, and dependency. Included in this approach will be coverage of addiction theory, prevention, and assessment. Particular attention will be paid to risk and protective factors associated with abuse and dependency.
Components: Class
Cross Offering: PSYCHLGY 4840
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CRIMLJUS 1130, PSYCHLGY 1130 or SOCIOLGY 1030 and junior standing; a biology course is recommended
Typically Offered: Fall

CRIMLJUS 4850 Substance Abuse II: Intervention and Special Populations 3 Credits

This course is designed to provide an overview of the fundamental theories, principles, and techniques of substance abuse counseling. In addition to gaining theoretical knowledge of recognized substance abuse counseling interventions, students will also practice these intervention skills in class. Issues related to case management will be covered including treatment planning, goal setting, continual assessment, referral, record management, and written documentation. Particular attention will be paid to addressing the application of these interventions and case management procedures to culturally diverse special populations. Ethical issues related to substance use and professional responsibility will also be discussed.
Components: Class
Cross Offering: PSYCHLGY 4850
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: PSYCHLGY 4840 or CRIMLJUS 4840
Typically Offered: Spring

CRIMLJUS 4880 Internship 1-8 Credits

Enhancement of the educational experience through placement of a student with a governmental or private agency, emphasis placed on integration of criminal justice and forensic investigation theory and practice through field observations, practical experience, and extensive report writing, including submission of daily reports, administrative reports, and case reports.
Components: Field Studies
Cross Offering: FORENSIC 4880
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: 60 credits plus 12 upper division criminal justice or forensic investigation credits and a cumulative GPA of 2.50
Typically Offered: Fall - Spring - Summer

CRIMLJUS 4930 Criminal Justice and Forensic Investigation Senior Seminar 3 Credits

Discussion and evaluation of problems in the contemporary criminal justice system; individual research and presentation of findings.
Components: Seminar
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: Senior standing and either Criminal Justice or Forensic Investigation major
Typically Offered: Fall - Spring