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An examination of the criminal justice system, focusing on how the system functions in theory and practice as well as on current and future trends.

Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

Prerequisite: Graduate standing. This course is designed to introduce students to the development and evolution of organization and management theory in criminal justice organizations.

Prerequisite: Graduate standing. A study of the history and evolution of the Anglo-American justice system, its problems, defects, and proposals for reform.

Prerequisite: Graduate standing. A study of selected international criminal justice systems, including police, courts, and correctional subsystems. Emphasis is placed on geographical, historical and cultural perspectives that make the systems unique.

The philosophy and role of American policing, politics of policing, managing the police organization, police operational and administrative practices, and emergent issues and problems in policing. This course is repeatable for credit.

An in-depth examination of the various issues and problems in corrections as they relate to administration and management of correctional programs and organizations.

Prerequisite: Graduate standing. A critical study of past, present, and potential future correctional counseling and treatment, analysis of practices, and intended goals.

An intensive overview and examination of each of the major criminological perspectives, theory construction, and theory integration.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing and CRJU 6400. This course is designed to introduce students to the study of crime victims. Students will become familiar with the historical role of crime victims, the changes in that role and theories that help explain the role of victims in crime.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing and CRJU 6400. The purpose of this course is to examine the criminological theories of the late modern period and placing them in the context of the massive social transformations that have taken place in the past thirty to forty years. More specifically this course will examine social justice in the context of critical criminology by focusing on the following criminological theories and ideas: Marxist criminology, Socialist Feminist criminology, Peacemaking criminology, Prophetic criticism, Anarchist criminology, Postmodern Feminist criminology, Semiotics, Constitutive criminology, Critical race theory, Chaos theory, Catastrophe/topology theory, and Queer theory.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing and CRJU 6400. This graduate course examines criminal behaviors using a psychological and sociological theories. Students will study specific categories of criminal offenders such as murderers, rapists and embezzlers. Students will also study biographies of well-known criminals as case studies, with the intent of applying specific criminological theories to the case studies.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing and CRJU 6180 recommended. This course is designed to have students look critically at world terrorist organizations and responses to terroristic acts.

Prerequisite: Graduate standing. An in-depth analysis of the development and current application of criminal law and the constitutional law. Primary focus is on criminal law and procedure.

Prerequisite: Graduate standing. An exploration of quantitative and qualitative research designs utilized in the study of criminal justice.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing and CRJU 6605. An exploration of quantitative and qualitative research methods utilized in the study of criminal justice.

An in-depth study of a critical issue in contemporary criminal justice. Specific issues will vary, and will be selected by the student with the approval of the instructor. This course is repeatable for credit.

Prerequisite: Graduate standing in last semester of MSCJ coursework. This course is repeatable for credit.

Prerequisite: Graduate standing and instructor approval. Offers academic credit courses to students interested in earning academic credit through self-directed study.

Prerequisite: Graduate standing. This course is designed to examine topics in criminal justice and criminal justice policy that may not be covered in other graduate CJ courses. Class is repeatable.

Individually designed and planned learning experience involving off-campus field experience and study in the public and private sector. Must be approved by the department chairperson or program coordinator.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing, approval of Graduate Coordinator, CRJU 6605 and CRJU 6610. Student prepares a detailed prospectus or research project to include: bibliography, methodology, and research goals.