CRJU - Criminal Justice

Study of the philosophy, strategy, and tactics for the management of police organizations in the 21st century. This course is repeatable for credit.

Study of the philosophy, strategy, and tactics for the management of community-based corrections programs in the 21st century, focusing on probation, parole, electronic monitoring, bootcamps, halfway houses, and home arrest. This course is repeatable for credit.

This class will explore drugs in American society with an emphasis on the social construction of the meaning of drugs and the usage of them. In addition, the history of the social control of drug usage will be explored with a particular emphasis on formal social control through the American criminal justice system.

An analysis of the nature of juvenile delinquency and the ability of the juvenile justice system to deal with the problems of juveniles. Explanatory models and theories, and the evaluation of prevention, control, and treatment programs will be considered. (Cross-listed as SOCI 5325.)

The purpose of this course is to facilitate the student's knowledge of mental health in criminal justice. The criminal justice system is the largest "warehouse" for the mentally ill. Topics cover the areas of the DSM, policing, courts, corrections, juvenile justice, and sentencing.

This course focuses on ecological theory to evaluate how ecological factors influence opportunities for crime. Emphasis is placed on the distribution of crime in rural and urban areas.

A critical analysis of crime and deviance committed by corporations, by government organizations, and by individuals in positions of trust and responsibility.

Study of the methodology for researching criminal justice policy issues on the internet and the worldwide web. It is designed to orient the student on the reliability and validity of public policy issues available in cyberspace.

This course explores issues of social control and the criminal justice system by examining criminal justice policy and legislation by focusing on their implications in the controls of groups and individuals. This course is repeatable for credit.

This course is designed to examine critical issues of public policy that affect criminal justice. Topics could include advance police management, policy options on the war on drugs, ethics in criminal justice, or others. This course is repeatable for credit.

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.

A study of international criminal courts. Emphasis is placed on geographical, historical and cultural perspectives of international criminal courts.

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.