Criminal Justice (43)
Administered by Department of Sociology, Social Work and Criminal Justice
Effective Fall 2008
43.101 Introduction to Criminal Justice (3) - Offers a comprehensive survey and basic understanding of the role and function of the criminal justice field. Attention is given to crime and criminal law, law enforcement, police, courts, corrections and juvenile justice. This course counts as a Group B, Social & Behavioral Sciences General Education Requirements. Three hours lecture per week.
43.200 Criminology (3) - Discusses the major sociological theories of crime and justice. Presents the scope of crime in the United States and other countries. Probes each major type of crime, namely, homicide, rape, robbery, burglary, assault, organized crime, property crimes, drug crimes, and prostitution. This course counts as a Group B, Social & Behavioral Sciences General Education Requirements. Three hours lecture per week. Prerequisite: 43.101
43.210 Criminal Justice Statistics (3) - This course introduces students to the logic of statistical analysis in criminal justice research. Students will create and manage data sets, learn how to use statistical software and interpret statistical information in criminal justice journals. This course approved as 3 credits of Quantitative-Analytical Reasoning toward general education requirements/This course counts as a Group B, Social & Behavioral Sciences General Education Requirements. Three hours lecture per week. Prerequisite: 43.101, 43.200
43.220 Criminal Justice Research (3) - This course introduces students to the logic of inquiry in criminal justice research. Students will learn how to pair research objectives with specific research methods in the design of qualitative, comparative and quantitative research projects. This course counts as a Group B, Social & Behavioral Sciences General Education Requirements. Three hours lecture per week. Prerequisites: 43.200 and 43.210.
43.230 Police and Society (3) - Examines law enforcement practices and problems, including (1) legal, political, and historical framework, (2) an analysis of police organizations and their relationship with other criminal justice and social agencies, (3) individual and community aspects of police-society relations, police and minority groups, social change and law enforcement and finally (4) police discretion and its role within the police organization and its impact on society. This course counts as a Group B, Social & Behavioral Sciences General Education Requirements. Three hours lecture per week. Prerequisites: 43.101.
43.300 Juvenile Delinquency (3) - Examines social pressures operative upon children in American society, which leads to formation of delinquent personality. Consideration of treatment and prevention, juvenile courts, clinics and correctional institutions, evaluation of theories, concepts and relevant empirical research. This course counts as a Group B, Social & Behavioral Sciences General Education Requirements. Three hours lecture per week. Prerequisites: 43.101 or permission of instructor.
43.310 Penology (3) - Penology studies the social rationales, methods and consequences of punishing and rehabilitating law breakers. Includes a social history of prisons, jails and punishment, the interpersonal dynamics within the institution, the inmate social order, causes of riots, treatment programs and alternative models and policies. This course counts as a Group B, Social & Behavioral Sciences General Education Requirements. Three hours lecture per week. Prerequisite: 43.101.
43.320 Victimology (3) - Examines the incidence, prevalence, and effects of victimization on individuals and groups from such crimes as family violence, rape, street crime, and fraud. This course counts as a Group B, Social & Behavioral Sciences General Education Requirements. Three hours lecture per week. Prerequisite: 43.101.
43.330 White-Collar Crime (3) - This course will discuss the major types of individual and organizational white-collar crime. Individual white-collar crime includes acts such as embezzlement, fraud, identity theft, computer crime, bribery and corruption, while organizational white-collar crime includes acts such as health and safety violations, large scale fraud and political corruption. The course addresses the dynamics, the social causes, the legal responses and the prevention of white-collar crime. This course counts as a Group B, Social & Behavioral Sciences General Education Requirements. Three hours lecture per week. Prerequisite: 43.101 & 43.210 or permission of instructor.
43.340 Criminal Investigations (3) - Analyzes a wide range of Criminal Investigation processes and techniques: Topics include the history and evolution of criminal investigation, theory and methodology of criminal investigation, as well as the legal influences on the development of the criminal investigation process. Discussion is centered upon methods applied in managing the investigation of persons and property crimes, case management and the specializations needed in order to successfully investigate criminal matters. This course counts as a Group B, Social & Behavioral Sciences General Education Requirements. Three hours lecture per week. Prerequisites: 43.230.
43.400 Mass Media and Crime (3) - This course probes three main areas: first, the mass media's relationship to criminal behavior, violent ideation and the promotion of stereotypical attitudes toward groups that could elicit criminal or violent acts; secondly, the mass media's influence on the public's view of crime, punishment and crime control - the creation of an "informal consensual reality," replete with dangers, crime waves, moral panics and support for draconian legal measures; and thirdly, the mass media's potential for constructive social change in the public's understanding of crime and in the state's policy regarding crime control. This course counts as a Group B, Social & Behavioral Sciences General Education Requirements. Three hours lecture per week. Prerequisites: 43.101 & 43.210 or permission of instructor.
43.410 Criminal Law (3) - This course examines criminal law from a combined social science and legal perspective. Focus is on the substantive law with a special emphasis on personal crimes. Students will sharpen their skills in case analysis, legal reasoning and legal research. This course counts as a Group B, Social & Behavioral Sciences General Education Requirements. Three hours lecture per week. Prerequisite: 18 credits in criminal justice or permission of the instructor.
43.420 Crime, Social Inequality and Social Identity (3)- This course focuses on the interaction between socio-economic status, race, ethnicity, gender and crime, specifically the relationship between these categories of offending, patterns of victimization, and treatment by the criminal justice system. These categories, or social roles, are understood both as characteristics that may relate to social inequity, as well as forms of group or social identity that have historically structured both the quantity and type of offenses as victimizations. This course is approved as a Diversity General Education Course/This course counts as a Group B, Social & Behavioral Sciences General Education Requirements. Three hours lecture per week. Prerequisite: 18 credits in criminal justice or permission of the instructor.
43.430 Special Topics (3) - Study of a topic in criminal justice; topic varies with each presentation of the course.
43.495 Criminal Justice Internship (3 - 9) - An on-the-job apprenticeship in which students are exposed to the responsibilities, skills and activities necessary to accomplish jobs in criminal justice agencies, including public and private, local, state and federal, investigatory and correctional agencies. Pass/fail only. Prerequisite: 60 or more credits; 18 credits in criminal justice and 2.0 minimum GPA.