32 courses with the subject CJ, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
CJ 1000Introduction to Criminal Justice3
Credit(s) Offered: every semester This course provides the student with an overview of the structure and organization of the criminal justice system. Emphasis is placed on the examination of the functions and decision processes of those agencies that deal with the management and control of crime and criminal offenders. The course includes didactic presentations, assigned readings, class discussions, visiting practitioner lecturers and small group discussions.
Subject
CJ
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
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Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: Fall This course will provide the student with 36 hours of mediator training (topics include alternative dispute resolution, conflict styles, the mediation process, and ethics, for example) and the application of mediation training to civil and criminal cases in the courtroom or the administration of a mediation services office. Cross-listed with HMSV 1001
Subject
CJ
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
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Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: Fall This course will offer the student an opportunity to learn the basics of trial advocacy within the context of an American Mock Trial Association (AMTA) case; the student will acquire perfect trial practice skills such as developing the theory of the case, opening statement, direct examination, cross-examination, and closing argument. The student will receive the Mock Trial case as soon as it is released by the American Mock Trial Association (mid-August) and will work as a member of a team of 6-10 students to prepare and execute the prosecution and defense of the case at trial.
Subject
CJ
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
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Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every semester Students will examine the nature, history, role, operations and management of law enforcement agencies. Additional topics to be explored include police powers, investigations, use and abuse of police force, police corruption, crime prevention and the future of policing.
Subject
CJ
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
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Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every semester This course provides students with an understanding of how researchers use scientific methods to frame and explore issues important in criminal justice. The course focuses on methods of measuring crime, data collection, research design, sampling and probability, survey and questionnaire design, methods of observation and written communication of results.
Subject
CJ
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every semester This course serves as an introduction to the American legal system. Emphasis is placed on how courts and lawyers function, how cases are decided and the means by which courts interpret legislation. Cross-listed with POLS 2270
Subject
CJ
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every other year This course will examine the involvement of females in the criminal justice system, as victims, offenders, workers and professionals. Female criminality will be explored from varied perspectives. Students will undertake a systematic examination of the issues, biases and problems affecting the girls and women involved in this system, with attention focused on the effects of these factors on them, their relationships and their families.
Subject
CJ
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: Fall This course applied to an interdisciplinary approach to identify the contexts, origins, causes, patterns, trends, and explanations of international terrorism. Students will study terrorist organizations, their structure, financing, agenda, objectives, methodology, international links and use of technology. They will also study anti-terrorist measures, state-sponsored terrorism and emergency management as it affects terrorist incidents. Cross-listed with POLS 2510
Subject
CJ
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every other year The course is designed to develop student awareness of past and contemporary philosophies, practices and paradoxes of juvenile justice. The course examines the programmatic efforts designed for juveniles in trouble with the law and focuses on the relationships between the components of this system of justice. The content of the course may be supplemented by current journal research, lectures and panel discussions by practicing professionals, and/or a field-based class.
Subject
CJ
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every semester Corrections is the branch of the criminal justice system comprised of the programs, facilities and organizations responsible for the management of individuals who have been accused or convicted of criminal offenses. This course examines the history, operation, structure and clientele of modern correctional institutions and assesses the problems confronting them. The course also explores the relationships between corrections and social, political and economic trends within society.
Subject
CJ
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every other year This course examines the basic rights and freedoms derived from the portions of the Bill of Rights addressing criminal procedure. The course will examine in depth the fourth, fifth, sixth and eighth Amendments to the Constitution. Topics covered will include protection against unreasonable searches and seizures, self-incrimination, double jeopardy, due process of law, the right to counsel, the right to confront witnesses, trial by jury and the meaning of cruel and unusual punishment. Cross-listed with POLS 2700
Subject
CJ
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every other year From the Ku Klux Klan to Timothy McVeigh, a few Americans have sought to achieve their ends through violent action. This course introduces students to the variety of extremist groups within the United States and examines their history, nature, extent and dangerousness. It also explores hate crime, a relatively new responsibility of the criminal justice system. We will look at the social construction of hate crime and issues concerning its enforcement.
Subject
CJ
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: Spring The course will introduce students to the theory and application of crime mapping and analysis in a GIS (Geographic Information System) environment. Students will learn the criminological theories that support crime analysis and place-based policing. Students will also learn the basic skills of using GIS to create crime maps and to analyze crime patterns. Cross-listed with GEOG 3004
Subject
CJ
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: Spring This is an introductory course in information technology (IT) security with managerial, criminal justice, and IT components. This course focuses on management, legal issues, and implications related to securing corporate information systems, including security threats, security management processes, compliance laws and regulations, risk analysis and response, network and e-commerce security, and disaster recovery. Cross-listed with BSAD 3040 and CSC 3040
Subject
CJ
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every other year In this course, students will learn: the definition of victimology; of victimology’s historical perspective and the startup of the victims’ rights movement; of the different types of victimizations; about the two main methods of measuring crime in America; of the roles and responsibilities of the many principals within the criminal justice system as they relate to victims’ rights; and, learn about victim services and assistance in responding to criminal victimizations.
Subject
CJ
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
CJ 3055Applied Criminal Procedure for Law Enforcement3
Credit(s) Offered: annually This course takes a practical approach to constitutional law and criminal procedure, as applied to Massachusetts law enforcement. It is intended to enable students to read, analyze, and apply legal issues that might arise in the course of a Massachusetts police officer’s career. Topics relate to the 4th, 5th, and 14th amendments to the United States Constitution and the corresponding provisions in the Massachusetts Constitution. Students will be expected to understand the relevant constitutional amendments and provisions; analyze and evaluate how the Massachusetts and federal courts have interpreted these amendments and provisions; and recognize how these court decisions govern police behavior. Students will be expected to apply these principles to real-world situations in writing assignments. They will also learn how police officers take field notes and will practice summarizing those notes in police reports. Topics include search and seizure, probable cause to arrest with and without a warrant, searching with and without a warrant, automobile searches, use of force, and due process. Additionally, students will be expected to learn when and how police officers and departments can be sued in civil court.
Subject
CJ
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: annually This course will enable the student to understand the fundamentals of the criminal investigation process. The student will explore investigative techniques in crime scene search, collection and use of evidence and information. Additionally the student will study investigation of specific crimes to include crimes against persons, crimes against property, deceased persons, motor vehicle theft, crimes against the public, controlled substance investigations, and gang investigations. This course will include skills development exercises to include mock crime scene and report writing.
Subject
CJ
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every other year This course offers an overview of the nature and extent of organized crime, as well as the impact of organized crime on U.S. society, both in terms of economy and politics. The course also takes up contemporary youth gangs in the United States, concluding with policies and programs addressing gangs, including law enforcement and prevention and intervention efforts.
Subject
CJ
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every semester This course explores the ways in which researchers use data analysis in criminal justice research. The course focuses on methods of analyzing crime, using secondary data such as the Uniform Crime Reports, National Crime Victimization Surveys, NIBRS and other frequently-used datasets. The student is introduced to computer software packages, such as SPSS, to analyze data. Students will evaluate critically several studies, including their design, analysis of data and conclusions.
Subject
CJ
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every other year In this course students will examine and analyze research in innovative practices in policing. The emphasis will be on best practices backed up by research as well as those innovations that are promising and that have potential for improving the delivery of police service. This course will explore strategic innovations including, but not limited to, Community Policing, Problem Oriented Policing, Evidence-Based Policing, Third Party Policing, Pulling Levers Policing, and Hot Spots Policing. In addition, technology based innovations such as Compstat and Intelligence Led Policing will be explored. The focus will be on the effectiveness of the policing strategies in question.
Subject
CJ
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
CJ 1000 , CJ 2050 , and CJ 2130 . CJ 3000 is suggested.
CJ 3200White Collar and Corporate Crime3
Credit(s) Offered: every other year This course introduces students to a variety of topics and issues in the area of white-collar and corporate crime. It examines and contrasts the treatment corporate and white-collar offending by the criminal justice and regulatory justice systems. It looks at definitional issues, the nature and extent of white-collar crimes, crime types, case studies and the etiology of offending.
Subject
CJ
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every other year How can juvenile delinquency and adult crime be prevented? It’s not easy, but it’s not impossible. This course focuses on interventions (steps taken to facilitate change, also known as “programs” or “treatments”) that address some of the psychological and ecological causes of crime. While larger social forces are also important, they are generally out of the control of individuals or agencies seeking to accomplish tangible, measurable results. As we shall see, the focus on individuals and communities has achieved considerable success. Many interventions do indeed produce significant and lasting decreases in crime, and can be very cost-effective.
Subject
CJ
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every other year Ordinary Americans get much of their information about crime and the criminal justice system from mass media. Unfortunately, this information is full of distortions, leading to policies that they themselves are based on these distortions that have very little chance of accomplishing their purposes. This course is designed to help students identify these distortions and their consequences, compare and contrast the public image and reality of crime, and consider the implications of these findings for criminal justice policy and practice.
Subject
CJ
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every other year Since the 1960s law has become an increasingly important accountability mechanism for corrections. Court decisions shaped the policies and practices in corrections institutions and, in some states, helped to transform prisons and jails into new organizational entities. This course seeks to help students understand how law affects the corrections environment, as well as examining current issues in corrections.
Subject
CJ
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every other year The focus of this course is the study of the general principles of criminal law. The approach adopted in this course involves the use of the text to explain general principles and their application to specific crimes followed by cases that apply the general principles to the facts of the specific cases. The students will be encouraged to formulate their own views regarding the application made by the court in its opinion on the one hand and, on the other, they will also be encouraged to understand the principles and definitions in order to apply them. Students will be required to act as legislators, judges, juries, defense attorneys and prosecutors in order to see the principles and definitions from all perspectives.
Subject
CJ
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every semester This course will acquaint the student with the theoretical foundations essential to ethical decision making by introducing students to ethical theory, major ethical belief systems and ethical issues in criminal justice. Students will develop awareness of and explore the major ethical issues/questions specific to each of the criminal justice subsystems; in addition, the student will become familiar with and examine the ethical challenges and dilemmas that confront criminal justice professionals across the U.S. system of justice. Strategies for responding to situations are considered and models of ethical decision making are examined.
Subject
CJ
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
CJ 1000 or PHIL 1000 or PHIL 1100 or PHIL 2500 or PHIL 2550 or PHIL 2600 or PHIL 4200 Students must have in progress or completed 60 credits or more (Junior or Senior Standing).
CJ 4100Colloquium3
Credit(s) Offered: every semester This course seeks to integrate the student’s earlier work on theories of crime, types of crime, prevention and program assessment, while honing the student’s research and writing skills. The course involves intensive writing exercises, critical reading exercises, and critical analysis of research projects.
Subject
CJ
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Internship is the structured academic experience that allows CJ students who have successfully met eligibility criteria to integrate and apply the skills and theory of the discipline in a field-based setting. Such an experience helps the student develop an understanding of the effects of administrative practices and governing policies on the ability to carry out the responsibilities of their field placement. Students participate under the supervision of qualified professionals in CJ organizations. In addition to the field experience, students participate in a monthly seminar held by the university’s supervising professor. Here, students share their experiences and develop a heightened awareness of their roles in the organizations in which they are functioning. Students work in their placement for 7.5 hours per week over a 15 week semester
Subject
CJ
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every semester Internship is the structured academic experience that allows CJ students who have successfully met eligibility criteria to integrate and apply the skills and theory of the discipline in a field-based setting. Such an experience helps the student develop an understanding of the effects of administrative practices and governing policies on the ability to carry out the responsibilities of their field placement. Students participate under the supervision of qualified professionals in CJ organizations. In addition to the field experience, students participate in a monthly seminar held by the university’s supervising professor. Here, students share their experiences and develop a heightened awareness of their roles in the organizations in which they are functioning. Students work in their placement for 15 hours per week over a 15 week semester.
Subject
CJ
Credits (min)
6
Credits (max)
6
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every semester Internship is the structured academic experience that allows CJ students who have successfully met eligibility criteria to integrate and apply the skills and theory of the discipline in a field-based setting. Such an experience helps the student develop an understanding of the effects of administrative practices and governing policies on the ability to carry out the responsibilities of their field placement. Students participate under the supervision of qualified professionals in CJ organizations. In addition to the field experience, students participate in a monthly seminar held by the university’s supervising professor. Here, students share their experiences and develop a heightened awareness of their roles in the organizations in which they are functioning. Students work in their placement for 22.5 hours per week over a 15 week semester
Subject
CJ
Credits (min)
9
Credits (max)
9
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every semester Internship is the structured academic experience that allows CJ students who have successfully met eligibility criteria to integrate and apply the skills and theory of the discipline in a field-based setting. Such an experience helps the student develop an understanding of the effects of administrative practices and governing policies on the ability to carry out the responsibilities of their field placement. Students participate under the supervision of qualified professionals in CJ organizations. In addition to the field experience, students participate in a monthly seminar held by the University’s supervising professor. Here, students share their experiences and develop a heightened awareness of their roles in the organizations in which they are functioning. Students work in their placement for 30 hours per week over a 15 week semester.
Subject
CJ
Credits (min)
12
Credits (max)
12
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
