20 courses with the subject CRMJ, 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.
CRMJ 110Introduction to Criminal Justice3
This course is designed to introduce students to the American criminal justice system and the role of the police, the courts, and correctional facilities within that system. It focuses on the history and the primary duties of our justice system in America while briefly introducing conceptions of justice as well as definitions of, measurement of, and causes of crime. Within the detailed discussions of the police, the courts, and corrections particular attention is paid to current debates within each of these criminal justice agencies.
This course is designed to introduce students to the many disciplines of forensic science and their uses in the criminal justice system. From the crime scene to the lab, students will be introduced to the science behind these disciplines and how these different techniques are used in crime laboratories throughout the United States. Throughout the course, we’ll cover topics from physical evidence to death investigations to trace evidence to digital forensics.
The Wire is arguably the greatest television program ever made. Written by David Simon, a former Baltimore Sun journalist, and Ed Burns, a former Baltimore homicide detective turned public-school teacher, The Wire is a literary television series which unflatteringly eulogizes the city of Baltimore, Maryland and its sprawling web of bureaucracy that mystifies, demonizes, and ultimately ensnares its most vulnerable and disadvantaged citizens. An extremely diverse group of sociologists and philosophers including the likes of William Julius Wilson, Sudhir Venkatesh, Frederic Jameson, and Slavoj Zizek, have treated The Wire to a range of academic interpretations. Former President Barack Obama's favorite TV show is The Wire; his favorite character is the magnanimous robber-of-drug-dealers Omar Little. The Sociology of The Wire will focus on four key sociological themes that are prominently represented in the show including deindustrialization and the decline of the labor movement, urbanization and the postindustrial city, the failed policies of the War on Drugs and their impact on policing and low income and minority communities, and racial and economic disparities in the educational system. We will analyze these themes in the relevant sociological literature while simultaneously examining how they are unflinchingly captured in The Wire. Alongside the academic literature on these topics, we will also read excerpts from Homicide and The Corner, two books written by David Simon and Ed Burns that inspired the show.
This course will introduce you to the central sociological concepts of deviance, social control, power, identity construction, and identity management. We will use the topic of deviance to explore how groups of people have the power to shape the social definitions of other people's actions and behaviors. We also will examine the consequence, identity formation, and meaning in everyday life for those who are defined as "deviant." Although the primary theoretical orientation of the class is social constructionist, we will examine the other important theoretical contributions of the broader field to the study and understanding of why people deviate or are identified as deviant.
This class offers a look into the representations of crime and the criminal justice system in the media. Television, film, newspaper, and electronic/internet media intersects with crime and the criminal justice system in a number of important ways. The point of this course is to examine how the media represents, distorts, and/or filters crime and justice issues. Also, the media is used as a mechanism to explore issues (e.g., political ideology, corrections policy, causes of crime) that are central to the study of crime. There will be an examination of the inter-relationship among the mass media, crime and the criminal justice system. Includes media and the social construction of crime and criminal justice; media effects on attitudes toward crime and justice; and media as a cause of crime.
The course examines the history and principles of civil and criminal law and will prepare students for further study of the legal system. Students are introduced to judicial decisions, legal analysis and the case method of study. The course will integrate the analysis of case law, statutes and social science empirical research. It includes comprehensive coverage of three areas of law ?1. Substantive law, 2. Constitutional issues evoking tensions between governmental authority and individual liberties, and 3. Constitutional procedure, including the incorporation of Bill of Rights protections to the States and trial by jury. The course explores such topics as abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment, freedom of expression, rights of intimate association, and equal protection issues. Students will read legal scholars and court researchers including classical and theoretical studies of the court system as well as more applied policy studies which include a focus on the American jury, judges and the courtroom workgroup. The course focuses on the role and purposes of the law, the sources of law, the various types of law, and the state and federal court system structure and operations. The course will also examine the responsibilities of legal system decision-makers, legislators, state representatives, victim advocates, and jurors, and issues like disparity and discrimination in the court system. Issues raised will include the element of wide discretion exercised by decision makers and the issues of race and gender.
This course is designed to provide students with a substantial and necessary foundation on which to base an understanding of criminal investigations. This course will examine the theories and practices of the investigation process in the criminal justice system. This course will address the constitutional requirements for conducting criminal investigations, essential techniques for processing a crime scene, a detailed understanding of the collection and preservation of evidence, interviews and interrogations, use of forensic sciences, and issues concerning rules of evidence, trial testimony, and constitutional processes.
This course is designed to provide an exploration of the various approaches to reducing crime, including the theoretical bases for those approaches. Throughout the course, an emphasis is placed on applying knowledge to real-world crime-prevention scenarios through hands-on analysis of neighborhoods, parking structures, retail stores, and media messages, to name a few examples.
This course will consist of an in-depth study of the psychological profiling of the FBI. This will be accomplished by looking at the causes of multicide (i.e., mass murder, spree killing, and serial murder) with a heavy emphasis on the psychological point of view. This course will also be looking at which kinds of people are committing these crimes, who their victims are, as well as the frequency of these occurrences. An examination of the FBI's psychological profiling techniques will be accomplished through an examination of individual cases.
This course will provide an overview of women’s involvement in the criminal justice system as victims, suspects, offenders and criminal justice professionals. We will examine current patterns and practices of law enforcement, criminal courts and corrections relative to women as offenders, victims and employees. As well as explore the relationship between gender and crime and how gender impacts the experiences and involvement in the criminal justice system. Additionally, we will examine theories on women’s victimization and criminality, as well as Laws and their effects on the rights of women in the criminal justice system. The course will finish up with case studies of famous female offenders and their involvement in the criminal justice system.
This is a cornerstone course that aims to better prepare sociology and criminal justice majors for advanced coursework and writing academic papers in the discipline, and assist them with understanding their major field and its associated career options. This course will also develop students' ability to understand and operationalize the social world in sociological and criminological terms by introducing theory, research methods, current topics and debates in the discipline. Furthermore, students will learn how to conduct a literature review, search academic/scholarly articles, write a research paper, and cite correctly in sociological and criminological formats. This course will provide students an opportunity to build an intellectual community, connect with Hartwick alumni in relevant fields, and discuss concepts and research with other sociologists and criminologists.
This course examines criminal behavior and the measures intended to control it. Major emphasis is placed upon social factors that contribute to such behavior, and criminal justice system efforts to combat criminal behavior. Attention is also given to current trends in criminal behavior and criminal justice policy, and the evaluation of these from the perspective of different sociological theories.
This course offers an introductory survey of the study of juvenile delinquency and the Juvenile Justice system in the U.S. Crucial to this examination is a framework based upon the understanding of two central issues: the social definition of adolescent years in American society, and how the justice system treats behavior which society views as unacceptable or deviant. To this end, this course focuses on: the social status of juveniles of different status positions and the often conflicting expectations and opportunities for those adolescents in contemporary American society, the operation of the juvenile justice system in the formal and informal decision making and processing of that form of juvenile behavior broadly defined as ''delinquency," current dimensions and trends, differing major theoretical perspectives which have been developed to explain juvenile delinquency, and the range of options society has available to help prevent, treat, and/or punish "delinquent'' behavior.
This course is designed to provide students with an in depth look at policing in America including the origins and history and an examination of policing and the rule of law in a democracy. It also focuses on the role of both research and practice in implementing different models of modern day policing such as Community Policing, Problem Oriented Policing, Broken Windows, Zero Tolerance, Hot Spots, Targeted Interventions, and Compstat. Policing is seen from three perspectives: the police -officer-citizen interaction, the agency-community relationship, and the legal and ethical questions of policing in a democratic society. The course analyzes the current role of police in today's criminal justice system, and issues regarding police recruitment, diversity, misconduct, stop and frisk, racial profiling and use of force. The course is designed to appeal to anyone who desires a greater understanding of the criminal justice system and the role played by police officers as well as offering guidance to students who wish to pursue careers in law enforcement.
This course is designed to provide students with an in depth look at the current correctional systems in America, the problems faced within these systems, and community alternatives to imprisonment. The course will begin with the utilitarian and retributive theories of why and how we punish: Retribution, Deterrence, Incapacitation and Rehabilitation. It will review the history of prisons. It will focus on America's populist punitive policies of mass incarceration embodied in the persistent felon three strikes laws and mandatory drug sentences. It will analyze current bipartisan efforts to scale back on policies which have caused the overcrowding of prisons and which disproportionately burden African, Latino and disadvantaged families and communities with disenfranchisement and social disorganization. The course will examine probation, community corrections, parole, reentry, the administration of prisons and jails, prison riots and gangs, diversity of personnel and management, prisoner rights, the "New Jim Crow phenomena," and the death penalty controversy. The course is designed to appeal to anyone who desires a greater understanding of the criminal justice system, as well as offering guidance to students who wish to pursue careers in corrections.
This course explores the history, definitions, categories, and trends of White Collar Crime (WCC) with an emphasis on corporate crime, political corruption, and an examination of how the American culture is uniquely situated to understand WCC in a particular way. The course includes a discussion of the impact of WCC, the nature of white collar and organized criminals, theories of WCC, and WCC sentencing and deterrence, among other topics.
Federal, state and local criminal court systems are reviewed and analyzed through the cycle of the criminal justice system. This course examines the Constitutional principles of police powers and a suspect's civil liberties. The roles of judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, juries, defendants and victims are explored. Defendants' plea options are reviewed and the concept of mandatory sentencing is discussed. The result of the acquittals, plea bargains, guilty verdicts and post-trial sentencing options are examined. For guilty defendants, the option of incarceration, community corrections, parole and appeals form the basis of investigation and review. In addition, youthful offenders and their path in the juvenile justice system is described and critically reviewed.
In this course, students will learn how to take crime data and create maps that provide a geospatial representation of those crimes. Crime mapping is a crucial skill for crime analysts as they work in tangent with law enforcement agencies. These maps allow others to determine the presence of hot spots and if certain crimes tend to cluster at a certain geographic point. Using ArcGIS, students will carry out selected crime analysis studies to determine the types of crime and levels of crime in an area. From those maps and analyses, they will then have to make recommendations as to what law enforcement should do to address those crime issues.
CRMJ 390Quantitative Analysis in Criminal Justice4
This course is designed to introduce students to the central issues and strategies involved in the collection and analysis of quantitative data but with an emphasis on survey research, experimental designs, and statistical analysis using SPSS as they pertain to the study of criminology and criminal justice. The course is concerned with demonstrating the logic and meaning of statistical procedures and the conditions under which they are meaningful. This course will qualify as the "quantitative" half of the sociology department's two-term requirement in sociological analysis. Both halves give central importance to identifying and developing meaningful research questions, recognizing crucial theory-method linkages, developing research plans, evaluating the credibility of research findings and presenting the results of one's research. Note: This requirement can be fulfilled by taking SOCI-383: Quantitative Analysis.
Course utilizes studies of exemplary criminological research and individual research to model the integration of theory and methods. Involves applied research project including ethical issue, literature review, research design and analysis, and written and oral presentation of proposals and/or results. Note: This course can be fulfilled through SOCI 490: Senior Seminar, as long as the final paper deals with a topic related to the criminal justice field.
