CRIM

Choose FIVE : (at least two must be at the 300-level)

Subject

CRIM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

TBA after faculty members discuss Attributes: LC YLIB

Subject

CRIM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Students study and practice skills relates to academic and professional research through the development of independent inquiry-based projects. In their projects, students assert, support, and integrate their own positions into scholarly conversation based in research. Students develop competency in the location, evaluation, analysis and documentation of sources that represent a range of different perspectives on important issues. Attributes: RW YLIB ZRES

Subject

CRIM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

This course examines the nature, function, and causes of crime in society. The course traces the development of criminology from the Enlightenment through the present, situating key criminological theories and research in their historical context. Furthermore, the course attempts to bridge criminological theory and contemporary crime and criminal justice issues including drug enforcement and mass incarceration. While drawing critical attention to prevailing criminological wisdom, the course also attempts to broaden students’ understanding of criminality through highlighting often neglected or overrepresente Attributes: YLIB

Subject

CRIM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Prerequisite

CRIM-100 D-

Subject

CRIM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

This course will address critical thinking, resources, investigative tactics, media, and public roles involving the issues of missing persons and cold cases, as well as the obstacles to solving such cases. A detailed explanation of how to effectively initiate an investigation of missing persons/ cold cases will be covered by analyzing local, state, and federal law enforcement/ justice departments’ databases. Attributes: CIA YLIB 2025-2026 Catalog » Academic Programs » Undergraduate » School of Arts and Sciences » Criminology and Criminal Justice Criminology and Criminal Justice

Subject

CRIM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

A study of the formal reaction of society to persons convicted of criminal acts. Includes an analysis of the history of the various reactions to offenders along with a study of the management and operation of confinement facilities, probation, parole, and new initiative in social policy. Attributes: AMSS YLIB

Subject

CRIM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Prerequisite

-

This course examines the law enforcement profession within the context of the criminal justice system and larger society. How the role and practice of policing has changed over time will be a primary focus, as will the gatekeeper function law enforcement plays in the criminal justice system and contemporary issues related to police and citizen encounters. The legal mandates under which law enforcement operates also will be examined, along with management strategies and concerns. Classic and current research literature will provide the basis for lectures and coursework. Typically offered:

Subject

CRIM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

This course will examine the criminal justice system in action, following the decision-making involved in investigating, adjudicating, and disposing of a criminal offense and an alleged offender. The legal requirements underlying each step in the process will be detailed, as will other factors influencing the actors responsible for decision-making regarding a case. As such, the student will see how/when an individual becomes a suspect, a suspect becomes a detainee, a detainee becomes a defendant, and a defendant becomes convicted or released. Responsible actors and the nature of their decision-making in the Typically offered:

Subject

CRIM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

One of the most powerful correlates of crime and victimization is age. Both crime and the likelihood of becoming a victim are more common among young people than those who are older. At the same time, however, it is only a small percentage of those young people who continue to commit crime, or advance in doing so, as they grow older. This is often overlooked or distorted in the media with each generation of youth depicted as being far more violent than their predecessors. This class will critically examine both the scholarship and data relating to the association between age and crime, with special emphasis Typically offered:

Subject

CRIM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Subject

CRIM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Subject

CRIM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

This course sociologically examines the invisible, forgotten, and often unheard side of crime and criminal justice: women. The role of women as offenders, victims, and workers in the criminal justice system is considered. Primary emphasis is placed on women’s unique pathways into crime, as related to their social and economic marginalization in society. Violence against women is explored both historically and sociologically to provide an understanding of its criminalization and changes in the system’s response to it. The focus throughout the course is societal perception of gender and how this has an overri Attributes: PLAW WGST YLIB

Subject

CRIM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Prerequisite

-

Subject

CRIM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

This course introduces students to the development of the field of victimology and familiarizes students with basic concepts and literature in the area. Victims are often the forgotten component of the criminal justice system but are vital to the system’s operation. This course will investigate the role of victims in the system, examine the impact of crime on victims and society, consider ways to remedy the adverse impact of victimization, and investigate different forms of victimization, including sexual battery, intimate partner violence, child maltreatment, and elder abuse. This course is concerned with Students who have taken CRIM 330 Adv Topics: Victimology, may not receive credit for CRIM 311. Attributes: YLIB

Subject

CRIM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Prerequisite

CRIM-100 D-

Subject

CRIM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

US Criminal Justice Policy examines the forces behind the development and change of policies relating to the criminal justice system, including ideological, political, and economic. Formerly numbered CRIM 322. Typically offered:

Subject

CRIM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Subject

CRIM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Subject

CRIM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

This course examines the reciprocal relationship between the popular media and the reality of crime, law, and justice in American society. The student studies the ways in which print and electronic media have shaped perceptions and policy with respect to crime and crime control in this country over time. All aspects of crime are studied, from the law that defines it to the offenders that commit it, as well as the professionals and the system that respond to it. Perceptions are contrasted with reality and instances where the media has been used to direct public opinion and influence change are highlighted. Formerly offered as SOCI 335. Attributes: AMSS YLIB

Subject

CRIM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Prerequisite

-

This course introduces the student to a relatively new and for some controversial approach to understanding crime and its control in American society - convict criminology. Developed in the late 1990s by critical criminologists, many of whom were ex-convicts, the approach advocates a paradigmatic shift in the field of criminology and corrections to incorporate the voices and perspectives of those most familiar with the machinery of US criminal justice, convicts and ex-offenders. Attributes: YLIB

Subject

CRIM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Prerequisite

-

Total: 18 credits 2025-2026 Catalog » Academic Programs » Undergraduate » Sc Criminology and Criminal Justice

Subject

CRIM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

In this course, the student will examine the role of police in society from a legalistic perspective. The class will begin with an historical look at the emergence of a professionalized police force in the United States and then proceed to focus on the current legal parameters of modern policing. It will conclude by addressing the possible future of these parameters, as well as the many debates concerning that future and the role of police in a highly technological and diverse global society. Typically offered:

Subject

CRIM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Total: 39 credits Notes on the Criminology and Criminal Justice Major Suggested double major or minors: psychology, legal studies, and political science. Course substitutions for the major can be made only after consultation with and written a Core classes do not count in the major 2025-2026 Catalog » Academic Programs » Undergraduate » School of Arts and Sciences » Cri Criminology and Criminal Justice

Subject

CRIM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Subject

CRIM

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

The Criminology Independent Study will entail the student working one-on-one with Criminology faculty to explore an area of special interest in criminal justice not available through standard course offerings. Completion of the Independent Study/Tutorial Authorization form is required. Permission of the department chair is required to register. Typically offered: Fall, Spring & Summer Attributes: YLIB

Subject

CRIM

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Prerequisite

-