31 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 201Introduction to Criminal Justice3
An introduction to the administration of criminal justice in a democratic society through its primary agencies: police, courts, and corrections. This course emphasizes the theoretical and historical development of law enforcement through the influences of human behavior and the resulting impact on social, economic, and environmental factors. Offered: F; S.
Overview of the major philosophical schools of ethics and the application of ethical systems and standards to decision making by professionals working in every part of the criminal justice system. Offered: F or S.
Examination and development of managerial concepts of correctional institutions and study of rehabilitation programs at state and federal levels. Offered: F; S.
Examines the role of the police in society, including police organization and functions, subculture, and police power and authority. Police problems and issues, and the recruitment, training, and careers of police officers are also discussed. Offered: F; S.
This course will focus on systemic errors in the American criminal justice system that lead to the conviction of innocent people. The course will also address questions about the consequences of wrongful conviction by looking at life after exoneration and the resources available to individuals who have been exonerated. Finally, the course will address individual and institutional responses to wrongful conviction.
Explores the relationship of crime to alcohol and narcotics use. Characteristics of individuals likely to use illicit drugs will be examined in the conflict between individual freedom and society’s desire to control drug use, as well as facts and myths regarding the role alcohol and other drugs play in criminal behavior. Strategies to combat the growing problem will be identified.
An examination of individual differences among professionals and those served in the criminal justice system. With a focus on positive solutions, the course examines gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, immigration, and how diversity offenders, victims, and practitioners.
This course provides a comprehensive and unique view into the world of women interacting with the criminal justice system. The course explores three key issues as they related to women dealings with the criminal justice system: the female offender, the female crime victim, and the female employee or administrator. The course will approach these issues from a historical and contemporary context. It will examines specific types of criminality and victimization common to women as well as opportunities for women to participate in the administration of the criminal justice system as employees. The course will also address the relationships between female criminality, victimization, and employment and broader social, political, and economic definitions of female deviance and conformity.
CJ 216Foundations of Criminal Justice Scholarship3
Develops rudimentary tools needed for conducting research and for writing reports and scholarly papers in the field of criminal justice. Explores approaches to writing a research paper, report writing forms of documentation, library resources, data sources, presentation techniques, legal research, and computer usage.
Research studies dealing with control of these issues: terrorism, homicide, gangs, serial crimes of violence, interpersonal violence, and sexual assault. Emphasizes crimes involving weapons.
Study of basic principles of the American Constitutional System. Emphasizes judicial interpretation and application of these principles in construing powers of the government and the rights of the people. Historical background and analysis of major federal court decisions.
Presents a basic concept of criminal law and creates an appreciation of the rules under which one lives in our government. Particular emphasis upon the definitions of crime against the person, property, and specific offenses.
Familiarization with the rules of evidence as well as reasons for the rules; instruction in collecting, protecting, and presenting evidence so that its admissibility will be assured.
CJ 316Research Methods in Criminal Justice and Lab4
An introduction to research design as applied to problems in crime and criminal justice. Includes an introduction to the scientific method, basic research designs, and data collection techniques.
CJ 325Racism and Racial Violence in the Criminal Justice System3
Explores the relationship between the criminal justice system and racial minorities in the United States. Seeks to understand some of the economic, political, and sociological reasons why racial minorities, particularly African-Americans, are over-represented in the criminal justice system. Explores normative issues of justice and equity in broader social interactions that influence and are influenced by crime and the criminal process.
Theory and research on the etiology of types of social deviance; issues relating to crime, antisocial behavior and social policies designed to control deviant behavior.
This course introduces students to the societal myths that exist regarding criminal behavior. Specific emphasis will be placed on the critical analysis of how the social institutions of government and mass media enable the construction and growth of these crime myths.
Nature, origin, and development of crime. Various scientific explanations of criminal behavior. Modern institutionalized crime and current programs for treatment and prevention.
An introduction to elementary statistical methods as applied to problems in crime and criminal justice. Includes an introduction to problems of data description, data analysis, hypothesis testing and inference, and an introduction to the use of computers.
This course examines the basis for the process of criminal profiling and its use in the criminal justice system. Various facets of the criminal behavior profiling process will be examined utilizing numerous case studies, including the typology of the offender, deception, crime scene analysis, and interpretation of evidence. Consideration of the foundational assumptions for, basic approaches to, the limitation and the alternatives to criminal profiling will also be included.
Reviews the functions and practices of the prosecutor with special reference to an analysis of the interrelationships among charging, convicting, and sentencing, and in relation to the functions of police and probation staff. Provides an overview of court goals, functions, and potential for system reform.
Evaluation of criminal justice agencies. Review of actual applied issues and research-based solutions. Deployment of intellectual and academic skills to find solutions to problems. Criminal Justice Majors
CJ 316 , Senior status, Criminal Justice major Offered: F; S.
CJ 492Public Policy in Criminal Justice3
A study of the nature, development, and utilization of public policy within agencies of the criminal justice system. Topics include policy formulation, constraints on policy makers, influence of constituencies, and the role of research information. Case studies of issues such as crime control, prison overcrowding, police use of deadly force, the death penalty, and parole guidelines will be undertaken.
Examines new and emerging topics in the criminal justice field not otherwise covered in the curriculum. Topics will be offered periodically based on the acknowledged needs of the field and the availability of the instruction. Special Consideration: Student may use course three times (total of nine credit hours) toward major requirements.
CJ 201 or Permission of Instructor. Offered: F; S; SS.
CJ 496Comparative Criminal Justice3
A general introduction to the world’s main legal systems. Comparative study of the administration of justice, procedural problems, and selected substantive legal institutions.
Internship designed to combine theoretical knowledge with practical work by allowing students to participate in Criminal Justice agencies in the community. In addition, students must complete 200 work hours and submit work logs and a research paper or report on some aspect of the agency. Criminal Justice majors
