14 courses with the subject CJS, 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.
This course focuses on historical and contemporary perspectives of criminal behavior. Various social, psychological, and economic theories and correlates of criminal behavior will be examined and analyzed. Typologies of offenders will be studied.
This course will examine the development, implementation, and analysis of ethical criminal justice policy and programs. Students will be required to critically analyze a range of issues related to the process of criminal justice policy making, policy analysis, and program planning. Emphasis will be placed on developing skill in using various concepts and techniques to analyze and evaluate policies and programs. Local, state, and federal processes that create and change criminal justice policies will be studied.
Strategies for the successful administration and management of correctional facilities and staff will be examined, both from a theoretical and practical vantage point. Emphasis will be given to special populations, including inmates who are mentally ill, mentally challenged, elderly, pregnant, and chronically ill.
The course examines the development and the role of police in modern society. It will explore such topics as, the history of policing, police recruitment, police misconduct, police discretion, police culture, 29
This class examines the historical and modern understanding and treatment of victims in the criminal justice system. The different ways in which victims are understood and recognized through the various lenses of race, gender, age, sexual orientation, social economic factors, religious orientation, and occupation will be examined. Special emphasis will be placed on understanding programming and legislation designed to aid victims of crime.
This course will cover major legal issues facing the administration of the 21st century criminal justice system—from investigation through the corrections process. The course will be primarily taught through the Socratic Method as well as by lecture and discussion. Emphasis will be placed on advanced constitutional as well as North Carolina statutory concerns and on personnel management issues.
This course provides an examination of the juvenile offender from intake, adjudication, commitment, and release. Diversion and various treatment options are explored, as well as contemporary and emerging issues.
This course is designed to provide an examination of, and exposure to issues related to cybercrime and digital forensics. Both traditional crimes now taking place in a digital arena, as well as crime born in the digital arena will be examined. Ethical issues will be explored, and policy recommendations pursued.
Modern and emerging trends and issues in criminal justice will be examined from a theoretical and historical framework. Problems will be examined, and policy solutions offered with the aim of uniting the theoretical and practical as well as the academic and practitioner.
Courses will be offered, as needed, in areas of interest such as emergency and disaster planning, homeland security, racial profiling, labor relations, forensic science, new technologies, correctional rehabilitation, and community policing.
This course covers the scientific methods of conducting research in criminal justice and criminology. Additionally, this course will present students with the techniques of conducting and assessing evaluative research (i.e., program evaluation). Where appropriate, methods of statistical analysis will be incorporated. Students will learn skills necessary for conducting their own research and for critically evaluating research done by others.
This course introduces the student to the basics of statistical techniques that justice administrators use to summarize numeric data obtained from surveys and experiments. The topics include frequency distribution, central tendency, variability, probability theory, and estimation. Students will also learn how to test hypotheses for group differences in means (z-test, t-test), for association between two variables (correlation, chi square tests), and the basics of regression analysis. 30
The Capstone is taught over two consecutive 8-week terms. Capstone one will provide the student with an opportunity to demonstrate, under faculty supervision, the ability to conduct a problem-solving management project as a demonstration of skill in administration techniques. Students will demonstrate their ability to present an evaluation of a problem, issue, or dilemma in an organization by (1) organizing a research project that answers or addresses a particular question or set of questions specific to the needs of a particular organization; (2) beginning an analysis that answers their specific research question(s). The project will be completed in Capstone II. Students must receive a grade of C or better in Capstone one to proceed to Capstone two. Capstone I and II must be taken in the last semester of the student’s course work. Exceptions will only be made with the written permission of the Division Head for Criminal Justice.
*Specific courses to be offered will be determined by the Division Head and faculty of the Criminal Justice Department. Course Descriptions - CJS
Source: Methodist University's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
