48 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 150Introduction to Criminal Justice & Criminology3
Evaluation of formal institutions dealing with crime in Western culture; overview of major components of the criminal justice system.
The purpose of an international criminal justice study course is for students to broaden their global, historical, and comparative criminal justice perspective. This is the epitome of engaged learning because students will conduct related research and then travel abroad to the country of focus.
The nature and definition of substantive criminal offenses; examination of federal and state law; principles of criminal liability, defenses, and complicity.
This course is designed to provide students with knowledge of terminology, classification systems, trends, and theories of serial killings. We will examine the history of serial killings, the pop culture surrounding serial killers, and discuss investigative techniques used to find and apprehend the suspects.
This course introduces the concepts and methods involved in applying scientific principles to the collection, examination, evaluation, and interpretation of evidence.
This course focuses on issues of diversity, oppression, and social justice. We will examine how social theorists conceptualize the relationship between law and society.
Philosophical, historical, and operational aspects of law enforcement agencies and processes within a framework of social control in a democratic society.
This course examines a range of criminal behaviors that occur in and around sport. Drawing from a host of historical and contemporary examples, this course will explore drug use, domestic violence, match fixing, assault, and other criminal behaviors typically addressed by the criminal justice system. In addition, this course will examine the varied responses by the criminal justice system to both high-profile and “everyday” acts of sport-related violence such as fan misbehavior. We will also examine a range of existing preventative strategies designed to reduce athlete-related violence across a range of sports.
Exploration of criminal procedure highlighting constitutional limits related to search and seizures, identifications, confessions, and admissions. Included are judicial processes related to the constitution.
Discusses whether there are gender differences in antisocial behavior/defending, the risk factors for offending, the consequences of offending, and the treatment of offending.
Theories on the causation, manifestations, prevention, and treatment of violent behavior. International, national, and regional constructs of violence are discussed.
This course examines the creation of crime and continual fluctuation in prohibited behaviors across time and space (relativity of crime) and the forces that impact these shifts. The dynamics of labeling behaviors and statuses as violations on the system and individual levels are analyzed.
CJ 363Geographic Information Systems in Criminal Justice3
Exploration of theory and techniques associated with collection, display, analysis, and storage of geographic information in criminal justice environments.
This course provides an overview of high technology crimes and the procedures used in the detection, investigation, and prosecution of technological crimes.
Examination of the police role and law enforcement policy, police organization, personnel issues, management and operations, consolidating patrol services, and community and problem-oriented policing.
CJ 434Legal Liability and Criminal Justice Personnel3
Theory and basic principles of liability and immunity of criminal justice personnel and agencies under both state and federal law. Also examines techniques for minimizing liability.
The administrative aspects of criminal justice practice and principles of supervision as related to the planning and procedure of police, judicial, and correctional agencies.
An examination of the theories of community policing, problem-solving models, alternative dispute resolution strategies, and police-community relationships.
An examination of drugs, pharmacological classification and effects, drug abuse, the evolution of drug laws, law enforcement, and correctional responses for drug offenders.
The course discusses how genetic, biological, psychological, and environmental factors increase or decrease the likelihood of antisocial behavior across the life course. The course also discusses how this information is used to create effective and developmentally sensitive interventions to treat antisocial behavior.
Study abroad program at various international sites; extensive overview of the system of justice and its relationship to the cultural ethos of each country visited.
Junior Standing, minimum 3.00 GPA, permission of instructor, and permission of department head. Credits: 1-3, R6
CJ 483Internship in Criminal Justice3-6
Supervised applications of academic study in a practical criminal justice setting. 135 internship hours are required per three hours of credit. Six hours of credit are given as CJ electives; an additional six hours may be given as general elective credit.
Capstone course designed to assess the knowledge and skills of graduating seniors and to prepare them for further study or careers within the discipline.
