23 courses with the subject CRJU, 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.
CRJU 105Introduction To Criminal Justice3
Credit(s): 3 This course introduces the major philosophies that underlie the American justice system and processes, and the structural (i.e., social control) mechanisms that function to make law, enforce law, adjudicate law and handle law violators, both in the adult and juvenile systems. Students learn the relationships between and among these structures and other major societal structures and processes (e.g., political, economic, cultural), as well as basic criminal procedure, related to how suspected law violators go from investigation, to arrest, to prosecution and adjudication, to correctional supervision, to release and reentry into the community. Basic civil and constitutional laws that relate to these processes are also introduced. Learning Outcome(s): Public Speaking Course Level: Undergraduate
Credit(s): 3 This course will present the historical development of law enforcement as a means of social control, the police role in contemporary society and future goals of crime control. This course will also examine the police function as a component of the political system in the United States and the interaction of the police with other social and governmental entities. Major contemporary problems facing law enforcement will be analyzed, and policies and procedures will be critiqued. Course Level: Undergraduate
CRJU 201Introduction To Criminal Courts And Procedures And The U.S. Constitution3
Credit(s): 3 This course introduces students to the American system of criminal courts and criminal procedure specifically as it relates to case processing from investigation to arrest and adjudication. Students will learn the structure and function of local, state and federal criminal courts, as well as how cases are processed through them from arraignment to appeals. Students also will learn the basic civil and constitutional rights associated with criminal case processing as they relate to the actions of law enforcement officers, attorneys, juries and judges. The role and rights of victims in the system and process also will be discussed. The U.S. Constitution will be emphasized. Course Level: Undergraduate
Credit(s): 3 This course is an overview of the correctional system within the context of the entire criminal justice system and within society. This course presents an analysis of various theories of penology, as well as corrections policies and practices. Students will study the theory and practice of corrections, including an examination of the evolution of correctional thought and its role in contemporary and future reforms. Major controversial issues, such as capital punishment and alternatives to incarceration will be examined and debated. Course Level: Undergraduate
Credit(s): 3 This course will examine principles of investigating crime including procedures, collection of evidence, technology, surveillance, interrogation and crime scene investigation.
CRJU 105 and CRJU 200 . Course Level: Undergraduate
CRJU 211Drugs And Crime3
Credit(s): 3 This course will familiarize students with current issues, drugs and the trends in crime including both legal responses and substance abuse treatment. Course Level: Undergraduate
Credit(s): 3 This course examines the historical, legal and ethical issues surrounding special populations in the field of criminal justice. This course scrutinizes those populations as victims, offenders and practitioners within the U.S. criminal justice system.
Credit(s): 3 This course provides an introduction to the theory, research, and application of criminal profiling. Criminal behaviors and the typologies that correlate to the evaluation of motive in crime commission are considered in the exploration of how psychological undertones subsist in the assessment of crime, criminal behavior, sociological and criminological applications, geographical location, situational variables, victim selection, perpetration patterns and behavioral tendencies. Students will study and examine the practices that are employed within the investigative practice for the purpose of advancing their skills in the behavioral assessment procedure of applying criminal profiling to the appraisal of criminality.
Credit(s): 3 This course is designed to introduce students to the concepts, techniques, and processes involved with the investigation of digital and computer-related crime. The course will also provide an overview of the historical development of cybercrime as well as the corresponding legal responses. Students will examine various types of computer crime including but not limited to identify theft, hacking, cyber-terrorism, illegal gambling, cyber-bulling, and child pornography. Course Level: Undergraduate
Credit(s): 3 This course is a theoretical and empirical study of the etiology, distribution and extent of delinquency, problems involved in measuring delinquency, role of the police, courts and legal statutes, and a critical examination of treatment and prevention programs. Particular attention will be given to the development of juvenile justice policy. Finally, contemporary issues relating to juvenile delinquency and violence will also be addressed.
Credit(s): 3 This course introduces students to the major ethical systems and a five-step problem-solving process to analyze ethical issues and moral dilemmas commonly faced by criminal justice professionals in law enforcement, the courts and corrections. Students will be given scenarios and case studies that they will analyze to suggest various ethical decisions from various ethical perspectives.
Credit(s): 3 This course will examine the issues of victimization; processes and consequences as well as current trends. Victim’s rights and services will be examined as well as the policy responses.
Credit(s): 3 This course explores contemporary issues facing the field of criminal justice. Example topics covered may include the death penalty, terrorism, use of force, inmate rights and non-lethal weapons use by law enforcement and corrections personnel.
CRJU 105 and permission of the instructor. Course Level: Undergraduate
CRJU 330Sexual Deviance3
Credit(s): 3 This course provides students with a volume of information that is devoted to the assessment, treatment, and investigation of sex offenders. Students will be introduced to various forms of sexual deviance to include paraphilias, juvenile sex offenders, and the commercial sexual exploitation of children. Measures associated to offender typologies, management, assessment, and treatment of sex offenders will also be explored in relation to the community regulations and response to sex offenders.
Credit(s): 3 This course is designed to provide an overview of the field of criminalistics. Emphasis will be on recognizing various types of evidence, understanding evidence collection and preservation procedures and the legal and ethical issues surrounding the use of physical evidence in criminal proceedings. Theories related to primary analysis techniques and principles of the scientific method will also be examined. Students will also gain a greater understanding of current forensic capabilities as well as an appreciation for the relationship between law enforcement and the scientific community.
Credit(s): 3 This course provides students with an opportunity to complete a class that is designed to address topics identified as current events, knowledge awareness, or behaviors that are applicable and pertinent to the professional development of criminal justice students. The topics associated to course concentration will vary, depending upon the professor interest but may include: serial killers, mass murderers, cult crime investigations, missing person investigations, fire science, emergency management, use of force, white collar crime, emerging patterns of violence, media and crime, organized crime, human trafficking, prison overcrowding and community corrections, hostage negotiations, euthanasia and mercy killings, insanity pleas, death penalty, and women in the justice system.
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CRJU
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3
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3
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Repeatable
Repeatability: This course may be repeated once with a different topic for a maximum of 6.
CRJU 105 Repeatability: This course may be repeated once with a different topic for a maximum of 6. Course Level: Undergraduate
CRJU 400Theoretical Criminology3
Credit(s): 3 This course introduces students to criminal behavior and to the major paradigms of criminological theory, including classical and neo-classical theories, trait theories, social ecology theories, social structure theories, social learning theories, social process theories and critical theories. Students will learn about research and support for each paradigm and will critically evaluate the implications of each paradigm on justice structures and processes. Capstone Experience.
CRJU 105 and senior standing. Course Level: Undergraduate
CRJU 403Forensic Psychology3
Credit(s): 3 A broad overview of the field of forensic psychology and the numerous ways that psychology interacts with the law with special emphasis on issues of current practice and ethical issues in forensic psychology.
Credit(s): 3 The purpose of this course is to provide students with a broad overview of death investigations. The measures that are concentrated upon include the process associated to investigating homicides, suicides, accidental, natural, and the unknown causes of death. Elements associated to the analysis of the death scene will be explored to include physical and psychological evidence and autopsy-related methods that are employed in the investigative process. Concepts associated to jurisdiction scene management, and discrepancies that are associated to death-related evidence will be addressed and critically evaluated. Students will be able to develop and understand factors that are directly involved in arriving at an estimation of time of death, wounds inflicted by sharp force injury, gunshot wounds, internal and external, powder residue, size, shape, entry/exit and the deceptive nature of these wounds. Students will also have the opportunity to explore the process of decomposition and the anthropological associations to human identification.
Credit(s): 3 This course allows students to gain field experience by serving within governmental or nongovernmental agencies within the criminal justice discipline. This experience will be supervised by qualified agency personnel and a criminal justice faculty member. Attempts will be made to place students within the branch of criminal justice that they are interested in and will emphasize service and individual learning.
Senior standing or program permission. Course Level: Undergraduate
CRJU 441Criminal Justice Internship - Extended1-5
Credit(s): 1-5 This course allows students to gain extended field experience by serving within governmental or nongovernmental agencies within the criminal justice discipline. This experience will be supervised by qualified agency personnel and a divisional faculty member. Attempts will be made to place students within the branch of criminal justice that they are interested in and will emphasize service and individual learning.
Senior standing or program permission. Course Level: Undergraduate
CRJU 449Research Methods For Criminology And Justice Studies3
Credit(s): 3 This course introduces students to the research process in criminal justice and criminology and how research is applied to solve problems in various areas of criminal justice and criminology. Students will develop an ethically sound, theoretically based research proposal designed to address a specific research question relevant to a problem in criminal justice and criminology. Students also will learn to read and interpret research articles and will complete short projects using various research methods. Both qualitative and quantitative methods will be examined. This course is the capstone experience for the major. Students will prepare a cover letter and a résumé or curriculum vitae for review by the instructor.
CRJU 302 , CRJU 400 and MATH 122 or MATH 140 Course Level: Undergraduate
CRJU 480Criminal Justice In The Age Of Terrorism3
Credit(s): 3 Students will examine the complex issues surrounding criminal justice in an age of conflict from a global perspective. Specifically, students will study the origins, methods and types of terrorism as well as prosecution of historical crimes committed during conflict. Students will use primary and secondary sources coupled with Problem Solving techniques to determine best practices to deal with contemporary issues.
