90 courses with the subject CJUS, 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.
CJUS 200Introduction to Criminal Justice3
An introductory course covering an overview of the whole criminal justice system in America, including discussion of law enforcement generally, the court systems, correctional organizations, the history of law enforcement in the U.S. and some other nations, and the ethics and philosophy of criminal justice generally.
This course is an introductory course to research in the social sciences, both in traditional and online venues. It covers plagiarism, APA formatting, case briefing, academic writing, formal reporting, and memoranda. A major research paper is required.
This course is an introductory course in criminal justice professional writing. It covers all major reports from first responder report to criminal case file. The emphasis is on criminal justice tradecraft reporting.
This experiential fellowship course, offered in partnership with the Jack Brewer Foundation, provides select Criminal Justice students with the opportunity to engage in advanced research and fieldwork focused on faith-based reentry programs for incarcerated individuals. Students will conduct statistical analyses comparing the effectiveness of Christian rehabilitation initiatives with secular counterparts, emphasizing outcomes related to recidivism, family reunification, and community reintegration. Through prison visits, field missions, and direct interaction with inmates in Florida, students will gain firsthand insights into the challenges and opportunities of reentry. The course emphasizes biblical justice principles and their application to criminal justice reform, equipping students to develop data-informed policy recommendations that support family restoration and societal transformation. Completion of the fellowship fulfills Christian/Community Service (CSER) requirements and contributes to Liberty University’s mission of cultivating Christ-centered leaders who impact the world through faith and service.
This course focuses on the interdependency of organizations and agencies in the criminal justice system. Specifically, the course will examine the competing roles of law enforcement, courts, prosecution, defense counsel, etc., in the pursuit of justice.
This course is designed to familiarize the student with the theoretical and practical management perspectives embraced by the American criminal justice system. This will address the nature of criminal justice organizations, individual and group behavior within those organizations, processes inherent in those organizations, and areas of criminal justice reform.
CJUS 530Human Resource Management in Criminal Justice Organizations3
This class will emphasize applying the theoretical knowledge discussed in class lectures to "real world" situations and events important to human resources management in criminal justice. The student will be expected to demonstrate their knowledge of human resources management in a criminal justice setting through various reading and written exercises. General objectives for students are to learn and be able to apply general management principles and techniques in a public agency office setting. The role of personnel manager in a criminal justice setting is stressed throughout the course, to define and clarify responsibilities, areas of authority, decision-making, and technical knowledge of services, systems, and procedure. While the subject primarily targets personnel managers, all supervisors and managers benefit from effective personnel management skills, knowledge of services, systems, and procedures.
CJUS 534Human Resources and Civil Rights for Law Enforcement Leaders3
This course focuses on the key legal issues facing law enforcement leaders as related to specific HR strategies and best practices and the evolving civil rights issues facing law enforcement. Students will be introduced to historical and current legal precedent, including the ramifications of legal issues on the practices of effective leadership in the law enforcement context.
CJUS 535Strategic Intelligence for Law Enforcement Leaders3
This course examines best practices for law enforcement leaders in the gathering, assessment and implementation of strategic intelligence. It is critical for law enforcement leaders to have strategic intelligence for planning, decision-making and threat assessment. This intelligence must be comprehensive, relevant for key stakeholders, and gathered ethically. Moreover, it must be interpreted and applied in a cohesive manner that leads to sound implementation of strategy and tactics.
CJUS 536Perspectives in Law Enforcement Leadership3
This course provides a summary of key leadership trends, best practices, controversies and debates, particularly as applied to the law enforcement context. Students will be challenged to research, synthesize and articulate leadership best practices as related to the administration of law enforcement members, groups and agencies.
This course provides an overview of the emerging challenges related to cybercrime, and their related major legal and public policy impacts. Relevant court cases and public policy initiatives will be discussed, as well as major trends in the cybercrime field.
This course focuses on latest trends and best practices associated with cybercrime investigation contexts, processes, and procedures. Key legal, technological, and procedural challenges will also be addressed.
This course focuses upon contemporary topics and trends in the criminal justice arena. Topics will include: substantive and procedural changes in criminal law from a federal perspective utilizing case law, professional law enforcement organization reviews, and law review articles. Additionally, the course will identify and evaluate research trends of the National Institute of Justice, i.e., corrections, technology development, homeland security, and white collar/financial crime.
This course will introduce the student to an understanding of psychology's use in assisting the law with clinical forensic cases. Focus will involve both practical and research applications in clinical and social-cognitive psychology. Additional topics will include admissibility of psychologists to provide expert testimony in the courts; assessment of various mental states to meet legal requirements for competency, insanity, abuse syndromes, and various other psychological harm; working in the criminal justice system; and child custody and dependency issues.
This course will introduce the student to crisis theory, concepts, intervention and strategies required for criminal justice first responders. The student will learn how to develop and implement organizational programs for crisis intervention including: recognition of threat levels, active listening, effective mediation strategies and negotiation strategies of mentally unstable persons.
This course applies the methods and theories of psychology to the criminal justice (legal) system. Specifically, students will gain and understanding of how the field of psychology and psychological research has been applied in law enforcement, the judicial process, and the corrections process. Issues of morality, the criminal personality, eyewitness testimony, the use of psychological evaluation, jury selection, criminal profiling, child custody evaluation, police, and inmate counseling are among topics covered. Since this course focuses on the criminal justice system, it will not include civil litigation.
This course focuses on the importance of correctional policies and procedures and their need to be grounded in defensible rationale. This course will examine the role of policy development within a correctional setting and the need to ensure a legitimate correctional outcome. This course will also examine the procedures regarding how policies should be instituted within a correctional setting.
This course focuses upon assisting students in understanding philosophical and practical underpinnings of the restorative justice movement and its role within the criminal justice system. The course will discuss and assess various strategies for the implementation of restorative justice within a criminal justice setting with a focus on identifying the root causes of inequalities that may occur within the criminal justice system.
This course focuses upon the deinstitutionalization of the prison industry through the development and utilization of alternatives such as probation and parole as well as other elements that impact criminal justice reform. This course will review and examine various alternatives that may present plausible options to incarceration, such as academic and vocational programs that improve opportunities for education and employment.
This course is designed to explore the impact of crimes against individuals within the community and how they affect the community collectively. This course will also consider the role of the community in the restorative justice process and the impact that restorative justice may have upon the community and the offender.
This course examines the options available to correctional facility managers and the impact of these various options and alternatives. Additionally, this course will focus on the role of the manager within the correctional setting and the various roles and responsibilities that a correctional facility manager might encounter such as staffing, health of inmates, security of the facility and the impact of public policy upon these facilities.
This course will study the concept of victimization and the prevailing theories that are found within the field of victimology. This course will also examine and review the role that victims play within the criminal justice system as well as the impact of various responses by the criminal justice system upon the victim. Additionally, this course will explore how victims are impacted psychologically, emotionally, and financially following victimization.
CJUS 650Rehabilitation & Reintegration of Offenders3
This course will introduce the student to the historical, philosophical, legislative, and societal overview of offender rehabilitation and reintegration in corrections settings and in community-based settings.
Students will collaborate with a faculty advisor to develop their thesis proposal. It is expected that the proposal for the thesis project will be relevant to the student's studies in their master's degree program and will direct their research to make an academic contribution to the body of knowledge in criminal justice. At the completion of this course, the student will be ready to begin data collection and research.
This course offers an advanced exploration of the theories of crime causation. Biological, psychological, sociological, cultural, and political theories may be examined using a "cause of crime" perspective. Emphasis is placed around the key concepts used in theories of crime and the multidisciplinary source of these concepts, how they are applied to criminological theory, and their importance for understanding the present state of criminological theory.
Typically, undergraduate and master's programs examine criminal justice from the United States lens. This course is an advanced in-depth analysis of the various courts, corrections, and law enforcement systems worldwide.
Prerequisite: CJUS 700 and CJUS 701 and CJUS 702 and CJUS 703 and CJUS 740 and CJUS 745 and CJUS 750 and CJUS 801 and CJUS 810 and CJUS 820 and CJUS 830 and CJUS 840
