This course is an introduction to the basic concepts and approaches in the study of criminology and criminal justice. The major components of the criminal justice system are examined. This course fulfills the American History and Government general education requirement.

This course provides students insight into crime and the criminal justice system in contemporary America. All students, whether enrolled for one or two hours, will complete the same core course requirements. Those students enrolled for two hours will complete additional course work as outlined in the course syllabus.

This course provides an introduction to major theoretical approaches to the study of crime and justice.

This course provides an analysis of substantive criminal law, evidence, and judicial procedure.

This course provides an introduction to criminal justice policy making, planning, and implementation. This course fulfills the American History and Government general education requirement.

Same as SOC 2180. Prerequisites: SOC 1010 or PSYCH 1003. This course examines the medical, legal and social aspects of alcohol and drug use. Medical aspects considered include treatment approaches and the role of Physicians in controlling such behavior. In the legal realm, past and present alcohol and drug laws are explored. Cultural and social influences on alcohol and drug use are discussed.

This course provides an examination of basic methods of research design, measurement, and data collection in criminology and criminal justice. This course fulfills the Information Literacy general educations requirement.

Prerequisites: CRIMIN 2210 (may be taken concurrently) and the university math proficiency requirement. This course is an introduction to techniques of quantitative data analysis. Both descriptive and inferential statistics are applied to problems in criminology and criminal justice. It includes a one hour lab. This course fulfills the Information Literacy general education requirement.

This course provides an overview of current and historical perspectives on the function of American policing. There is emphasis on the management of police organizations and relationships with the community.

This course provides an examination of correctional philosophies and practices. There is emphasis on the history of corrections, the formal and informal organization of correctional facilities, inmate rights, and correctional alternatives.

Prerequisites: ENGL 3100 (may be taken concurrently) or consent of instructor. This course provides an examination of situational, social, and legislative approaches to the prevention of crime and delinquency. There is emphasis on theories, implementation, and consequences of these approaches.

Prerequisites: ENGL 3100 (may be taken concurrently) or consent of instructor. This course provides an examination of formal and informal responses to juvenile delinquency. There is emphasis on theories of delinquency and the decision-making processes of police, court and probation officials.

Prerequisites: Junior standing. This course consists of an internship in a criminal justice setting under faculty supervision. It may be repeated for a maximum of six credit hours.

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Individualized study, under regular faculty supervision, designed to meet particular educational needs of selected students.

Prerequisites: ENGL 3100 (may be taken concurrently or waived for non-CCJ majors) or consent of instructor. This course will provide an analysis of crime and criminal justice systems in selected cultures around the world. It will emphasize the ways in which various cultures define and respond to criminal behavior. This course fulfills the Cultural Diversity requirement.

Prerequisites: ENGL 3100 (may be taken concurrently) or consent of instructor. This course provides an overview of what is known about corporate, organizational, and white-collar offending. The nature and extent of this type of offending will be discussed as well as its causes and social, political and economic consequences. Some topics may include definitional and measurement challenges, similarities and differences between business (suite) and traditional (street) crime, and enforcement strategies.

Prerequisites: ENGL 3100 (may be taken concurrently) or consent of instructor. This course provides an analysis of the objectives of criminal law regarding the United States Constitution. It emphasizes the rights of persons suspected or convicted of crime within the institutional settings of the police, courts, and corrections.

Same as SOC 4325 and GS 4325. Prerequisites: ENGL 3100 (may be taken concurrently) or consent of instructor. This course provides an analysis of the role of gender in crime and in the justice system. There is emphasis on gender differences in crime commission, criminal processing, and the employment of women in criminal justice agencies. Fulfills CRIMIN diversity requirement.

Same as GS 4330. Prerequisites: ENGL 3100 (may be taken concurrently) or consent of instructor. This course examines the nature, extent, causes, and consequences of various types of violence against women, including rape, sexual assault, stalking, and intimate partner violence. Criminal justice policy and practice regarding violence against women are also examined.

Prerequisites: ENGL 3100, which may be taken concurrently, or consent of instructor. This course provides an in-depth study of a selected topic in criminology and criminal justice. This course may be repeated for credit if the topic differs.

Prerequisites: CRIMIN 2210, CRIMIN 2220, and ENGL 3100, or consent of instructor. In this capstone course, students demonstrate the ability to work independently, integrating theory and research in criminology and criminal justice in a major paper supervised by the instructor.

Same as PHIL 4487. Prerequisites: CRIMIN 1100 or three hours of philosophy or graduate standing or consent of instructor. This course provides an intensive study of recent philosophical debate about such issues as the authority of law, legal equality and justice, legal responsibility, self-determination and privacy, and legal punishment.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing. This course examines the history of criminological thought, incorporating the major works of such theorists as Bentham, Beccaria, Marx, Durkheim, Lombroso, Sutherland, and Merton.

Same as PHIL 5533. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. Examination of origins of law and the basis for legal obligation. Specific consideration of the justification of punishment, morality and law, and legal reasoning.

Prerequisite: CRIMIN 6405. Examination of elementary principles of quantitative analysis and their application to crime and justice problems. Topics include univariate, bivariate and multivariate procedures for discrete and continuous data, and a comprehensive introduction to ordinary least squares regression.

Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. Examination of youth crime and juvenile offenders. Topics include definitions of juvenile crime, and theories of juvenile crime causation in the U.S.

Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. Examination of the trends and sources of crime and social disorder across communities. The course emphasizes relationships among crime, neighborhood change, neighborhood responses to crime, and public policies.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing. This course is an analysis of criminal justice as a network of decisions and complex organizations. Topics may include criminal justice theory, policy analysis, implementation, and evaluation.

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Directed reading and research, under faculty supervision, designed to meet particular educational needs of selected students.

Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. Supervised placements with criminal justice agencies. Designed primarily for students with limited field experience.

Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.

This course is for dissertation research in the Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice. Content and meeting patterns are to be arranged.