Schedule of Classes
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Fall '99Section seat counts current as of: Sep 22 09:30CCJS Criminology and Criminal Justice( Behavioral and Social Sciences) CCJS100 Introduction to Criminal Justice; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Behavioral and Social Science (SB) Course. USP Distributive Studies Area D: Social and Behavioral Sciences Course.Formerly CJUS 100. Introduction to the administration of criminal justice in a democratic society with emphasis on the theoretical and historical development of law enforcement. The principles of organization and administration for law enforcement; functions and specific activities; planning and research; public relations; personnel and training; inspection and control; direction; policy formulation. CCJS100+ Introduction to Criminal Justice; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Behavioral and Social Science (SB) Course. USP Distributive Studies Area D: Social and Behavioral Sciences Course. Formerly CJUS 100. Restricted to students in a First Year Focus Cluster. CCJS100H Introduction to Criminal Justice; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Behavioral and Social Science (SB) Course. USP Distributive Studies Area D: Social and Behavioral Sciences Course. Formerly CJUS 100. For general honors students only. CCJS105 Introduction to Criminology; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Behavioral and Social Science (SB) Course. USP Distributive Studies Area D: Social and Behavioral Sciences Course. Formerly CRIM 220. Criminal behavior and the methods of its study; causation; typologies of criminal acts and offenders; punishment, correction and incapacitation; prevention of crime. CCJS200 Statistics for Criminology and Criminal Justice; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisites: MATH 111 and (CCJS 100 or CCJS 105) or permission of department. Introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics, graphical techniques, and the computer analysis of criminology and criminal justice data. Basic procedures of hypothesis testing, correlation and regression analysis, and the analysis of continuous and binary dependent variables. Emphasis upon the examination of research problems and issues in criminology and criminal justice. CCJS230 Criminal Law in Action; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Formerly CJUS 230. Law as one of the methods of social control. Criminal law: its nature, sources and types; theories and historical developments. Behavioral and legal aspects of criminal acts. Classification and analysis of selected criminal offenses. CCJS234 Law of Criminal Investigation; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: CCJS 230. Formerly CJUS 234. General principles and theories of criminal procedure. Due process. Arrest, search and seizure. Recent developments. Study and evaluation of evidence and proof. CCJS300 (PermReq) Criminological and Criminal Justice Research Methods; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG. Prerequisites: CCJS 100 and CCJS 105; and one of the following: CCJS 200 or SOCY 201 or PSYC 200 or ECON 321 or BMGT 230. Formerly CJUS 300. Introduction to the formulation of research questions covering crime and justice, research designs, data collection, and interpretation and reporting in criminological and justice-system settings. CCJS320 Introduction to Criminalistics; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: CCJS 234. Formerly CJUS 320. An introduction to modern methods used in the detection, investigation and solution of crimes. Practical analysis of evidence in a criminal investigation laboratory, including photography, fingerprints and other impressions, ballistics, glass, hair, handwriting and document examination, drug analysis, and lie detection. CCJS330 Contemporary Criminological Issues; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: CCJS 105. Formerly CRIM 330. Career criminals, prison overcrowding, prediction, ecological studies of crime, family and delinquency and similar criminological problems. enforcement procedures for civil law and similar legal problems. Admissibility of evidence. Representation. Indigent's right to counsel. CCJS340 Concepts of Law Enforcement Administration; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: CCJS 100 or equivalent. Formerly CJUS 340. An introduction to concepts of organization and management as these relate to law enforcement. Principles of structure, process, policy and procedure, communication and authority, division of work and organizational controls. Human element in the organization. Informal interaction and bureaucracy. CCJS350 Juvenile Delinquency; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: CCJS 105. Formerly CRIM 450. Juvenile delinquency in relation to the general problem of crime; analysis of factors underlying juvenile delinquency; treatment and prevention; organization and social responsibility of law enforcement. CCJS352 Drugs and Crime; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: CCJS 100. Formerly CJUS 352. An analysis of the role of criminal justice in the control of drug use and abuse. CCJS359 (PermReq) Field Training in Criminology and Corrections; (1-6 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. Prerequisites: (CCJS 105 or CRIM 220) and (CCJS 350 or CRIM 450), majors only, and permission of department.
CCJS360
Victimology;
(3 credits)
Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD.
CCJS386 (PermReq) Experiential Learning; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. Prerequisite: permission of department. 56 semester hours. Prerequisites: junior standing by August 1998; a 3.2 cumulative GPA; and a grade of "A" in the course in which assisting.
CCJS389H
(PermReq)
Independent Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice;
(3 credits)
Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD.
Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number.
CCJS398
(PermReq)
Law Enforcement Field Training;
(1-6 credits)
Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD.
Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number.
CCJS399
(PermReq)
Independent Study in Criminology and Criminal Justice;
(1-3 credits)
Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD.
Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number.
CCJS432
(PermReq)
Law of Corrections;
(3 credits)
Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD.
CCJS451 (PermReq) Crime and Delinquency Prevention; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisites: CCJS 105 or CCJS 350 or permission of department; and CCJS 300. Formerly CRIM 451. Methods and programs in prevention of crime and delinquency. CCJS452 (PermReq) Treatment of Criminals and Delinquents; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisites: CCJS 105 or CCJS 350 or permission of department; and CCJS 300. Formerly CRIM 452. Processes and methods used to modify criminal and delinquent behavior. CCJS454 (PermReq) Contemporary Criminological Theory; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisites: CCJS 105; and CCJS 300; and CCJS 350. Formerly CRIM 454. Brief historical overview of criminological theory up to the 50's. Deviance. Labeling. Typologies. Most recent research in criminalistic subcultures and middle class delinquency. Recent proposals for <"decriminalization">. CCJS498D (PermReq) Selected Topics in Criminology and Criminal Justice: Fundamental for Criminological Research; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG. CCJS600 Criminal Justice; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisites: admission to the graduate program in criminal justice or permission of department. Formerly CJUS 600. Current concept of criminal justice in relationship to other concepts in the field. Historical perspective. Criminal justice and social control. Operational implications. Systemic aspects. Issues of evaluation. CCJS601 Policing; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Introduction to research, theory, and applications of the causes and consequences of police behavior. Community policing, problem-solving methods, police discretion, police misconduct, police crime prevention strategies, and restorative justice. CCJS603 Corrections; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG. An introduction to the research and policy issues for community-based and institutional correctional programs, assessment and screening tools, management of convicted offenders and institutional overcrowding. Research on prediction of recidivism, matching of treatment programs to offenders, management of correctional institutions and programs. CCJS604 (PermReq) Applied Data Analysis for Criminal Justice Agencies; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG. An application of statistical and conceptual tools to criminal justice data in the student's area of concentration, resulting in a paper reporting the conceptualization, analytic methods and results. The topic of the independent study will be chosen through individual consultation with the instructor. CCJS609 Program Evaluation for Criminal Justice; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG. CCJS660 Gender and Crime; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG. Patterns and variations in gendered crime, theories of crime, and victimization. Assumptions, biases, and relative strengths and weaknesses of theories of crime as applied to women. Criminal justice sanctioning of crimes by and against women. Gender and criminal justice professions. CCJS699 Special Criminological Problems; (1-3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number.
CCJS699J
(PermReq)
Special Criminological Problems:
Crime in the Life Course;
(3 credits)
Grade Method: REG.
CCJS699P Special Criminological Problems: Psychology of Crime and Justice; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. CCJS720 Criminal Justice System Planning: Policy Analysis for Crime Control; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisites: one course in criminal justice and one course in research methodology. Formerly CJUS 720. System theory and method; examination of planning methods and models based primarily on a systems approach to the operations of the criminal justice system. CCJS799 (PermReq) Master's Thesis Research; (1-6 credits) Grade Method: REG. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number.
CCJS899
(PermReq)
Doctoral Dissertation Research;
(1-8 credits)
Grade Method: REG.
Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number.
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