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CCJS 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.Formerly CJUS100. 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. THERE WILL BE AN ONLINE COMPONENT THAT WILL ACCOUNT FOR THE THIRD HOUR CCJS100H Introduction to Criminal Justice; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Behavioral and Social Science (SB) Course. Formerly CJUS100. For general honors students only. THERE WILL BE AN ONLINE COMPONENT THAT WILL ACCOUNT FOR THE THIRD HOUR. CCJS105 Introduction to Criminology; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Behavioral and Social Science (SB) Course. Formerly CRIM220. Criminal behavior and the methods of its study; causation; typologies of criminal acts and offenders; punishment, correction and incapacitation; prevention of crime. CCJS200 (PermReq) Statistics for Criminology and Criminal Justice; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisites: CCJS100 or CCJS105, and MATH111 with a grade of C or higher. 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 (PermReq) Criminal Law in Action; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: CCJS100. 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 (PermReq) Law of Criminal Investigation; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: CCJS100 and CCJS230. 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/P-F/AUD. Prerequisites: CCJS100 and CCJS105; and one of the following: CCJS200 or SOCY201 or PSYC200 or ECON321 or BMGT230. 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. CCJS310 Criminal Investigations; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: CCJS100 and CCJS230. An introduction to modern methods used in detection, investigation, and solution of crime. Students will be taught basic and advanced investigative techniques utilized by law enforcement agencies. Analysis of actual cases will be used to demonstrate practical uses of these techniques. CCJS320 (PermReq) Introduction to Criminalistics; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: CCJS100 and CCJS230. An introduction to modern methods used in the detection, investigation and solution of crimes. Practical analysis of evidence in a crime laboratory, including fingerprints and other impressions, firearms ID and ballistics, hairs and fibers, document examination, and use of polygraph. Students will be separated into lab groups on Mondays and Wednesdays between 6 p.m. and 8:45 p.m. Students intending to take this course will need to leave these days and times available. Actual meeting days may vary. CCJS330 (PermReq) Contemporary Criminological Issues; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: CCJS100 and CCJS105. Topics may include career criminals, prison overcrowding, prediction, ecological studies of crimes, family and delinquency, entrepreneurship in criminal justice and criminology, and similar criminological problems. CCJS331 (PermReq) Contemporary Legal Policy Issues; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisites: CCJS100, CCJS230, and CCJS234. In-depth examination of selected topics. Criminal responsibility. Socio-legal policy alternatives with regard to deviance. Law enforcement procedures for civil law and similar legal problems. Admissibility of evidence. Representation. Indigent's right to counsel. CCJS332 Major Transitions: From Undergraduate to Professional; (1 credit) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Junior standing. For CCJS majors only. This course is designed to assist criminology and criminal justice students explore career opportunities. Topics will include: graduate school, law school, career opportunities in federal, state, local, and public agencies, resume writing, and internships. CCJS340 (PermReq) Concepts of Law Enforcement Administration; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: CCJS100 or equivalent. 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 (PermReq) Juvenile Delinquency; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: CCJS105. 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 (PermReq) Drugs and Crime; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: CCJS100. 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 (PermReq) Victimology; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: CCJS105. Overview of the history and theory of victimology. Analysis of victimization patterns with special emphasis on types of victims and crimes. The interaction between victims of crime and the criminal justice system with respect to the role of the victim and the services offered to the victim. CCJS370 (PermReq) Race, Crime and Criminal Justice; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Diversity (D) Course. Prerequisite: CCJS100 or equivalent. Role and treatment of racial/ethnic minorities in the criminal justice system. Course will provide students with historical and theoretical framework for understanding this dynamic. 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. Junior standing. 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. For Department Honors Students Only. This course will meet in LEF 2220C. 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. Prerequisite: junior standing. Majors only. 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. Prerequisite: written consent of faculty under whose direction the study is to be performed, and at least twelve hours of CCJS credits. CCJS399C (PermReq) Independent Study in Criminology and Criminal Justice: Contemporary Case Law; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisites: CCJ100, CCJS105, and CCJS230. CCJS400 (PermReq) Criminal Courts; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisites: CCJS100 or permission of department; and CCJS300. Criminal courts in the United States at all levels; judges, prosecutors, defenders, clerks, court administrators, and the nature of their jobs; problems facing courts and prosecutors today and problems of administration; reforms. CCJS444 (PermReq) Advanced Law Enforcement Administration; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisites: CCJS100 and CCJS340. The structuring of manpower, material, and systems to accomplish the major goals of social control. Personnel and systems management. Political controls and limitations on authority and jurisdiction. CCJS451 (PermReq) Crime and Delinquency Prevention; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisites: CCJS105 or CCJS350 or permission of department; and CCJS300. 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: CCJS105 or CCJS350 or permission of department; and CCJS300. Processes and methods used to modify criminal and delinquent behavior. CCJS454 (PermReq) Contemporary Criminological Theory; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisites: CCJS105; and CCJS300; and CCJS350. 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". CCJS498C (PermReq) Selected Topics in Criminology and Criminal Justice: Police and Campus Interaction; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CCJS498G Selected Topics in Criminology and Criminal Justice: Contemporary Criminal Procedure and Gangs; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CCJS498X Selected Topics in Criminology and Criminal Justice: Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Forensics; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CCJS498Y Selected Topics in Criminology and Criminal Justice: Domestic Violence; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CCJS498Z (PermReq) Selected Topics in Criminology and Criminal Justice: Security Administration; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisites CCJS100 and CCJS340. Formerly CCJS498S. Students cannot receive credit for both CCJS498S and CCJS498Z. CCJS602 Courts and Sentencing; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG. Research and theory on prosecution, plea-bargaining, sentencing principles and guidelines, and sentencing policies in practice. Mandatory minimum sentencing, "three strikes" laws, race, gender and class disparities, general and specific deterrent effects of sentencing, restitution and restorative justice, diversion and sentencing to treatment. CCJS604 (PermReq) Policy Analysis Project; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. 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. CCJS610 Research Methods in Criminal Justice and Criminology; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: completion of research methods and statistics requirements for the M.A. Degree. Formerly CRIM610. Examination of special research problems and techniques. CCJS621 General Linear Models in Criminal Justice Research; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: CCJS620. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: CCJS498F or CCJS621. Formerly CCJS498F. An in-depth exploration of applied linear regression analysis. Covers characteristics of estimates, such as unbiasedness and efficiency. Encourages fluency with the theoretical issues involved in the basic linear regression using simple algebra, familiarity with the general model using matrix algebra, and fluency with the computer application of multivariate regressions and the probit/logit models. CCJS651 Seminar in Criminology; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Formerly CRIM651. Analysis of significant recent issues in Criminology. CCJS652 Seminar in Juvenile Delinquency; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Formerly CRIM652. Analysis of delinquency and its control. CCJS654 History of Criminological Thought; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: CCJS 454 or equivalent. Formerly CRIM654. A study of the development of criminological thought from antiquity to the present. CCJS667 Innovations in Policing: Programs, Policies and Research; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: CCJS667 or CCJS699W. Formerly CCJS699W. Examine the factors that have led to recent police innovations and recent innovations in the study of policing. Critically explores the effects of such policies on crime and disorder, on research practices, as well as unintended consequences on community, police abuse and police organization. Which policies have been found to be effective? What types of practices work most effectively for what type of crime and disorder problems? Has there been sufficient research for us to come to solid conclusions regarding these questions? Does present research fit the practices of the police? CCJS699 Special Criminological Problems; (1-3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. CCJS699F Special Criminological Problems; (1-3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. CCJS699M Special Criminological Problems: Street Gangs in America; (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 CJUS720. System theory and method; examination of planning methods and models based primarily on a systems approach to the operations of the criminal justice system. Also offered as PUAF698F. CCJS799 (PermReq) Master's Thesis Research; (1-6 credits) Grade Method: REG. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. CCJS898 (PermReq) Pre-Candidacy Research; (1-8 credits) Grade Method: REG. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. CCJS899 (PermReq) Doctoral Dissertation Research; (6 credits) Grade Method: REG. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number.
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