Prerequisite: CRJ 110. Examine the emerging discipline of victimology, including the history of victim services, its place in the criminal justice system, and its role in addressing the needs of those victimized by criminal activity.

Examines the phenomenon of family violence from the perspective of victims, offenders, and children. Focus on safety concerns for victims and criminal justice system response to victims and offenders.

Prerequisite: CRJ 110. Examine major types of crime in the context of theories of crime and criminal behavior. Explain and critique current social responses to crime and policies of crime control.

Prerequisite: CRJ 110. Use inductive and deductive reasoning in understanding violent crime scenes and in establishing suspect profiles. Emphasis on assessing an offender's 'signature', modus operandi and motives.

Prerequisites: CRJ 110 and STAT 150 with a minimum grade of "C" or better (C- is not acceptable). Study research methods and statistical techniques for conducting research and analyzing data encountered in criminal justice research. Emphasis on questions inherent to the study of contemporary issues in criminal justice.

Prerequisite: CRJ 380 with a minimum grade of "C" or better (C- is not acceptable). Study of basic descriptive and inferential statistics with emphasis on applications in the criminal justice system. Second of two required research and statistics classes for the Criminal Justice B.A.

Prerequisite: CRJ 110 with a minimum grade of "C" or better (C- is not acceptable). Offerings under this heading focus on criminal justice topics not regularly offered in the department. Topics could include capital punishment, community policing, minorities in the justice system, etc. Repeatable, under different subtitles.