Undergraduate 2019-2020

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice

CRJ 110 Introduction to Criminal Justice

Survey of the three components of the criminal justice system: police, courts, and corrections. Emphasis on the structural and situational factors influencing the way these agencies of social control operate.
3

Course Attribute

LC5c-Hum Behav & Social Sys and GT Human Behavior & Soc Sys

CRJ 220 Policing Systems

Introduces the philosophy and techniques of policing including the history, traditions, and social developments resulting in present systems. Focus on the nature of police work, police discretion, and community relations.
3

Prerequisites

CRJ 110: with minimum grade of C

CRJ 230 Judicial Process

A study of the American judicial system with emphasis on its structure, function, and process. Focus on the role, function, and behavior of prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges and jurors.
3

Prerequisites

CRJ 110: with minimum grade of C

CRJ 240 Correctional Systems

Analysis and evaluation of contemporary institutional and community correctional systems including jails, prisons, probation, parole, and alternative sanctioning. Examines punishment justifications and reviews correctional practices for juvenile and adult offenders.
3

Prerequisites

CRJ 110: with minimum grade of C

CRJ 260 Introduction to Crime Theories

Presents an overview of historical and modern theories used to explain criminal behavior, how theories of crime are measured, and empirical support for various criminological theories.
3

CRJ 310 White Collar Crime

Introduction to various topics and issues relating to white-collar crime. Theories, measurements, and prevention strategies of white-collar, organizational, occupational, workplace, and environmental crimes will be presented and compared.
3

Prerequisites

CRJ 110: with minimum grade of C

CRJ 312 Crime Prevention

This class provides an overview of policy formation and evaluates what works in various crime and delinquency prevention policies and programs.
3

Prerequisites

CRJ 110: with minimum grade of C

CRJ 315 Drugs & Crime

Explores drug laws and their efforts, theoretical links between drugs and crime, legal and illegal drugs, drug offenders, and the criminal justice system and other responses to drugs and crime.
3

Prerequisites

CRJ 110: with minimum grade of C

CRJ 317 Cybercrime

An examination of the criminal justice system’s experience with cybercrimes. Explore the emergence of cybercriminality since the widespread use of the "information highway." Examine how the Internet has allowed for an explosion of criminal behavior and an influx of new offenders on our criminal justice system.
3

Prerequisites

CRJ 110: with minimum grade of C

CRJ 324 Crime Mapping

Provides the student with hands on experience in the use of Geographic Information System (GIS) technology to analyze organization operations, crime statistics, and crime patterns.
3

CRJ 325 Problem-Oriented Policing

In-depth examination of the relationship between policing and social problems by focusing on the fundamental theories of crime and identifying and analyzing crime from a law enforcement perspective.
3

Prerequisites

CRJ 325: with minimum grade of C

CRJ 332 The Sentencing Process

Examine the sentencing process including the role that judges and the courtroom work group plays in sentencing. Examine disparities that exist within sentencing and policies that may lessen this disparity.
3

Prerequisites

CRJ 110: with minimum grade of C

CRJ 335 Juvenile Justice

Focus on the juvenile justice system that responds to criminal acts committed by minors, as well as theories that attempt to explain the development of law-breaking behaviors in this population.
3

Prerequisites

CRJ 110: with minimum grade of C

CRJ 350 Victim Studies

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.
3

Prerequisites

CRJ 110: with minimum grade of C and CRJ 220: with minimum grade of C and CRJ 230: with minimum grade of C

CRJ 352 Domestic Violence Victims & Offenders

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.
3

Prerequisites

CRJ 110: with minimum grade of C

CRJ 354 Restorative Justice

Focus on the evolution of the use of restorative justice theories and practices within the criminal justice system and situations that require conflict resolution, within the United States and internationally.
3

Prerequisites

CRJ 110: with minimum grade of C

CRJ 360 Theories of Crime

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.
3

Prerequisites

CRJ 110: with minimum grade of C and CRJ 260: with minimum grade of C

CRJ 362 Criminal Behavior Analysis

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.
3

Prerequisites

CRJ 110: with minimum grade of C

CRJ 380 Justice Research & Statistics I

Students must have completed 45 credit hours to register for this course. 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.
3

Prerequisites

00 and CRJ 110: with minimum grade of C and CRJ 260: with minimum grade of C and May concurrently take LIB 160: with minimum grade of C and STAT 150: with minimum grade of C

Class Restriction

Include Sophomore and Junior and Senior

CRJ 395 Topics in Criminal Justice

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.
1-3

Prerequisites

CRJ 110: with minimum grade of C

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

ST - Repeatable under different subtitles with no limits on the number of times it can be repeated

CRJ 402 Death Investigation

In an intense format, this course provides the student with a series of lectures describing the manner and cause of death. Accidental, suicide, homicide and natural death will be examined.
3

Prerequisites

CRJ 110: with minimum grade of C

CRJ 403 Crime Scene Investigation

In an intense format, this course provides students with lectures and lab exercise practicums for documenting crime scenes, identifying and collecting evidence, and processing crime scenes.
3

Prerequisites

CRJ 110: with minimum grade of C

CRJ 404 Evidentiary Photography

In an intense format, this course provides the principles of photography and complimentary crime scene documentation techniques as applied to criminal investigation using digital photography.
3

Prerequisites

CRJ 110: with minimum grade of C

CRJ 405 Bloodstain Pattern Analysis

In an intense format, students examine bloodstain pattern evidence. Course includes laboratory experimentation of blood flight characteristics of motion and force for reconstructing a sequence of events and post-crime activities.
3

Prerequisites

CRJ 110: with minimum grade of C

CRJ 406 Shooting Reconstruction

In an intense format, this course provides students with lectures and practicum exercises to demonstrate basic training and skills for shooting crime scene examinations.
3

Prerequisites

CRJ 110: with minimum grade of C

CRJ 408 Workshop

Workshops on special topics related to issues associated with, or in professional preparation for, criminal justice. Goals and objectives will emphasize the acquisition of knowledge and skills in the discipline.
1-3

Prerequisites

CRJ 110: with minimum grade of C

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

ST - Repeatable under different subtitles with no limits on the number of times it can be repeated

CRJ 410 Comparative Justice Systems

Examine criminal justice in countries around the world. Compare those systems with the justice system in the United States. Attention on agencies and procedures for law enforcement, adjudication, and correction.
3

Prerequisites

CRJ 110: with minimum grade of C

Class Restriction

Include Senior

CRJ 415 Homeland Security

Overview of the missions, goals, structures, functions, and roles associated with providing homeland security in the U.S. Studies the challenges faced by homeland security now and in the future.
3

CRJ 422 Directed Studies

Individualized investigation under direct supervision of a faculty member. Minimum 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour. Department agreement form must be completed.
1-3

Prerequisites

CRJ 110: with minimum grade of C

Class Restriction

Include Junior and Senior

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

Course is repeatable with no limitations

CRJ 465 Sex Offenders

This course examines sex offeners and their offenses in the context of the criminal justice system and subsequent reintegration back into society.
3

Prerequisites

CRJ 110: with minimum grade of C

CRJ 470 Justice Professionalism and Ethics

Students must have completed 75 credit hours to register for this course. Examine ethical theory, controversies, and rules of moral judgment as they relate to criminal justice practitioners. Discuss and evaluate ethical dilemmas faced by those working in the criminal justice system.
3

Prerequisites

00 and CRJ 110: with minimum grade of C and CRJ 260: with minimum grade of C

CRJ 475 Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Social Class in Criminal Justice

Students must have completed 75 credit hours to register for this course. Presents a critical analysis of the impact of race/ethnicity, gender, and social class in the criminal justice system, including examination of law enforcement, the courts, corrections, offending, and victimization.
3

Prerequisites

00 and CRJ 110: with minimum grade of C and CRJ 260: with minimum grade of C

CRJ 480 Justice Research and Statistics II

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.
3

Prerequisites

CRJ 380: with minimum grade of C

CRJ 492 Internship

Supervised experience in a justice agency. Fifty work hours required for each credit hour earned. Credit only for work completed during the semester enrolled. Arrange placement prior to course enrollment. S/U graded.
3-9

Prerequisites

CRJ 110: with minimum grade of C

Class Restriction

Include Senior and Junior

Repeatable Status

Course is repeatable with a maximum of 9 credit hours