School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of Criminal Justice and Homeland Security
Criminal Justice Courses Undergraduate
- CJHS-J 460 Police in the Community (3 cr.) In-depth examination of crime as an urban policy problem; focusing on the role of police and victims in defining crime as a policy problem, and their role in seeking to reduce the incidence of crime.
- CJHS-J 101 American Criminal Justice System (3 cr.) Introduction to elements of the criminal justice system: the police, the courts, and corrections, and how they function in contemporary American society.
- CJHS-J 201 Theoretical Foundations of Criminal Justice Policies (3 cr.) This course examines the impact of sociological, biological, and economic theories of crime and the practice of criminal justice. Focus is upon the natural and importance of theory, context of theoretical developments, methods for the critical analysis of theoretical developments, and policy implications of the varying perspectives considered.
- CJHS-J 202 Criminal Justice Data, Methods and Resources (3 cr.) Course examines basic concepts of criminal justice. Students become familiar with research techniques necessary for systematic analysis of the criminal justice system, offender behavior, crime trends, and program effectiveness. Students will learn to critically evaluate existing research. Students will become familiar with existing sources of criminal justice data and will learn to assess the quality of that data.
- CJHS-J 278 Principles and Practices in Homeland Security (3 cr.) An examination of the basic operations, functions, and issues involved in securing our homeland from domestic and international threats including possible threats and proactive and reactive measures against such threats.
- CJHS-J 301 Substantive Criminal Law (3 cr.) The development, limitations, and applications of substansive criminal law utilizing the case-study method.
- CJHS-J 302 Procedural Criminal Law (3 cr.) Criminal Law application and procedure from the initiation of police activity throught the correctional process utilizing the case-study method.
- CJHS-J 303 Evidence (3 cr.) The rules of law governing proof at trial of disputed issues of fact; burden of proof; presumptions and judcial notice; examination, impeachment, competency, and privlages of witnesses hearsay rule and exceptions. All related as nearly possible to criminal as opposed to civil process.
- CJHS-J 304 Correctional Law (3 cr.) Legal problems from conviction to release: pre-sentence investigations, sentencing, probation and parole, incarceration, loss and restoration of civil rights.
- CJHS-J 305 The Juvenile Justice System (3 cr.) Current developments in the legal, administrative, and operational aspects of the juvenile justice system
- CJHS-J 306 The Criminal Courts (3 cr.) An analysis of the criminal justice process from prosecution through appeal. The organization and operation of felony and misdemeanor courts are examined. Topics include: prosecutorial desision-making, plea bargining, judicial selection, the conduct of trials, sentencing, and appeal.
- CJHS-J 310 Introduction to Administrative Processes (3 cr.) Theory of investigation; crime scene procedures; interviews, interrogations, surveillance and sources of information; collection and preservation of physical evidence; investigative techniques in specific crimes.
- CJHS-J 321 American Policing (3 cr.) A broadly based study of the operations and interrelationships of the American police system, including discussuin of the limitations of the police function, inter-juristictional matters, and intra-agency processes.
- CJHS-J 322 Introduction to Criminalistics (3 cr.) The broad range of physical evidence developed through the investigative process, and methods of identifying and establishing validity and relevance through forensic laboratory techniques.
- CJHS-J 323 Court Procedure and Evidence (3 cr.) Criminal law application and procedure from the initiation of police activity through the correctional process and the rules of law governing proof at trial of disputed issues of fact; burden of proof; presumptions and judicial notice; examination, impeachment, competency, and privileges of witnesses; hearsay rule and exceptions. The focus will be on the criminal rather than the civil process. This course also includes a discussion on the 4th amendment and admissibility of evidence.
- CJHS-J 331 Corrections (3 cr.) A survey of contempory correctional systems, including analysis of federal, state, and local corrections; adult and juvenile facilities and programs; probation and parole. This course is not open to students who have not completed SOC-S 420 Topics in Deviance: Corrections.
- CJHS-J 355 Global Criminal Justice Perspectives (3 cr.) This course will survey various criminal justice systems from a variety of cultures and regions of the world. Particular attention will be given to the contrast of eastern and western systems, as well as systems that do not fit neatly into established categories.
- CJHS-J 360 Seminar in Criminal Justice (3 cr.) Selected Contempory topics in criminal justice. May be repeted for credit.
- CJHS-J 380 Internship in Criminal Justice (1-6 cr.) P: Permission of instructor and junior or senior status. May be repeated for credit. Course grade is S/F (Satisfactory/Fail). Students are placed with a criminal justice agency for assigned tasks. Students also complete an academic component.
- CJHS-J 387 Foundations of Homeland Security (3 cr.) An examination of the theory and research driving homeland security and emergency management measures and an analytical look at the practices and principles of homeland security from an empirical perspective.
- CJHS-J 439 Crime and Public Policy (3 cr.) This course is an introduction to the major efforts designed to control or reduce crime. A review of existing knowladge is followed by an investigation of current crime control theories, proposals, and programs.
- CJHS-J 440 Corrections in the Community (3 cr.) An introduction to correctional alternatives to incarceration that focus on the reintegration of the offender while remaining in the community. Because of their extensive use, considerable attention is given to probation and parole. Other topics include diversion, community residential programs, restitution, halfway houses, and home detention.
- CJHS-J 470 Seminar in Criminal Justice (3 cr.) Senior standing. Emphasizes current developments in legal, administrative, and operational aspects of the criminal justice stystem.
- CJHS-J 480 Research in Criminal Justice (1-6 cr.) Junior standing and consent of instructor. Individual research under guidance of faculty member.
- PAHM-V 272 Terrorism and Public Policy (3 cr.) Survey of the incidence of terrorism in demorcatic societies, with particular emphasis on public policy responses designed to combat terrorism in cities. Overviews of ongoing conflicts with terrorist organizations in various countries are interspersed with analysis of significant terrorist events and public policies and responses such events create.
- PAHM-V 275 Introduction to Emergency Management (3 cr.) An examination of the background an nature of the profession, the central theoretical debates concerning natural and human-induced disasters, mitigating and reacting to these castastrophic events and the roles and responsibilites of emergancy managers. Current practical problems and future directions will be explored.
- PAHM-V 387 Public Administration and Emergency Management (3 cr.) An examination of the American federal system and how it affects policy making and emergancy management. Topics include: government programs, participation of agencies and actors from all three levels of the government, the nonprofit sector, and the private sector. Administrative processes involved in managing major hazards and disastors will be presented.
