56:202:500
Policy Analysis in Criminal Justice (3)
A research- and writing-oriented seminar that will prepare students for conducting criminal justice policy analysis. Topics include the role of interest groups and organizational participants in the policy process, types of policies, and models of policy research. Examined are current criminal justice policies using analysis that considers the development, implementation, and evaluation of policy (i.e., what has occurred in policy, why, and at what benefits or costs). Also covered is policy formulation, which involves the development of new policy options to remedy public problems.
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56:834:501
Foundations of Policy Analysis (3)
The logic of action, decision making, and belief; epistemological issues underlying scientific and policy research; causality, probability, statistics, and public policy; the role of problem definition, description, theory, model building, explanation, and prediction in policy research and decision making. Reviews major substantive theories of public choice and public policymaking and critically examines them from a logical and theoretical perspective.
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19:910:502
Human Behavior and the Social Environment (3)
Theories, themes, and issues concerning the ongoing interaction between people as they grow, change, and develop over the life course and the social context in which this occurs. Particular attention to assumptions about human behavior that may interfere with recognition of diversity in the ongoing interaction between individual, family, and group identity; social context; and social life. Highlights values and ethical issues related to biopsychosocial development.
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56:834:503
Law and Public Policy (3)
The place of law in the formulation, articulation, and enforcement of public policy; legal sources, such as constitutions, statutes, cases, administrative rulings, and agency practices; federal, state, and local sources and materials examined for policy inconsistencies, contradictions, and overlap; the effectiveness of fees, taxes, licenses, labeling, injunctions, and other legal sanctions.
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19:910:504
Social Welfare Policy and Services (3)
History, philosophy, and development of social welfare as an essential institution in the United States. Study of the emergence and role of social work, understanding of patterns of current provision, and introduction to analysis of social welfare policies. (Note: only one social work class may be counted toward the master of arts degree in criminal justice.)
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56:834:505
Organizational Behavior (3)
Examines organizational behavior of individuals and group/teams and the organizational context in which that behavior takes place. Organization theories as well as behavior theories and approaches discussed, including seminal historical works and more current treatments.
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19:910:506
Diversity and Oppression (3)
This diversity and oppression course will introduce a range of diverse populations by race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and physical differences. Additionally, it examines the role, function, and effects of oppression in society as it relates to social and economic justice. Assumptions underlying theory and research methodologies from which basic constructs of human behavior are drawn will be examined to understand how power and other dynamics manage and sustain oppression at the individual and institutional levels. Also of interest is how oppression affects service delivery at micro and macro levels, particularly social policies and strategic planning, which drive the shape of services.
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19:910:507
Psychopathology (3)
Major forms of emotional distress in adults and children. Classification trends, issues, and models. Introduction to clinical syndromes in terms of diagnostic methodology, research, and social concerns and their implications for at-risk groups.
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56:202:510
Criminal Justice Issues and Trends (3)
Overview of current issues and trends in criminal justice with an emphasis on empirical basis of knowledge in the field. This course surveys research and issues associated with criminology and criminal justice, emphasizing the criminal justice and juvenile justice systems, the police, courts, and corrections.
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56:202:513
Criminology (3)
Explanation of crime and delinquency in American society. Topics include deterrence theory, biological explanations for crime, sociological theories, and conflict-based theories. Emphasis on social causes of crime.
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56:834:515
Introduction to Public Budgeting and Finance (3)
Combines readings with the development of a budget for a hypothetical city to demonstrate budget formats, the politics of budgeting, and methods of projecting expenditures and revenues. Administration and criteria for selecting taxes.
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56:202:521
Social Inequities in the Criminal Justice System (3)
Critical examination of the treatment of minorities, women, and/or the poor by the criminal justice system.
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56:202:522
Juvenile Justice (3)
Juvenile offenders and the changing perception of juvenile crime. The legal status of juvenile offenders and the role of the family court in
preventing delinquency.
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56:834:525
Principles of Public Management (3)
Contemporary management approaches, techniques, and skills for managing various kinds of public organizations. Decision making, administrative leadership, planning, implementation, evaluation, ethics, and budgeting are key topics.
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56:202:529
Law and Society (3)
Examination of laws and legal institutions
and their interaction with society focusing on the issue of change. Law
as a product of social change and law as a source of change are
discussed. Topics include legal analysis, white-collar crime, and power
and conflict.
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56:512:530
Colloquium in Local History II (3)
Extensive examination of readings and sources for nearby history, with the goal of preparing a research paper on some aspect of southern New Jersey, Philadelphia, or Delaware Valley history.
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*601:534
Law, Justice, and Society (3)
Surveys selected topics in social, political, and legal theory, emphasizing in particular recent philosophical work concerning legal authority and political legitimacy, democratic theory, distributive/economic justice, the theory of rights, as well as narrower topics like abortion and affirmative action.
*Course is offered by School of Law-Camden. The starting and ending dates for the law school's semester differ from those of the graduate program at Camden.
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56:834:536
Public Information Systems (3)
Management-oriented computer methods, including personal productivity systems and office automation; database management; and the analysis, supervision, and coordination of the management information systems department within the larger organizational culture.
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19:920:538
Law and Social Work (3)
Law in health and human services. Reading, using, and finding law. Law in practice in relation to law on the books. Topics include due process, equal protection, discrimination, confidentiality and duty to warn, child abuse, domestic violence, AIDS, sexual harassment, mental health, developmental disabilities, courtroom testimony, malpractice, and administrative liability.
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56:202:540
Victimology (3)
Study of the role and treatment of victims in the criminal justice system with a particular focus on the victimizations that disproportionately affect women and children. Emphasis on risk factors and impact of crime on victims.
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56:202:552
Community Corrections (3)
Historical
and philosophical overview of the theories behind alternatives to incarceration
and their implementation in corrections. Emphasis on their impact and future.
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56:834:553
Financial Management of Public Programs (3)
Examines budgetary processes, municipal bonds, cash management, and intergovernmental fiscal relations as they apply to financial management of public programs. Topics include cost-benefit, cost-revenue, and cost-effectiveness analyses, as well as contemporary issues such as privatization and liability insurance.
Prerequisite: 56:202:515.
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56:834:557
Human Resource Management (3)
The relationship between employers, employees, and their labor relations organizations in government, health and human services, and the nonprofit sector; leadership and direction of employees; impact of collective negotiations on critical issues of public policy; civil service organizations.
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56:834:558
Executive Leadership and Communication Skills (3)
Strengths and limitations of various leadership theories. Awareness of personal learning, leadership, influence, and communication styles. Develops leadership skills through interpersonal exercises and through course projects involving current managerial and political issues. Communication skills involving writing, speaking, meetings, media relations, and strategic planning emphasized.
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19:910:566
Violence and Abuse in Adulthood (3)
Examines the definitions, scope, and impact of violence and abuse in adulthood. Explores the spectrum of theories and conceptual frameworks used to explain violence. In particular, the course focuses on the prevalence, etiology, myths, and dynamics of intimate partner violence (IPV), sexual violence, trafficking, and elder abuse. Perspectives on working with both victims/survivors and perpetrators are presented, with an understanding of the role of cultural and environmental contexts. The course includes a review of the conceptual frameworks used to guide current services, interventions, prevention efforts, and policies aimed at remedying and eliminating violence in our society. A special emphasis is placed on the advocacy role of the social worker in creating social change.
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19:910:567
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs (3)
Focuses on the etiology, prevalence, and policy implications of common addictive behaviors, including alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs (ATOD); pathological gambling; and compulsive overeating or sexual behavior. Students will learn to evaluate the pharmacological mechanisms of dependence, components of addiction-related behavioral change, and issues involved in prevention, intervention, and evaluation of these addictive behaviors. The course will also examine the impact of age, race, gender, social class, culture, ethnicity, spirituality, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, and physical and mental ability on patterns of addiction. Content includes major theoretical perspectives on biological, sociological, and psychological bases for addiction and the impetus for change, and an examination of the empirical evidence for various perspectives.
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56:834:570
Labor-Management Relations in the Private and Public Sectors (3)
Analysis of the structure and development of labor-management relationships in the United States and abroad, focusing on both private industry and governmental organizations. Explores history and the surrounding law while focusing on the negotiation and administration of collective bargaining agreements, related micro- and macroeconomic problems, and issues that accompany the growth of the nonunion sector in both private and public sectors.
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56:512:571
American Legal History II (3)
Overview of major themes dominating American legal history from 1870 to the present, including changing standards of legal education; admission to the bar and the practice of law; legal responses to social, technological, and economic changes; jurisprudential experiments such as Progressive-Pragmatism and American Legal Realism; and race relations.
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56:202:573
Violent Crime (3)
Discussion of gangs, homicide, serial crimes
of violence, interpersonal violence, rape, and crimes
involving weapon use.
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56:202:600
Research Methods in Criminal Justice (3)
Foundation in research methods commonly used in criminal justice and the social sciences. Includes conceptualization, operationalization, research method and design, sampling approaches, data collection, analysis, and ethics in research.
Prerequisite: Undergraduate course in research methods.
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56:202:601
Data Analysis in Criminal Justice (3)
This course provides students with a grounding in the basic tools used in
quantitative analysis in the field of criminal justice along with an
introduction to the statistical issues involved in the design and logic of
research. Students learn to use various nonparametric measures of association
as well as parametric tests of significance and are introduced to the
fundamentals of correlation, regression, and hypothesis testing.
Prerequisite: Undergraduate course in statistics.
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56:202:602
Proseminar in Criminal Justice (3)
This course approaches criminal justice policy, research methods, and
the analysis of data by focusing on a specific policy area. In a series
of papers, students demonstrate competence in resolving a problem in
policy, designing a research study that would shed light on the problem,
and in drawing policy relevant conclusions based on the analysis of
data.
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56:202:605
Gender, Crime, and Justice (3)
Discussion of women as victims and criminal offenders, women in the
criminal justice work force, and emerging legal docrines on gender
rights.
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*601:631
Employment Law (2 or 3)
A survey of common law, statutory and constitutional regulation of the employment relationship in both the private and public sectors, with primary attention to issues not covered in courses on collective bargaining or employment discrimination. Considerable time is devoted to the study of wrongful discharge law. Other topics covered may include job applicant screening process, restrictions on employee speech and conduct, employee privacy rights, statutory wages and family leave policies, employer-provided fringe benefits (e.g., health insurance and retirement benefits), workers' compensation laws, plant closing laws, employee stock ownership plans, and government provided employee benefits (e.g., unemployment insurance and social security).
*Course is offered by School of Law-Camden. The starting and ending dates for the law school's semester differ from those of the graduate program at Camden.
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*601:655
Criminal Procedure: Investigations (3)
An in-depth study of the investigatory stage of the criminal process. Focuses on the power of the courts to shape criminal procedure and their capacity to control police investigatory practices, such as arrest, search and seizure, interrogation, and identification through the fourth, fifth, sixth, and fourteenth amendments. Discusses the role of counsel in this process and explores competing theories of criminal procedure and related systems of social control, such as the juvenile justice system and civil commitment of the mentally ill.
*Course is offered by School of Law-Camden. The starting and ending dates for the law school's semester differ from those of the graduate program at Camden.
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*601:659
Labor Law (3)
A study of the common law's response to employees' efforts to organize and take concerted action to improve their wages, hours, and other employment conditions. The course traces the evolution of a national labor policy in this country through the New Deal and later federal legislation. Focus of the protections afforded by the federal law to union organizational activities; the procedures established by federal law for the selection of representatives for the purposes of collective
bargaining; federal regulation of concerted economic activity by unions, such as strikes, boycotts, and picketing, and of countervailing
employer action; and the extent of federal preemption of state regulation in the labor area.
*Course is offered by School of Law-Camden. The starting and ending dates for the law school's semester differ from those of the graduate program at Camden.
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56:202:670,671,672 (BA, BA, BA)
Independent Study
Designed for students conducting independent research under the supervision of a sponsoring faculty member.
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56:202:673,674
Special Topics in Criminal Justice (3,3)
Courses may be offered under this
general title, dealing with special topics intended to involve students in
intensive study and investigation on topics related to crime and justice.
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*601:676
Sex Discrimination (3)
Provides an overview of feminist legal theory and explores various legal doctrines that affect and reflect women's status in society. Topics covered include constitutional law, employment, reproduction and sexuality, the family, and violence against women.
*Course is offered by School of Law-Camden. The starting and ending dates for the law school's semester differ from those of the graduate program at Camden.
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*601:691
Evidence (3)
A study of the law and rules (with particular attention given to the Federal Rules of Evidence) governing the proof of disputed issues of fact in criminal and civil trials, including the functions of judge and jury; relevancy; real and demonstrative evidence; authentication and production of writings; the examination, competency, and privileges of witnesses; hearsay; impeachment; and burden of proof, presumptions, and judicial notice.
*Course is offered by School of Law-Camden. The starting and ending dates for the law school's semester differ from those of the graduate program at Camden.
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56:202:800
Matriculation Continued (0)
Continued registration may be accomplished by enrolling for at least 3 credits in standard course offerings or by enrolling in this course for 0 credits. Students who are using university facilities and faculty time are expected to enroll for the appropriate credits.
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