Course Listing
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27:202:510Criminology (3) Overview of the nature and scope of delinquency and crime problems; considers problems of the assessment and measurement of delinquency and crime; surveys available theoretical formulations concerning criminal and delinquent behavior. |
27:202:511Theories of Crime and Criminality (3) Wide survey of criminological theories using original sources. Theories that derive from biological, psychological, sociological, geographic, economic, and political perspectives included. Development of criminological theory reviewed; fundamental distinctions between classical and positivist theories and between theories of crime and criminality discussed. Relationship between theory and policy considered along with the prospects for devel- oping a true general theory. |
27:202:512Measurement and Correlates of Crime (3) Review and critique of major sources of data for measurement of crime and victimization: official records, surveys of crime victimization in households and individuals, and self-report methods. Data collection procedures and sources for each data source analyzed; sources of measurement error identified. Analyze procedures for aggregating and reporting data and for measuring crime rates. Review patterns and trends over time in specific forms of crime; identify geographic and demographic correlates according to each data source. Factors influencing disparities and convergence between data sets analyzed. Crime rates compared for U.S. and international data, as well as for specific regions within the United States. Prerequisites: 27:202:510, 540, 542. |
27:202:513Current Issues in Criminal Justice (3) Theory and research analyzed on the basis of selected topics depending upon student interest and current issues. |
27:202:514Drugs, Alcohol, and Crime (3) Seminar. Review of contemporary knowledge on the many drug-crime relationships. Review of articles that represent dominant views and consideration of alternative perspectives and criticism of empirical research and theory. Survey of the literature examines theory, research, intervention strategies, and crime control policies. Both adolescent and adult behaviors, and also the varieties of licit and illicit drugs associated with crime and delinquency, considered. Prerequisites: 27:202:510, 540, 542. |
27:202:517Violent Crime (3) Investigates and analyzes aggression and violence as forms of individual, group, and societal behavior. Includes an assessment of anthropological, biological, philosophical, political, and sociological theories. Combines student presentations and projects with lectures and tutorials. Prerequisites: 27:202:510, 540, 542. |
27:202:518Advanced Criminological Theory (3) Contemporary criminological theories analyzed and evaluated. Assessments of theoretical advances, including theory integration and general theories of crime. Prerequisite: 27:202:510. |
27:202:520The Criminal Justice System (3) Foundation and overview of the criminal justice system and process. Focuses on critical decisions with emphasis on contemporary issues, controversies, and trends. |
27:202:521Law in the Criminal Justice System (3) Overview of criminal law and procedure. Introduces statutory and case law reasoning as well as empirical information, using the area of the criminal law dealing with the insanity defense, the definitional elements of common law crimes, and the aims of criminal law and procedure. |
27:202:522Criminal Policy planning, program development, and program evaluation in criminal justice. Fundamentals in each of these three areas-derived from applications in business, human services, and social welfare, for example-reviewed and then applied to criminal justice. Comprehensive policy planning proposal developed to deal with a carefully defined criminal justice problem or need. Prerequisites: 27:202:520, 521, 540, 542; basic knowledge of research methods/statistics. |
27:202:531Probation, Parole, and Intermediate Sanctions (3) Analysis of the theories and practices of probation, parole, and intermediate sanctions. Emphasis on understanding-as human-service organizations-the functions of probation, parole, and intermediate sanctions. Special attention given to policy developments in the field. |
27:202:532Adult Incarceration (3) Traces the historical development of institutions for confinement and analyzes present trends in correctional practice. Reviews characteristics of various correctional policies and analyzes prison life. Special emphasis on current trends and controversies. |
27:202:533Policing (3) Examines the police role and law enforcement policy, police organization, personnel issues, management, and operations, as well as coordination and consolidation of police service, police integrity, and community relations. |
27:202:534Prosecution and the Courts (3) Reviews functions and practices of prosecutors, with special reference to an analysis of the interrelationships among charging, conviction, and sentencing, and in relation to the functions of police and probation staff. Provides an overview of court goals, functions, and potential for system reform. |
27:202:535Juvenile Justice (3) Focuses on history and philosophy of juvenile justice, landmark court cases, police handling of juveniles, the juvenile court, and juvenile corrections and rehabilitation. |
27:202:536Comparative Criminal Justice Systems (3) Examines world crime and criminal justice surveys of the United Nations; analyzes the relationship between crime rates and differential criminal justice systems, as well as socioeconomic devel- opment indicators. In-depth analysis of different worldwide approaches to law enforcement, criminal procedure and criminal law, and juvenile justice and corrections. |
27:202:540Research Methods in Criminal Justice (3) Introduction to research design as applied to problems in crime and criminal justice. Includes the scientific method, basic research designs, and data collection techniques. Corequisite: 27:202:542. |
27:202:541Foundations of Scholarship (3) Develops rudimentary tools needed for conducting research and for writing reports and scholarly papers in the field of criminal justice. Explores approaches to writing a research paper, report writing, forms of documentation, library resources, data sources, presentation techniques, legal research, and computer usage. |
27:202:542Introductory Statistics (3) Introduction to elementary statistical methods as applied to problems in crime and criminal justice. Includes problems of data description, data analysis, hypothesis testing and inference, and an introduction to the use of computers. Corequisite: 27:202:540. |
27:202:543Intermediate Statistics (3) Provides students with sufficient theoretical background and practical experience to enable them to analyze multivariate interval and ratio-level data. Prerequisites: 27:202:540, 542. |
27:202:550Master's Essay (3) Continuation of 27:202:541 Foundations of Scholarship; culminates
in completion of master's essay for students electing the essay
option. |
27:202:555J.D./M.A. Degree Essay (6) The 6-credit paper is the heart of the joint-degree program. Intended to ensure that the cross-fertilization of disciplines is successful. |
27:202:556Fieldwork in Criminal Justice (3) Firsthand experience in the day-to-day operation of a criminal justice program under the guidance and supervision of a faculty member and a practitioner in the field-placement area. Prerequisite: 12 credits of course work completed prior to enrollment. Interested students should meet with their advisers for further information. |
27:202:610Crime Control Theory and Research (3) Seminar. Analyze theory and research on crime control, including theories of deterrence and social control, their applications in crime control strategies, and the impacts of crime control strategies based on general and specific deterrence, as well as incapacitation strategies. Review and critique research on the effects of criminal and civil legal sanctions and problems in implementing effective sanctions. Methodological issues in the research on crime control assessed. Research on applications of crime control theory to specific crime problems reviewed. Prerequisites: 27:202:510, 540, 542. |
27:202:612White Collar Crime (3) Surveys the history and scope of the study of white collar crime. Discusses issues of definition, examines empirical evidence, and reviews the contributions of white collar crime studies. |
27:202:614Communities and Crime (3) Surveys and analyzes literature on the demography and ecology of crime. Includes reviews of research and theory that address the influences of economics, demography, social organization, and political economy on crimes within cities and neighborhoods. Combines student presentations of published articles with lectures, tutorials, and student projects. Prerequisites: 27:202:510, 540, 542. |
27:202:615Maritime Crime and Its Prevention (3) Seminar. Focuses on crime and crime prevention on the oceans and waterways that carry the bulk of the world`s commerce. Analysis of the resurgence of piracy and barratry, seaborne narcotics smuggling, terrorism at sea, thefts of boats and vessels, marine insurance fraud, fisheries offenses, ocean pollution, and common criminality at sea. Capacity of existing law enforcement agencies and the prospect of international cooperation to deal with criminality at sea evaluated. Prerequisite: 27:202:521. |
27:202:616Environmental Crime Prevention (3) Theoretical background to opportunity-reducing crime prevention through situational prevention (including key concepts of rational choice and displacement) and its relationship to crime prevention through environmental design, defensible space, and problem- oriented policing. Case studies illustrate the practical and policy difficulties of situational prevention. |
27:202:619Organized Crime (3) Defines organized crime and its history and examines criminological theories to explain it. Also covers nontraditional or so-called emergent organized crime groups, such as urban street gangs, motorcycle gangs, and prison gangs. Examines various investigation, prosecution, and sentencing policies, and considers the policy implications for the future. |
27:202:621Sentencing (3) Examines the objectives of sentencing convicted adult offenders. Discusses criticisms of the traditional rehabilitation-oriented view of sentencing and considers alternative sentencing theories, including incapacitative, deterrence, and "just desserts" models. Techniques for limiting sentencing discretion, including mandatory minimum sentences, presumptive sentences, and sentencing guidelines, also discussed, as well as noncustodial penalties. Prerequisite: 27:202:521. Recommended for students interested in the theoretical issues posed by sentencing. |
27:202:624Criminal Procedure and the Constitution (3) Advanced seminar. Examines institutions, phases, and procedural rules of the criminal justice process. Emphasizes critical evaluation of assumptions, realities, purpose, and effects. |
27:202:625Law and Society (3) The sociology of law; some emphasis also on jurisprudential thought and the political analysis of legal institutions. Explores the sources of law and functions and dysfunctions of law in action. Reviews institutional roles of courts, legislatures, and administrative agencies. Includes topics of particular current interest, such as alternative dispute resolution, how the law can help or impede social change, whether Americans have become too litigious, or race and gender issues in achieving justice. |
27:202:631Politics in Criminal Justice (3) Deals with crime as a political issue and examines how conflicting political philosophies influence criminal justice policy. |
27:202:640Advanced Research Methods (3) Analyzes research strategies and methods for research in criminal justice and criminology. Includes analysis of links between theories and methods. Provides detailed review of quantitative and qualitative methods, including research design, sampling, measurement, data collection, and ethical concerns. Prerequisites: 27:202:540, 542; basic knowledge of research design in the social sciences. |
27:202:641Advanced Statistical Methods (3) Covers theoretical foundations of general statistical approaches (such as least squares analysis, maximum likelihood estimation, and Bayesian estimation), mathematical foundations for statistics (such as matrix algebra and probability theory), and selected advanced statistical or mathematical techniques for the analysis of criminal justice research problems (e.g., log-linear analysis, failure-rate analysis, and network analysis). Prerequisites: 27:202:540, 542. |
27:202:645Advanced Scholarship (3) Preparation of a paper for submission to a peer-reviewed journal. All aspects of paper presentation addressed, and the differences between a paper for publication in a journal and other forms of professional writing (such as proposal- and report-writing) explored. May include synthesis of literature to prepare Core Area Plan. Prerequisite: 27:202:541 or enrollment in the doctoral program. |
27:202:648Qualitative Research Methods (3) Ethnographic and qualitative field methods and their applications to problems of crime and criminal justice. Includes definition of appropriate research problems; data collection, interviewing, and participant observation; ethical issues of protecting human subjects; coding and analysis of qualitative data; inductive theory construction; presentation of findings; and coordinating qualitative with quantitative methods. Requires collection and analysis of some original data. Also includes microcomputer-based qualitative data analysis techniques. Prerequisites: 27:202:510, 540, 542. |
27:202:650Independent Study (3) Study under the supervision and guidance of a faculty member. Prerequisite: 12 credits of course work completed prior to enrollment. Interested students should meet with their advisers for further information. |
27:202:651Teaching Practicum in Criminal Justice (3) Under faculty supervision, doctoral students assigned to instruct undergraduate criminal justice courses within county, private, and state colleges, and in divisions of the university. Placements made by the supervising faculty member and the cooperating institution. Instructional placements not guaranteed. In addition, special-topic courses including race and crime, victimology, and crime in time and space offered. |
26:202:701,702,703,704Dissertation Research in Criminal Justice (3,3,3,BA) Required of all students involved in preparation, data collection, and writing of Ph.D. doctoral dissertation. |
27:202:800Matriculation Continued (M.A.) (E1) |
26:202:800Matriculation Continued (Ph.D.) (E-BA) |
27:202:877Teaching Assistantship
Students who hold teaching assistantships are required to enroll in this course for 3 or 6 E credits per term. |
