Criminal Justice Courses & Descriptions
01:202:301 Human Rights and Legal Remedies
- Course Code: 01:202:301
- Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
- Credits: 3
| 01:202:301 | Human Rights and Legal Remedies |
| Description: | Case studies of denial of human rights on an international level and the legal responses, national and international, to correct deprivation and suppression of such rights. |
| Prerequisites: | 01:202:201 |
| Course Synopsis: | |
| Current Syllabus: | N/A |
| Previous Syllabi: | N/A |
01:202:302 Police Organization and Administration
- Course Code: 01:202:302
- Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
- Credits: 3
| 01:202:302 | Police Organization and Administration |
| Description: | The effect of organizational structure and administrative procedure on police function; the processes of police recruitment, career advancement, and leadership. |
| Prerequisites: | 01:202:201 |
| Course Synopsis: | Professor DONNELLY: The field of police administration is dynamic and ever changing. Laws are modified, new problems occur, and administrative practices that were once accepted are challenged, modified and in some cases discarded. This course will examine the effects of organizational structure and administrative procedure on the police function in a changing society. The class will use both lecture and scenario discussion. The class will put emphasis on special key issues including human resource management, leadership skills, legal aspects of policing and the use of modern techlogy. Students will gain a better understanding on how police departments are managed and supervision in our modern society. |
| Current Syllabus: | Fall 2016 DONNELLY |
| Previous Syllabi: |
Fall 2015 DONNELLY |
01:202:303 Correctional Systems
- Course Code: 01:202:303
- Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
- Credits: 3
| 01:202:303 | Correctional Systems |
| Description: | The major types of community-based correctional alternatives ranging from probation, shock incarceration, parole, work-release, overnight and weekend incarceration, and halfway houses to community-based centers; discussion of correctional laws, personnel development, correctional management, controversies, political pressures, and emerging trends in organization and goals. |
| Prerequisites: | 01:202:201 |
| Course Synopsis: | Professor SHERIDAN: Correctional systems will focus on circumstances in confinement and during re-entry. Students will understand basic theoretical constructs about the correctional experience, its literature, subfields, and role as a field of study within criminology, criminal justice and corrections. The student will be exposed to historical and emerging developments in the correctional field with special emphasis on evidence based practices. The student will explore correctional systems to understand strengths, weaknesses, limitations, and potential pitfalls. Special attention is paid to the social environment of prison as a change agent that must be addressed upon re-entry. Failure to effect change is viewed as contributing to failure and additional victimization in society. This course also deals with analysis of contemporary programs and trends in the criminal justice system's response to ex-convicts, their families, victims and society. |
| Current Syllabus: | Fall 2017 SHERIDAN |
| Previous Syllabi: |
Fall 2015 SHERIDAN (Brookdale) |
01:202:305 Scientific Applications in Justice
- Course Code: 01:202:305
- Semester(s) Offered: Summer
- Credits: 3
| 01:202:305 | Scientific Applications in Justice |
| Description: | Contributions of physical science to crime prevention, detection, and prosecution; significant forensic aspects of chemistry, biology, geology, and physics as applied to prevention planning, contraband control, preserving evidence, ballistics, optics, sound, and sampling natural materials. |
| Prerequisites: | 01:202:201 |
| Course Synopsis: | Professor DESIRE: This course teaches the proper use of forensic science necessary for a successful criminal justice system. The students will be involved in the examination of data from the various forensic discipline such as crime scene, fingerprinting, impression evidence, serology, DNA, ballistics, pathology, toxicology, anthropology, trace, etc. Each student will learn how to determine the quality of this evidence and draw conclusions based on their findings. Studying what are valid scientific findings has extreme importance to policing, prosecution and post-conviction. Specific techniques utilized in homicides, arson, sexual assaults, property crimes and homeland security will be studied and demonstrated. Although a classroom setting, students will have the opportunity to use and train with select equipment. Students will conduct mock trials demonstrating their ability to use science in the courtroom. Strict emphasis on evidence admissibility and the hearings involved include review of Frye, Daubert and the Federal Rules of Evidence. |
| Current Syllabus: | Fall 2016 DESIRE |
| Previous Syllabi: |
Fall 2014 DESIRE |
01:202:307 Criminal Justice Research Methods
- Course Code: 01:202:307
- Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
- Credits: 3
- SAS Core Certified: QQ
| 01:202:307 | Criminal Justice Research Methods |
| Description: | Underlying research concepts, methodologies, and techniques appropriate for application in the main behavioral environments of justice; application of course content to justice agencies, policies, and programs. |
| Prerequisites: | 01:202:201 |
| Course Synopsis: |
Professor PIEHL: This course introduces tools of quantitative reasoning and statistics that can be used to address problems in basic research and policy within the social sciences, particularly in the criminal justice field. The primary objectives of the course are to build familiarity with the fundamentals of probability and statistical analysis, central concepts of research design, and norms of ethical behavior in research. |
| Current Syllabus: | Spring 2018 PIEHL |
| Previous Syllabi: | Spring 2017 AGAN Fall 2016 SALERNO Fall 2013 PIEHL Spring 2011 MCCANN |