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This course is an introductory course for upper level criminal justice undergraduate students about terrorism and political violence both internationally and domestically. The course will focus on defining terrorism, understanding the impact of terrorism, and thinking about actions that criminal justice agencies can take to respond to terrorism.

Areas of Interest:

Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security

A comparison of criminal justice philosophies, structures, and procedures found in various countries around the world.

Areas of Interest:

Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security

Programs:

Scandinavian Studies (BA) | Scandinavian Studies Minor

Legal procedures by which state and federal administrative agencies exercise legislative, judicial and executive powers. Emphasis is placed on the constitutional position of administrative agencies, the rule making process, the power of agencies to decide rights and obligations concerning individual cases, and judicial control of administrative action.

Areas of Interest:

Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security

Review of selected U.S. Supreme Court decisions relating to the powers of the President, Congress and the Judiciary, as well as the division of power between the states and the federal government. Focus is on case briefing, underlying rationales, and the development of individual analytical abilities.

Areas of Interest:

Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security

Review of selected United States Supreme Court decisions interpreting important freedoms contained in the Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment. Focus is on the rationale which underlies decisions and its impact on American political social processes. Provides an opportunity to exercise and develop individual analytical abilities through analysis of Court's reasoning. Same as POL 454.

Areas of Interest:

Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security

Examines the rights of inmates, probationers, and parolees.

Areas of Interest:

Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security

Programs:

Corrections (BS)

An examination of the structure, jurisdiction and processes of federal and state courts. Emphasis is placed on selection of judges and justices and on the dynamics of judicial decision-making. Same as POL 475.

Areas of Interest:

Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security

This course explores topics in criminal justice beyond what is covered in the existing curriculum. Students study specialized topics of current importance in the field. Specific topics will change depending on the term and instructor. May be retaken with a change of topic.

Areas of Interest:

Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security

Programs:

Corrections (BS)

Field Practicum & Capstone Experience is a hybrid experiential learning course where students complete a 400-hour internship experience within an agency that manages justice-involved persons while participating in other professional development & experiential learning opportunities that vary from semester to semester. In addition to their internship experiences, students can expect guest speakers, facility tours, training, and/or other educational experiences to be offered in-person, or via teleconference. Required for the Corrections major. Formal application required. Contact Director of Criminal Justice Field Studies to apply.

Areas of Interest:

Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security

Programs:

Corrections (BS)

Field placement with a criminal justice agency or related organization. Provides a learning experience in which the student can integrate and apply knowledge and theory derived from curriculum. Can only be taken P/N, must have permission to register.

Areas of Interest:

Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security

Advanced study and research on topics not currently available in existing courses. May be repeated with a change of topic. Requires advisor and instructor approval of topic.

Areas of Interest:

Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security

This course complements the learning experience of traveling on a faculty led study abroad trip. The focus will be a comparison of terrorism, political violence, and counter-terrorism activities in the United States to the same activities in the visited countries based on readings, research, observation, and participation. Instructor permission is required to register for this course.

This course complements the learning experience of traveling on a faculty led study abroad trip. The focus will be on a comparison of international justice systems in a variety of countries based on readings, research, observation, and participation. Instructor permission is required to register for this course.

This course is an introductory course for graduate students on terrorism and political violence both internationally and domestically. The course will focus on defining terrorism, understanding the impact of terrorism, and thinking about actions that criminal justice agencies can take to respond to terrorism.

Legal procedures by which state and federal administrative agencies exercise legislative, judicial and executive powers. Emphasis is placed on the constitutional position of administrative agencies, the rule making process, the power of agencies to decide rights and obligations concerning individual cases, and judicial control of administrative action.

Review of selected U.S. Supreme Court decisions relating to the powers of the President, Congress and the Judiciary, as well as the division of power between the states and the federal government. Focus is on case briefing, underlying rationales, and the development of individual analytical abilities.

Review of selected U.S. Supreme Court decisions interpreting areas such as substantive due process, abortion, speech, press, religion, and equal protection. Focus is on the rationale which underlies decisions and the development of individual analytical abilities.

This course explores topics in criminal justice beyond what is covered in the existing curriculum. Students study specialized topics of current importance in the field. Specific topics will change depending on the term and instructor. May be retaken with a change of topic.

This course provides an overview of descriptive and inferential statistical methods as applied in criminal justice research. Students will learn about common sources of criminal justice system data and will learn about a variety of techniques used to understand outcomes and relationships within criminal justice system processes. Students will learn how to apply statistical techniques and use their understanding of these techniques to make meaning and draw conclusions about the extent & nature of offending, disparities in criminal justice system processes and the effectiveness of criminal justice system intervention. Students will use computer software to organize and analyze data.

This course provides students with an overview of quantitative methods in investigating crime patterns and crime prevention. Measurement, conceptualization and operationalization will be reviewed, and students will apply their understanding of theory to analyze valid measures of concepts. Students will apply sources of official criminal statistics and alternative data sources for the purposes of description, evaluation, and explanation, and will articulate their limitations. While quasi-experimental research designs will be emphasized, students will learn about several common research designs. Validity, and the limitations of research designs and methods with respect to inferences about causality and generalizability are central to the course.

A seminar in criminological theory construction and testing, and contemporary research supporting the main theories of crime causation: psychological, social structural, conflict/critical, feminist/queer, and postmodern. Some attention will be paid to the development of crime prevention strategies and rehabilitation interventions.

Students will learn about the theories of organizational behavior and administration as applied to the management of criminal justice organizations. The course will focus on current management trends and issues and how these challenges are addressed by those in organizational leadership positions. This will involve case studies of successes and failures in real world situations. Students will be required to critically examine these cases and analyze why failures occurred and why success was achieved in other situations.

Crime and the fear of crime rank as one of the most important issues in society today. As a result, public policymakers and administrators in the criminal justice system are responding to the issue of crime by fundamentally reviewing all facets of conventional criminal justice infrastructure such as approaches to policing, adjudication, sentencing, imprisonment, and community corrections.

The course will provide students with an understanding of the legal issues that criminal justice practitioners encounter. Students will analyze these issues by identifying relevant facts and legal doctrine, and then develop strategies to resolve them.

Planning provides leaders and managers with a process for making organizational decisions and directing an organization's actions. Budgeting presents information on funding and accountability. Planning and budgeting are integral responsibilities for any criminal justice manager.