Sustainability Courses

Explores theoretical foundations of diversity counseling. Specific attention will be given to the impact ethnicity and culture, intellectual ability, physical disability, gender, age, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, and religion have on the counseling process. In addition, competencies needed to meet the diverse needs of alcoholic and drug addicted individuals and barriers to effective addiction treatment will be explored. Registration restrictions may be bypassed by the department wit...

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A survey of criminal justice processes from arrest through release, with attention to the interrelationship between the police, the courts, and corrections. Required for all criminal justice majors.

Read more about CRJS-1100 : Introduction to Criminal Justice

Introduction to psychological and sociological theories of deviance with attention to the development of deviant identity, stigma management, and the cultural construction of deviance and social control of particular individuals and groups.

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Interdisciplinary study of the theories of crime and criminal behavior and their application to criminal justice policy and practice. Focus on sociological, psychological, biological, cultural, phenomenological, and routine-activity theories. Required for all criminal justice majors.

Read more about CRJS-2090 : Criminology

Analysis of theories of law and the meaning of justice in Western culture. Focus on theories of justice and their impact on the criminal justice system, the nature and function of law, the relationship between law and morality, and judicial reasoning.

Read more about CRJS-2100 : Law, Society and Justice

Overview of the juvenile justice system and the handling of juveniles by the police, the courts, and corrections. Discussion of contemporary issues in juvenile justice, including youth violence and its prevention and control in American society.

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Study of gender and race/ethnicity disparities and discriminatory practices in criminal justice with attention to the ways in which gender and race/ethnicity has been historically addressed in criminological theory. Exploration of feminist and cultural perspectives in understanding crime and its response. Comparisons in offending, police contact, case processing, correctional supervision and confinement, capital punishment, and social response and control of criminal behavior. Topics include: Ra...

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Seminar on current issues in contemporary law enforcement. Topics addressed in the course include: The politics of law enforcement, police brutality, the impact of administrative interventions on police discretion, and police strategies such as problem-oriented policing, hot spot patrols, paramilitary units, and the criminal investigative process.

Read more about CRJS-4220 : Issues in Contemporary Law Enforcement

Exploration of the major social theories of punishment, historical and contemporary penological practice, and the death penalty and the modern execution process. Focus on society's justification for punishment as a response to crime and the function and meaning of punishment in modern society. Cross-listed with SOCL 3430.

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An examination of the complex concepts and issues associated with global terrorism, U.S. homeland security, and the role of law enforcement; the events leading to the terror attacks on September 11, 2001, and those events before and after that date leading to the developing concepts and principals commonly associated with homeland security. Topics include historical overviews of U.S. and international terrorism, international and domestic terrorism issues, a framework of how the U.S. government ...

Read more about CRJS-4260 : Terrorism and Homeland Security