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• 101 -- American Criminal Justice System. (3) Survey of crime and societal responses to crime, including law enforcement, courts, corrections, and the juvenile justice system.

• 202 -- Research Methods in Criminal Justice. (3) (Prereq: STAT 201 or equivalent courses in quantitative methods) Introduction to the practice of social research in criminology and criminal justice settings.

• 203 -- Criminal Procedure. (3) Overview of constitutional requirements pertaining to the investigation, detention, prosecution, and adjudication of criminal suspects.

• 311 -- Policing. (3) Current and historical perspectives on American policing.

• 312 -- Corrections. (3) Current and historical perspectives on incarceration and its alternatives.

• 313 -- Criminal Courts. (3) Structure, organization, and functions of the federal and state court systems and personnel.

• 314 -- Criminal Law. (3) Origin and developments of criminal law in America. Basic elements of crimes and defenses.

• 321 -- Violence in America. (3) Historical overview of violence in American society, including theoretical perspectives on the causes and prevention of violence.

• 322 -- Drugs and Crime. (3) Overview of the criminal justice system responses to illegal substances. Relationship between substance abuse and crime.

• 341 -- Sociology of Crime. {=SOCY 353} (3) Social factors in the development, identification, and treatment of criminals.

• 351 -- Juvenile Delinquency and Justice. {=SOCY 350} (3) Social factors in the development, identification, and treatment of delinquents.

• 399 -- Independent Study. (1-6) (Prereq: consent of instructor) Contract approved by instructor, advisor, and Office of Academic Programs is required for undergraduate students.

• 421 -- Victimization. (3) Causes and consequences of criminal victimization and public policy responses to victimization issues.

• 422 -- Alternatives to Incarceration. (3) Correctional alternatives to imprisonment, including probation, parole, and various community corrections programs.

• 423 -- Street Gangs: Structure, Activity, and Response. (3)Course covers the theoretical and empirical work on gangs, gang members, and gang activity along with insight on these issues from a practitioner perspective. It then examines the variety of policy presponses from government and community organizations.

• 424 -- Criminal Justice and Intelligence. (3) An investigation of the motivations to commit crime. The course presents profiles of the targets of crimes and provides strategic and tactical assessments of police investigations and intelligence.

• 425 -- Hate Crimes. (3) An examination of the causes and responses to hate crimes. The course also provides a foundation for understanding crimes motivated by racial, gender, religious, disability, and sexual orientation biases.

• 426 -- Criminal Justice and Mental Health. (3) Interface between the mental health sciences and the criminal justice system.

• 485 -- Selected Topics in Criminal Justice Policy. (3) Public policy responses to crime, its formation, and its impact on society. Individual topics to be announced with suffix and title. May be repeated with consent of advisor.

• 491 -- Selected Current Topics. (3) Topics in criminology and criminal justice. Individual topics to be announced with suffix and title. May be repeated once with consent of advisor.

• 494 -- Internship. (3) (Prereq: consent of instructor) A supervised experiential course in a criminal justice agency. Contract approved by instructor, advisor, and Office of Academic Programs is required for undergraduate students.

• 554 -- Women and Crime. {=WOST 554} (3) Impact of gender-based relations on crime and the criminal justice system.

• 563 -- Race, Crime, and Criminal Justice. (3) A historical overview of the intersection between issues of race, crime, and justice. The impact of the criminal justice system on minority groups.

• 577 -- Law and Criminal Justice Policy. (3) (Prereq: CRJU 221 or 321) Legal and policy responses to crime and criminal justice.

• 582 -- Computer Applications in Criminal Justice. (3) Computing, database systems, and software applications in research and professional practice.

• 591 -- Selected Topics in Criminal Justice. (3) A seminar for advanced students. Individual topics to be announced with suffix and title. May be repeated once with the consent of the advisor.