Course Descriptions
CRJC 200 (3-3-0) Introduction to the
Criminal Justice System: A survey course designed to familiarize students with the functions, structure, and organization of the agencies that are responsible for the administration of justice. Specifically, the course introduces students to the institutions and processes of law making and enforcement, the judicial system, corrections and the juvenile justice system.
CRJC 201 (3-3-0) Introduction to Law
Enforcement: A study of the history and philosophy of local, state, and federal law enforcement entities in the U.S. with emphasis on the interdependence of law enforcement and other components of the criminal justice system.
The course also examines the roles of the police in the administration of justice and the critical issues that affect law enforcement in contemporary society.
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CRJC 202 (3-3-0) Legal Aspects of Criminal
Justice: A study of procedural aspects of the legal process and administration of justice including constitutional rights, participants in court processes, rules of evidence and the exclusionary rule, and expert testimony.
CRJC 203 (3-3-0) Criminal Justice Ethics: A critical examination of the diverse ethical issues encountered in the American criminal justice system with a focus on comparing and contrasting the principles of moral philosophy and ethical theory to the practices of criminal justice agencies.
CRJC 212 (3-3-0) Juvenile Justice System: A survey course designed to provide an overview of the juvenile justice system, with particular emphasis on the agencies, institutions, procedures, law, programs, and philosophies that guide the administration of juvenile justice.
CRJC 215 (3-3-0) Introduction to Criminal
Courts: This course focuses on the structural outlay and philosophy of the court system, with special emphasis on criminal law and procedure, court processes, and structures, constitutional guarantees, the trial process, and the roles of judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys and juries.
CRJC 220 (3-3-0) Introduction to
Corrections: This course examines the historical development, current changes, and future trends in correctional policies and strategies including analysis and evaluation of concepts and theories of retribution, deterrence,

rehabilitation, incapacitation, and other purposes of correctional reform. Special emphasis will be placed on the underlying social, legal, and ethical issues that affect various correctional strategies.
CRJC 222 (3-3-0) Community Corrections:
An in-depth theoretical perspective of the social, legal, and ethical issues which gave rise to the development of contemporary strategies of corrections in the community including programs such as probation, parole, other alternatives to incarceration, intermediate sanctions, and diversionary programs
Prerequisite: CRJC 200 And CRJC 220
CRJC 230 (3-3-0) Criminal Evidence: A course focusing on the various types of evidence used in both civil and criminal proceedings with emphasis on the rules governing the admissibility of evidence and the procedures for handling evidentiary issues in the courtroom.
CRJC 243 (3-3-0) Writing for Criminal
Justice: Emphasis is placed on the development of writing skills required for careers in criminal justice, including various forms of correspondence, interoffice memos, informal reports, minutes of meetings, summaries, briefings, and presentations; proofreading, revising, and editing; writing for culturally diverse audiences; and criminal justice terminology.

CRJC 300 (3-3-0) Criminal Law: An involved philosophical analysis of criminal law principles and concepts focusing on both the procedural aspects and the substantive elements of the various crimes, criminal court decisions, and the practical application of such principles and concepts in the courtroom.
Prerequisite: CRJC 200
CRJC 302 (3-3-0) Prisons and Society: An advanced corrections course in which students explore the far-reaching impacts of prisons on society. The course examines the consequences of mass incarceration in the United States, not only for prisoners and ex-prisoners, but also for families and communities who have committed no crimes. The course further considers the impact of mass imprisonment on democracy and whether the social costs of incarceration have produced benefits to society in quality of life, safety, or justice.
Prerequisite: CRJC 220 And CRJC 200
CRJC 305 (3-3-0) Race, Class, and Gender in
Criminal Justice: A comprehensive examination of the concepts of race, class, and gender as determinants of the structure and function of the American criminal justice system, including the relationship between race, class, gender, and crime; issues of race, class, and gender discrimination; and the ideological and political debates that both integrate and segregate theories of race, class, gender, and crime.
Prerequisite: CRJC 200

CRJC 311 (3-3-0) Criminal Justice
Organizations: Management and
Administration: Management and
Administration: A theoretical course focusing on the organization, management, and administration of local, state, and federal criminal justice agencies with emphasis on how the structure and functions of such agencies affect the administration of justice.
Prerequisite: CRJC 200 And CRJC 201 And
CRJC 220
CRJC 313 (3-3-0) Victimology: This course will explore the evolution of the victim’s rights movement, treatment of victims by criminal justice and other social service agencies, theoretical explanations for victimization, repeat victimization, victim treatment in other parts of the world, and successful approaches to working with crime victims.
Prerequisite: CRJC 200
CRJC 333 (3-3-0) Police and Society: A study of the critical issues facing police officers and administrators in relation to police community relations in a diverse society, with particular emphasis on police history and role in society, discretion, and strategies.
Prerequisite: CRJC 201 And CRJC 200
CRJC 340 (3-3-0) White Collar Crime: A survey course designed to provide an overview of white collar crime, with an emphasis on the criminal and/or unethical or harmful acts of the rich and powerful. Specifically, the course explores the various types of white collar

crimes, the characteristics of the offenders, the theories attempting to explain these acts, and the harm caused by them.
Prerequisite: CRJC 200
CRJC 351 (3-3-0) Special Problems in
Criminal Justice Criminology: An advanced analysis of contemporary interdisciplinary issues within the fields of criminal justice and criminology including perspectives on the death penalty, prison over crowing, computer crimes, victimology, the insanity defense, use of force, media and crime, race and crime, women and crime, and juvenile violence.
Prerequisite: CRJC 200
CRJC 361 (3-3-0) Comparative Criminal
Justice: A theory-based comparison of the
American criminal justice system with a number of selected criminal justice systems from around the world. Emphasis will be placed on how the social organization of a specific society affects the definition of crime and the administration of justice.
Prerequisite: CRJC 200
CRJC 370 (3-3-0) Criminal Justice and
Community: This course is a variable topics course in which students explore current critical issues in the field of criminal justice. Topics will change based on the interests and expertise of the instructor and a student may retake the course to a maximum of nine credits with change of topic.
Prerequisite: CRJC 200

CRJC 411 (3-3-0) Criminal Justice Research:
This course teaches students the various methods of conducting quantitative and qualitative research. The emphasis is on research design, research instrument construction, data analysis, and reporting of results.
Prerequisite: CRJC 200 And CRJC 201 And
CRJC 215 And CRJC 220
CRJC 420 (3-3-0) Criminological Theory:
This course exposes students to different theoretical perspectives in the study of crime and criminal justice. It acquaints students with various explanations that have been offered in an effort to understand criminal behavior and criminal justice practices within social contexts.
Prerequisite: CRJC 200 And PSYC 210 (may be taken concurrently) And SOCI 210
CRJC 429 (1-1-0) Internship Preparation
Course: This course familiarizes students with issues related to the internship experience, such as finding an internship, preparing for the internship interview, learning about criminal justice in the field, being professional, understanding issues that may occur during the internship, successfully completing assignments, and ethics in the field. This course must be successfully completed before a student can register for CRJC 430, Internship in
Criminal Justice.

CRJC 430 (3-3-0) Internship in Criminal
Justice Systems: CRJC 430 (3-6; 3-6; 3-
6)Internship in Criminal Justice System: This course provides students with the opportunity to synthesize theory and practice in a supervised work environment in a criminal justice agency, with the students┐ progress and performance on the job monitored jointly by the agency head and the course instructor.
Prerequisite: CRJC 429
CRJC 450 (3-3-0) Seminar in Criminal
Justice: This course is designed to provide criminal justice majors with a capstone experience emphasizing integration of knowledge acquired in previous courses on the institutions, policies and practices of criminal justice. Students engage in the development and production of a senior level research paper grounded in relevant criminal justice literature.
Prerequisite: CRJC 200 And CRJC 201 And
CRJC 215 And CRJC 220