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CJ 101 Introduction to Criminal Justice Philosophy, history, objectives, and
functions of the criminal justice system as a social
institution. The relationship of this system to society; and
a general overview of the administration of justice.
****Formerly numbered as CJA201. |
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102 Introduction to Policing A study of police
behavior in urban and rural areas with an emphasis on the
police response to community change, attitudes, special
interest groups, and minority relations. ****Formerly
numbered as CJA215. |
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103 Introduction to Law and Justice Study of basic
issues of law as a means of social control, including
broader issues of social justice such as poverty, racism,
sexism, and alienation. Provides foundation for examining
relevant critical issues in American society. *****Formerly
numbered as CJA101 |
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CJ 104 Introduction to Corrections History, theory,
practices, and research in adult, community, and
institutional corrections. ****Formerly numbered as CJA281. |
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CJ 301 Administration of Justice: The administration of
criminal justice from arrest to sentencing. Federal and
state rules of criminal procedure and laws of evidence as
they apply to and affect constitutional due process.
Prerequisite: Upper-division criminal justice standing and
CJ 101. |
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CJ 315 Theories of Crime: Explores the
biological, psychological, and sociological theories of
crime and criminality. Explores the policy options for the
criminal justice system and society. Prerequisite:
Upper-division criminal justice standing. |
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CJ 317 Juvenile Justice :Study of the philosophy
and function of the juvenile court, court procedures and
law, theories of causation, and intervention strategies for
juveniles. Includes an evaluation and analysis of law,
institutions, policies, and practices of the court since
inception. Prerequisite: Upper-division criminal justice
standing. |
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CJ 321 Criminal Law: Elements and application of federal and
state criminal statutes. The effect of differential
enforcement on the tolerance limits of society.
Prerequisite: Upper-division criminal justice standing and
CJ 101. |
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CJ 331 Corrections in the Community: Development,
organization, operation, and results of post-conviction
release programs. Traditional court- and
institutional-supervised probation and parole, work release,
halfway houses, diversion, furlough concept, and various
community/social agency rehabilitative programs of both
traditional and innovative nature. Prerequisite: CJ 101 or
SOC 101. |
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CJ 340 Interviewing and Counseling in Criminal
Justice: Theory and skills involved in effective
communication, interviewing, and counseling for criminal
justice personnel. Basic communication skills and process of
problem solving with criminal justice clients emphasized.
Prerequisite: Upper-division criminal justice standing. |
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CJ 350 Methods of Legal Research :An introduction to
methods of legal research with emphasis on the utilization
of law library resources, private and government
organizations as courses of legal information, and on the
formulation of briefs, memoranda, and other documents
appropriate to legal practice. Prerequisite: Upper-division
criminal justice standing. |
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CJ 362 (SOC 362) Contemporary Correctional Theory and Practice: The historical development, processes, and methods
of operating the adult correctional system. Detailed study
of the philosophy and development of treatment strategies in
local, state, and federal correctional institutions. This
course may be taken for CJ or SOC credit, but not both.
Prerequisite: Upper-division criminal justice standing. |
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CJ 363 Criminal Justice Management: An overview of
organizational theory and administrative behavior in
criminal justice agencies. Effects of leadership,
technology, information systems, decision-making, court
cases, personnel policies, budgeting, and planning on the
justice system are analyzed. Prerequisite:
Upper-division criminal justice standing. |
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CJ 375 Law of Criminal Evidence: Presentation of the laws
and rules of evidence, burden of proof, exclusionary rule,
presumption, opinion evidence, and leading court cases
involving the presentation and acceptability of evidence.
Witness examination procedures and related legal problems
are presented. Prerequisite: CJ 101. |
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CJ 376 Law of Arrest, Search and Seizure: A highly
concentrated study of the legalities and decision-making
processes associated with arrest, search, and seizure in
accordance with statutes, case law and Supreme Court
decisions as they relate to constitutional protections.
Prerequisite: CJ 102. |
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CJ 425 Research Methods: Quantitative and qualitative
research methodologies. Prerequisite: Upper division
standing |
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CJ 426 Statistics: An introduction to basic
research methods in criminal justice. Exploration of the
philosophy of science, research designs and their
implementation, and elementary statistical techniques.
Emphasis is placed on guiding students in interpreting
criminal justice statistics and research. Prerequisite:
Upper-division criminal justice standing and CJ 425. |
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CJ 451 Comparative Criminal Justice Administration: An
analysis and comparison of law enforcement systems at the
federal, state, and local levels and international systems.
Prerequisite: Upper-division criminal justice standing and
CJ 301. |
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CJ 461 Contemporary Issues in American Policing: Study and
discussion of the major contemporary issues facing the
modern police organization. Covers enforcement concerns involving drugs, street gangs, and
increased use of firearms. Prerequisite: Upper-division
criminal justice standing. |
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CJ 491 Field Work I: Student placement in selected criminal
justice agencies with assigned duties of regular personnel.
Relevant research project required. Weekly seminar meetings
with instructor to review research and agency progress.
Required of all BA/BS students without one year of full-
time criminal justice experience. Prerequisite:
Upper-division criminal justice standing. |
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CJ 492 Field Work II:Student placement in selected criminal
justice agencies with assigned duties of regular personnel.
Relevant research project required. Weekly seminar meetings
with instructor to review research and agency progress. Prerequisite:
Upper-division criminal justice standing.
Prerequisite/Corequisite: CJ 491. |
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CJ 493 Internship: Internship credits are earned in
supervised field work specifically related to a students
major. To enroll in courses numbered 293 or 493, a student
must have attained a cumulative grade-point average of 2.00
or higher. No more than 12 internship credits may be used to
meet degree requirements or university graduation
requirements. |
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CJ 494 Workshop :Conferences and workshops are short
courses conducted by qualified faculty or another expert in
a particular field. |
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CJ 497 Special Topics :Special- topics courses address
special or unusual material not covered by the regular
course offerings. Special Topics courses may be offered no
more than three times; after that, the course must be
approved by the University Curriculum Committee before it
can be offered again. Credits earned in courses numbered
197, 297, 397, or 497 count toward the total credits
required for graduation. |
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CJ 498 Senior Seminar in Contemporary Criminal Justice
Problems: Exploration of current and anticipated critical
issues and problems in the criminal justice system.
Prerequisite: Senior criminal justice standing. |
