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The 2023-2024 requirements are not yet finalized and are subject to change so long as this notice is in place. While the information presented is generally reliable, you should confirm the information later this summer when requirements are finalized.Department of Criminal Justice
Certificate in Criminal Justice
Students on Summer 2021, Fall 2021, or Spring 2022 requirements CJUSACRT
Students who complete departmental requirements for a major in criminal justice and earn either a B.S. or B.F.A. degree in the College of Arts and Sciences or a bachelor's degree from another Indiana University Bloomington school are eligible for the certificate.
Requirements
The certificate requires at least 30 credit hours, including the requirements listed below.
- Introductory course. One (1) course:
- CJUS-P 100 Introduction to Criminal Justice
CJUS-P 100 Introduction to Criminal Justice
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Historical and philosophical background, structure, functions, and operation of the criminal justice system in the United States. Introduction to and principles of formal behavior control devices.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
- Theories of Crime and Deviance. One (1) course:
- CJUS-P 200 Theories of Crime and Deviance
CJUS-P 200 Theories of Crime and Deviance
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Critical examination of biological, psychological, and sociological theories of crime and deviance. Examination of individual, group, and societal reactions to norm-violating behaviors.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
- The Nature of Inquiry. One (1) course:
- CJUS-P 290 The Nature of Inquiry
CJUS-P 290 The Nature of Inquiry
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to research methodology, nature of scientific inquiry, research design, basic research methods, and presentation of research findings.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
- Law and Social Science. One (1) course:
- CJUS-P 314 Law and Social Science
CJUS-P 314 Law and Social Science
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Structure and operation of law, legal systems, and legal processes across both civil and criminal justice; the potential role of social science in aiding in understanding that law's creation and implementation, and the potential need for change.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CJUS-P 202 or CJUS-P 314.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
- Statistics. One (1) course:
- CJUS-K 300 Techniques of Data Analysis
- ANTH-A 306 Anthropological Statistics
- ECON-E 370 Statistical Analysis for Business and Economics
- ECON-E 371 Introduction to Applied Econometrics
- ECON-S 370 Statistical Analysis for Business and Economics: Honors
- ECON-S 371 Introduction to Applied Econometrics: Honors
- MATH-M 365 Introduction to Probability and Statistics
- POLS-Y 395 Quantitative Political Analysis
- PSY-K 300 Statistical Techniques
- PSY-K 310 Statistical Techniques
- SOC-S 371 Statistics in Sociology
- STAT-K 310 Statistical Techniques
- STAT-S 300 Introduction to Applied Statistical Methods
- STAT-S 301 Applied Statistical Methods for Business
- STAT-S 303 Applied Statistical Methods for the Life Sciences
CJUS-K 300 Techniques of Data Analysis
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: To be successful in this course, students should have an understanding of basic algebra.
- Description
- CJUS-K 300 covers the properties of single variables, the measurement of association between pairs of variables, and statistical inference. Additional topics, such as the analyses of qualitative and aggregated data, address specific criminal justice concerns.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-A 306, CJUS-K 300, ECON-E 370, ECON-S 370, MATH-K 300, MATH-K 310, POLS-Y 395, PSY-K 300, PSY-K 310, SOC-S 371, SPEA-K 300, SPH-Q 381, STAT-K 310, STAT-S 300, STAT-S 301, or STAT-S 303.
- Fall 2023CASE NMcourseSummer 2023CASE NMcourse
ANTH-A 306 Anthropological Statistics
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Fundamentals of univariate and bivariate statistics, construction and interpretation of graphs, and computer-assisted data analysis. Both statistical methodology and theory will be emphasized as well as computer literacy. Students will examine the primary literature in all branches of anthropology to familiarize themselves with the role of statistics in anthropological research.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-A 306, CJUS-K 300, ECON-E 370, ECON-S 370, MATH-K 300, MATH-K 310, POLS-Y 395, PSY-K 300, PSY-K 310, SOC-S 371, SPEA-K 300, SPH-Q 381, STAT-K 310, STAT-S 300, STAT-S 301, or STAT-S 303.
- Fall 2023CASE NMcourseSummer 2023CASE NMcourse
ECON-E 370 Statistical Analysis for Business and Economics
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- MATH-M 118, MATH-S 118, or MATH-V 118
- Notes
- R: ECON-E 252 or ECON-B 252 and MATH-M 119
- Description
- Lectures emphasize the use of basic probability concepts and statistical theory in the estimation and testing of single parameter and multivariate relationships. In computer labs, using Microsoft Excel, each student calculates descriptive statistics, probabilities, and least squares regression coefficients in situations based on current business and economic events.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-A 306, CJUS-K 300, ECON-E 370, ECON-S 370, MATH-K 300, MATH-K 310, POLS-Y 395, PSY-K 300, PSY-K 310, SOC-S 371, SPEA-K 300, SPH-Q 381, STAT-K 310, STAT-S 300, STAT-S 301, or STAT-S 303.
- Fall 2023CASE NMcourseSummer 2023CASE NMcourse
ECON-E 371 Introduction to Applied Econometrics
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- ECON-E 251 or ECON-B 251; and ECON-E 370 or ECON-S 370; and MATH-J 113, MATH-M 119, MATH-V 119, MATH-M 211, or MATH-S 211
- Description
- An introduction to the theory and application of least-squares regression in empirical economics. Review of bivariate and multivariate regression models, hypothesis testing, and confidence intervals. Special topics include model specification, multicollinearity, heteroscedasticity, dummy variables, interactions, and various sources of estimation bias. Students will learn to work with both cross-sectional and time-series datasets, and analyze the data using an econometrics software package.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ECON-E 371 or ECON-S 371.
ECON-S 370 Statistical Analysis for Business and Economics: Honors
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- MATH-M 118, MATH-S 118, or MATH-V 118; and Hutton Honors student
- Notes
- R: MATH-M 119 and ECON-E 252 or ECON-B 252
- Description
- Honors course. Designed for students of superior ability. Covers same core material as ECON-E 370.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-A 306, CJUS-K 300, ECON-E 370, ECON-S 370, MATH-K 300, MATH-K 310, POLS-Y 395, PSY-K 300, PSY-K 310, SOC-S 371, SPEA-K 300, SPH-Q 381, STAT-K 310, STAT-S 300, STAT-S 301, or STAT-S 303.
- Fall 2023CASE NMcourseSummer 2023CASE NMcourse
ECON-S 371 Introduction to Applied Econometrics: Honors
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- ECON-E 251 or ECON-B 251; and ECON-E 370 or ECON-S 370; and MATH-J 113, MATH-M 119, MATH-V 119, MATH-M 211, or MATH-S 211; and Hutton Honors Student
- Description
- Designed for students of superior ability. Covers same core material as ECON-E 371 and substitutes for ECON-E 371 as a prerequisite for other courses.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ECON-S 371 or ECON-E 371.
MATH-M 365 Introduction to Probability and Statistics
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- MATH-M 212, MATH-M 213, or MATH-S 212
- Description
- Elementary concepts of probability and statistics. Combinatorics, conditional probability, independence, random variables, discrete and continuous distributions, moments. Statistical inference, point estimation, confidence intervals, test of hypotheses. Applications to social, behavioral, and natural sciences.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of MATH-M 360 or MATH-M 365.
- Fall 2023CASE NMcourseSummer 2023CASE NMcourse
POLS-Y 395 Quantitative Political Analysis
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to methods and statistics used in political inquiry, including measures of central tendency and dispersion, probability, sampling, statistical inference and hypothesis testing, measures of association, analysis of variance, and regression.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-A 306, CJUS-K 300, ECON-E 370, ECON-S 370, MATH-K 300, MATH-K 310, POLS-Y 395, PSY-K 300, PSY-K 310, SOC-S 371, SPEA-K 300, SPH-Q 381, STAT-K 310, STAT-S 300, STAT-S 301, or STAT-S 303.
- Fall 2023CASE NMcourseSummer 2023CASE NMcourse
PSY-K 300 Statistical Techniques
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- One of MATH-M 106, MATH-M 118, MATH-M 119, MATH-M 211, MATH-M 212, MATH-S 211, MATH-S 212, MATH-V 118, or, MATH-V 119
- Description
- Introduction to statistics; nature of statistical data; ordering and manipulation of data; measures of central tendency and dispersion; elementary probability. Concepts of statistical inference and decision: estimation and hypothesis testing. Special topics include regression and correlation, analysis of variance, non-parametric methods.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-A 306, CJUS-K 300, ECON-E 370, ECON-S 370, MATH-K 300, MATH-K 310, POLS-Y 395, PSY-K 300, PSY-K 310, SOC-S 371, SPEA-K 300, SPH-Q 381, STAT-K 310, STAT-S 300, STAT-S 301, or STAT-S 303.
- Fall 2023CASE NMcourseSummer 2023CASE NMcourse
PSY-K 310 Statistical Techniques
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- One of MATH-M 106, MATH-M 118, MATH-M 119, MATH-M 211, MATH-M 212, MATH-S 211, MATH-S 212, MATH-V 118, or, MATH-V 119
- Description
- Introduction to probability and statistics; elementary probability theory, conditional probability, independence, random variables, discrete and continuous probability distributions, measures of central tendency and dispersion. Covers concepts of statistical inference and decision; estimation and hypothesis testing; Bayesian inference; and statistical decision theory. Special topics include regression and correlation, time series, analysis of variance, non-parametric methods.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-A 306, CJUS-K 300, ECON-E 370, ECON-S 370, MATH-K 300, MATH-K 310, POLS-Y 395, PSY-K 300, PSY-K 310, SOC-S 371, SPEA-K 300, SPH-Q 381, STAT-K 310, STAT-S 300, STAT-S 301, or STAT-S 303.
- Fall 2023CASE NMcourseSummer 2023CASE NMcourse
SOC-S 371 Statistics in Sociology
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduces the logic of statistical inference. Students will learn how to use sample data to reach conclusions about a population of interest by calculating confidence intervals and significance tests. Estimating the effects of multiple independent variables using cross-tabulations and/or regression.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-A 306, CJUS-K 300, ECON-E 370, ECON-S 370, MATH-K 300, MATH-K 310, POLS-Y 395, PSY-K 300, PSY-K 310, SOC-S 371, SPEA-K 300, SPH-Q 381, STAT-K 310, STAT-S 300, STAT-S 301, or STAT-S 303.
- Fall 2023CASE NMcourseSummer 2023CASE NMcourse
STAT-K 310 Statistical Techniques
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- MATH-M 119 or equivalent
- Description
- Introduction to probability and statistics. Elementary probability theory, conditional probability, independence, random variables, discrete and continuous probability distributions, measures of central tendency and dispersion. Concepts of statistical inference and decision: estimation, hypothesis testing, Bayesian inference, statistical decision theory. Special topics discussed may include regression and correlation, time series, analysis of variance, nonparametric methods.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-A 306, CJUS-K 300, ECON-E 370, ECON-S 370, MATH-K 300, MATH-K 310, POLS-Y 395, PSY-K 300, PSY-K 310, SOC-S 371, SPEA-K 300, SPH-Q 381, STAT-K 310, STAT-S 300, STAT-S 301, or STAT-S 303.
- Fall 2023CASE NMcourseSummer 2023CASE NMcourse
STAT-S 300 Introduction to Applied Statistical Methods
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: Mastery of high school algebra; or MATH-M 014. Lecture and laboratory
- Description
- Introduction to methods for analyzing quantitative data. Graphical and numerical descriptions of data, probability models of data, inference about populations from random samples. Regression and analysis of variance.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-A 306, CJUS-K 300, ECON-E 370, ECON-S 370, MATH-K 300, MATH-K 310, POLS-Y 395, PSY-K 300, PSY-K 310, SOC-S 371, SPEA-K 300, SPH-Q 381, STAT-K 310, STAT-S 300, STAT-S 301, or STAT-S 303.
- Fall 2023CASE NMcourseSummer 2023CASE NMcourse
STAT-S 301 Applied Statistical Methods for Business
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- Math-M 118 or equivalent
- Description
- Introduction to methods for analyzing data arising in business, designed to prepare business students for the Kelley School\'s Integrative Core. Graphical and numerical descriptions of data, probability models, fundamental principles of estimation and hypothesis testing, applications to linear regression and quality control. Microsoft Excel used to perform analyses.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-A 306, CJUS-K 300, ECON-E 370, ECON-S 370, MATH-K 300, MATH-K 310, POLS-Y 395, PSY-K 300, PSY-K 310, SOC-S 371, SPEA-K 300, SPH-Q 381, STAT-K 310, STAT-S 300, STAT-S 301, or STAT-S 303.
- Fall 2023CASE NMcourseSummer 2023CASE NMcourse
STAT-S 303 Applied Statistical Methods for the Life Sciences
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: Mastery of high school algebra; or MATH-M 014
- Description
- Introduction to methods for analyzing data arising in the life sciences, designed for biology, human biology, and pre-medical students. Graphical and numerical descriptions of data, probability models, fundamental principles of estimation and hypothesis testing, inferences about means, correlation, linear regression.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-A 306, CJUS-K 300, ECON-E 370, ECON-S 370, MATH-K 300, MATH-K 310, POLS-Y 395, PSY-K 300, PSY-K 310, SOC-S 371, SPEA-K 300, SPH-Q 381, STAT-K 310, STAT-S 300, STAT-S 301, or STAT-S 303.
- Fall 2023CASE NMcourseSummer 2023CASE NMcourse
- Criminal Justice Electives. Three (3) courses:
- CJUS-P 245 Social Justice and the Justice System
- CJUS-P 300 Topics in Criminal Justice
- CJUS-P 301 Police in Contemporary Society
- CJUS-P 302 Courts and Criminal Justice
- CJUS-P 303 Corrections and Criminal Justice
- CJUS-P 304 Probation and Parole
- CJUS-P 305 Deviant Images/Deviant Acts
- CJUS-P 306 Drugs, Society, and Justice
- CJUS-P 307 Policing Democracies
- CJUS-P 308 Gender and Crime
- CJUS-P 309 Preventing Antisocial Behavior
- CJUS-P 311 Private Security
- CJUS-P 312 Child Maltreatment and the Law
- CJUS-P 316 Crime in the Movies
- CJUS-P 318 Gender, Crime, and Justice: A Global Perspective
- CJUS-P 320 Foundations of Criminal Investigation
- CJUS-P 330 Criminal Justice Ethics
- CJUS-P 340 Law and Society: The Cross-Cultural Perspective
- CJUS-P 360 Psychology and the Law
- CJUS-P 362 Sex Offenders
- CJUS-P 370 Criminal Law
- CJUS-P 371 Criminal Procedure
- CJUS-P 375 American Juvenile Justice System
- CJUS-P 380 Dispute Management
- CJUS-P 381 History of Social Control in the United States
- CJUS-P 399 Reading for Honors
- CJUS-P 400 Extreme Punishment
- CJUS-P 401 Environmental Justice
- CJUS-P 402 Criminal Careers
- CJUS-P 403 Developmental Criminology
- CJUS-P 406 Unequal Justice
- CJUS-P 407 Terrorism
- CJUS-P 408 Mass Imprisonment
- CJUS-P 409 Capstone Course in Criminal Justice
- CJUS-P 411 Criminal Justice Management
- CJUS-P 412 Sex, Drugs, AIDS, and Criminal Law
- CJUS-P 413 Police-Community Relations
- CJUS-P 414 Adolescents and the Law
- CJUS-P 415 Crime and Madness
- CJUS-P 416 Capital Punishment
- CJUS-P 417 Urban Crime Patterns
- CJUS-P 418 Street Crime
- CJUS-P 419 Race, Class, and Crime
- CJUS-P 420 Violence in the Black Community
- CJUS-P 421 Crime Prevention: Environmental Techniques
- CJUS-P 423 Sexuality and the Law
- CJUS-P 425 Women and the Criminal Justice System
- CJUS-P 426 Juvenile Delinquency
- CJUS-P 427 Girls, Violence, and Antisocial Behavior
- CJUS-P 428 Police Misconduct
- CJUS-P 429 Crime Mapping
- CJUS-P 430 Law and the Legal System
- CJUS-P 431 Social Structure and Violence
- CJUS-P 432 Defending the Accused
- CJUS-P 433 Law of War
- CJUS-P 439 Seminar in Corrections
- CJUS-P 440 Privacy, Law and Security
- CJUS-P 444 Victimization
- CJUS-P 450 Pleas, Trials, and Sentences
- CJUS-P 457 Seminar on White-Collar Crime
- CJUS-P 458 Wrongful Conviction
- CJUS-P 460 Public Control of Deviant Behavior
- CJUS-P 461 Lethality: Homicide and Self-Destruction
- CJUS-P 462 Child Abuse and Neglect
- CJUS-P 474 Law, Crime, and Justice in Post-Soviet Russia
- CJUS-P 482 The Family and Formal Control Systems in America
- CJUS-P 493 Seminar in Criminal Justice
- CJUS-P 499 Senior Honors Thesis
- CJUS-X 371 Teaching Internship
- CJUS-X 395 International Experience in Criminal Justice
- CJUS-X 477 Field Experience in Criminal Justice
- CJUS-X 490 Individual Readings and Projects
- CJUS-X 498 Research in Criminal Justice
CJUS-P 245 Social Justice and the Justice System
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Overview of issues related to diversity and how it impacts and relates to the criminal justice system. Provides a criminological perspective on multiculturalism, social inequality, and discrimination in the criminal justice system. Covers class, race, ethnicity, sex, gender, with an emphasis on the analysis of social justice.
- Fall 2023CASE DUScourseSummer 2023CASE DUScourse
CJUS-P 300 Topics in Criminal Justice
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Extensive analysis of selected topics and themes in criminal justice. Topics vary each semester; see listing in the online Schedule of Classes.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
CJUS-P 301 Police in Contemporary Society
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examination of the rules and responsibilities of the police, history of police organizations, relations between police and society, and determinants of police action.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 302 Courts and Criminal Justice
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Structure, organization, composition, functions, and procedures of courts in the United States. Role of lawyers and judges in the criminal justice process.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 303 Corrections and Criminal Justice
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Historical and comparative survey of prison confinement and the various alternatives within the scope of the criminal justice system's policies and methods of implementation.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 304 Probation and Parole
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study of probation, parole, and community corrections as subsystems of criminal justice, including the police, courts, and prisons. Theoretical and historical developments will be considered along with current management and research issues.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 305 Deviant Images/Deviant Acts
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines cross-cultural theories of deviance and crime. From witchcraft to social construction, study of theories of deviance in different historical and cultural contexts, this course focuses on ways in which theories explain nonconformity and justify social control.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 306 Drugs, Society, and Justice
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Analysis of the political, economic, social, and cultural factors that shape the use of consciousness-altering substances. Consideration of the way these factors influence the social and legal response to drug use.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 307 Policing Democracies
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Policing an open society is a challenge that demands protecting as well as safeguarding individual liberty. Examines the issues of democratic policing by focusing on the U.S., India, and other democracies where plural, diverse and multi-religious populations present an extraordinary challenge of governance by democratic means.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 308 Gender and Crime
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Course examines diverse perspectives which inform our understanding of how gender impacts crime, particularly sex crimes and domestic violence. Attention is given to social/cultural changes needed to reduce the incidence of these crimes. Students conduct independent research on selected topics pertinent to gender differences in crime perpetration and victimization.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 309 Preventing Antisocial Behavior
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examination of the vast array of prevention models and approaches in existence and exploration of new directions in antisocial behavior/crime prevention. The emphasis is on the implementation, evaluation, and critique of prevention strategies.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CJUS-P 309 or CJUS-P 405.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 311 Private Security
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines individuals, not-for-profit agencies, and corporations that supplement the efforts of the traditional criminal justice system. Private components of each major segment of the criminal justice system are explored. The course specifically highlights private policing, alternative dispute resolution, private prisons, and private juvenile centers.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 312 Child Maltreatment and the Law
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Exploration of how the legal system defines what constitutes the major forms of child maltreatment deemed worthy of state intervention. Examination of the nature of families assumed problematic and how the state directly intervenes. The legal challenges faced by prevention efforts.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 316 Crime in the Movies
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- This course is designed to examine the way that crime and criminals have been portrayed throughout the last 80 years in popular movies. Crime has always been a favorite source of material for Hollywood, and we will be exploring the way that the depiction of criminal activity reflects the social mores of a particular era. Thus, this course draws from a variety of disciplines as we critique the films and analyze the messages they convey about crime and criminals in society.
- Fall 2023CASE AHcourseSummer 2023CASE AHcourse
CJUS-P 318 Gender, Crime, and Justice: A Global Perspective
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines global perspectives on such topics as rape, domestic violence, gendercide, hate crimes, prostitution, human trafficking and incarceration. Discussion also includes theories of gender, media, social justice and current events.
- Fall 2023CASE GCCcourseSummer 2023CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 320 Foundations of Criminal Investigation
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The pertinence to criminal investigation of physical evidence, people, and documents. Discussion of ethical problems, impact of legal systems on investigative process, and elements of effective testimony. Lectures and case materials.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 330 Criminal Justice Ethics
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study of major ethical theories with emphasis on their application to components of the criminal justice system. Personal and professional dilemmas and problem-solving strategies are emphasized.
CJUS-P 340 Law and Society: The Cross-Cultural Perspective
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Roles of legal institutions and processes in social and cultural systems. Cross-cultural examination of the foundations and contexts of legal forms and content and their relation to social, economic, and political systems and institutions. Analysis of legal impact, legal change, and legal development.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 360 Psychology and the Law
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to the use and misuse of psychology throughout the criminal justice system and its processes. The course also examines the psychological development of offenders, the psychological impact of crime on victims, and the role of psychology in enacting effective criminal justice policies.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 362 Sex Offenders
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines a wide range of topics related to sex offenders, such as theories of deviance, sex crimes, sex addictions, pedophilia, adolescent offenders, rape and sexual assault, incest, legal responses, predator laws, risk assessment, and treatment. Content of interest to future investigators, prosecutors, police officers, and probation and treatment specialists.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 370 Criminal Law
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Definition of common crimes in the United States and factors involving the application of criminal law as a formal social control mechanism. Behavior-modifying factors that influence criminal liability and problems created when new offenses are defined.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 371 Criminal Procedure
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Fundamental legal problems of criminal justice system processes. Emphasis on pretrial and trial phases of American system procedures.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 375 American Juvenile Justice System
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Structure and operation of the juvenile justice system in the United States, past and present. Analysis of the duties and responsibilities of the juvenile police officer, the juvenile court judge, and the juvenile probation officer.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 380 Dispute Management
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- This course examines the processes through which individuals and groups publicly manage and settle their conflicts. Concentration on the processes of negotiation, mediation, and adjudication. Types of social and cultural situations in which these processes are used and developed to settle disputes. Processes that are most effective in settling particular types of disputes.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 381 History of Social Control in the United States
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Historical survey of ways in which Americans have tried to introduce social stability and curtail disorder within a democratic context. Includes changing definitions of deviance; development of institutions, such as prisons, mental hospitals, schools, and juvenile courts; moral reform movements; and the emergence of the corporate state.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 399 Reading for Honors
- Credits
- 1–6 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Consent of department
- Description
- None
- Repeatability
- May be repeated once for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
CJUS-P 400 Extreme Punishment
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the legal, empirical and normative issues raised by extreme forms of punishment. Challenges students to rethink their instinctive reactions against certain extreme forms of punishment, some of which may initially seem repulsive.
- Fall 2023CASE AHcourseSummer 2023CASE AHcourse
CJUS-P 401 Environmental Justice
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Interdisciplinary course on comparative justice focuses on critical issues in a range of continents, communities, and cultures. Examines the changing dynamics of law, crime, ecology, and social activism at local, regional, and global levels.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 402 Criminal Careers
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Law-abiding citizens have careers that can be intermittent or careers that last a lifetime. Criminal behavior (or "criminal careers") follows a similar pattern. This course identifies and examines why individuals have distinct criminal careers and the policy implications of the criminal-career approach.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 403 Developmental Criminology
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examination of the development of antisocial behavior and offending, the bio-psychosocial risk and protective factors at different ages, and the effects of life events on the course of development.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 406 Unequal Justice
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Focuses on controversial issues related to the intersection of race and criminal justice practice. Readings and class discussions examine racial disparities in criminal sentencing, racial profiling, high rates of incarceration among African American men and women, and acts of police violence against racial minorities.
- Fall 2023CASE DUScourseSummer 2023CASE DUScourse
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 407 Terrorism
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Terrorism is a serious challenge today and its policing demands varied responses. In this course we study how terrorists evolve and carry out their operations. The course will analyze police responses and debate the issues of legal boundaries and systems of checks and balances using case studies.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 408 Mass Imprisonment
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- From 1970 to 2010, the United States quintupled its prison population. This course investigates the factors (cultural, legal, political, and economic) that led to the incarceration boom and provides students with the empirical and normative tools to evaluate its causes and consequences.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 409 Capstone Course in Criminal Justice
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- Senior standing; or consent of department
- Description
- Designed to help students synthesize prior coursework and to promote an active and practical engagement with a range of criminal justice issues.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 411 Criminal Justice Management
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examination of the ideas and concepts from various disciplines contributing to modern administrative theory, and translation of these insights to the management of criminal justice agencies.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 412 Sex, Drugs, AIDS, and Criminal Law
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An ethnographic and legal analysis of the AIDS epidemic and its implications for criminal justice. Consideration of the institutional, scientific, and symbolic dimensions of the epidemic and of ethnographic research regarding illegal behaviors, and the transmission of HIV.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 413 Police-Community Relations
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examination of the relations between police and urban communities. Consideration of the social, economic, and political factors that shape these relations and alternative approaches to improving police-community relations.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 414 Adolescents and the Law
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examination of the place of adolescents in American law and policy. Consideration of adolescents' rights, limits to these rights, and their relationship to socio-cultural images of adolescents.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 415 Crime and Madness
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The study of the chronic mentally ill and of career criminals. Examination of the groups so labeled, the responses of the criminal justice and mental health systems to them, and their movement back and forth between the streets, prisons, and psychiatric centers.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 416 Capital Punishment
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Consideration of issues raised by the use of the death penalty in the United States. Emphasis on critical thinking and open dialogue.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 417 Urban Crime Patterns
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Perspectives from sociology and urban geography are used to analyze urban crime. Emphasis on urban spatial structure and its impact on crime rates, crime patterns, criminal behavior, and social ecology.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 418 Street Crime
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examination of a variety of street crimes. Consideration of acts so labeled, their incidence, participants, context, and manner of commission.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 419 Race, Class, and Crime
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examination of the contemporary realities associated with race and crime. Consideration of the social, political, and economic factors that shape the life chances of American minorities; theories of minority crime causation; minorities in the criminal justice system; definitional problems associated with concepts of race and crime.
- Fall 2023CASE DUScourseSummer 2023CASE DUScourse
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 420 Violence in the Black Community
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Analysis of the causes and consequences of interpersonal violence among African Americans. Analysis of various social factors (e.g., racial discrimination, female-headed families, drug abuse, conceptions of masculinity) that contribute to this problem.
- Fall 2023CASE DUScourseSummer 2023CASE DUScourse
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 421 Crime Prevention: Environmental Techniques
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Analysis of criminal behavior and victimization from the perspective of environmental criminology. Examination of situational techniques that may be applied for their prevention.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 423 Sexuality and the Law
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Interdisciplinary analysis of topics pertaining to sexuality and the law. Examination of legal and cultural debates regarding sexual images and acts, the criminalization of motherhood, the international prostitution industry, and mass rape.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 425 Women and the Criminal Justice System
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the extent of participation and the role of women in all aspects of the criminal justice system. Topics include women as offenders, victims, prisoners, parolees, probationers, and as professionals (law enforcement officers, lawyers, judges, and correction and parole officers) in the legal system. Readings are interdisciplinary and include an intersectional approach in recognition that the term "women" encompasses individuals from diverse race, ethnic, class, and sexual orientations. Professionals from criminal justice agencies may participate in class discussions.
- Fall 2023CASE DUScourseSummer 2023CASE DUScourse
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 426 Juvenile Delinquency
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Focuses on the critical analysis of the impact of significant individual, social, and institutional influences on delinquency including the family, delinquent peer groups, schools, and the community to respond to the question, "What causes juveniles to break the law?"
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 427 Girls, Violence, and Antisocial Behavior
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Investigates the causes and consequences of girls' involvement in antisocial behavior, in particular violent offenses, and potential intervention and treatment.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 428 Police Misconduct
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the cause and consequences of three types of police behavior (the decision to arrest, use of force, and police deviance) drawing from empirical literature from criminology, criminal justice, sociology, public administration, and psychology.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 429 Crime Mapping
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The application of crime mapping to problems ranging from terrorism trafficking, illicit drug activity, and everyday crimes. Students develop skills in GIS analysis, analyzing crime patterns in terms of related social, economic, political demographic, and physical features under the rubric of Environmental Criminology and Geographical Profiling.
CJUS-P 430 Law and the Legal System
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Readings from fiction, history, sociology, and anthropology that illuminate English Common Law and its American adaptations. Supreme Court process, judicial review and judicial restraint, and the role of the judiciary in creating as well as reflecting social change. May address contemporary controversies before the courts.
CJUS-P 431 Social Structure and Violence
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines patterns and causes of variation in violence rates. Discussion of what is unique about the scientific study and measurement of violence. Demographic, temporal, and spatial patterns of violence and discussion of several potential causes of these patterns.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 432 Defending the Accused
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Defense attorneys are polarizing figures: seen as protecting individuals' rights and the innocent from the power of the state, or viewed as lacking moral scruples while knowingly representing the guilty. This class examines the basis of those conceptions and how they relate to the right to counsel.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 433 Law of War
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Provides an understanding of the laws of war and how they are foundational to society. Engages in the study of international humanitarian law, formal justice systems, the U.S. military, and international organizations to highlight the relationship between law, social context, and the morality that underpins restrictions and accountability in war.
CJUS-P 439 Seminar in Corrections
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Seminar on selected topics in corrections, correctional theory, or pertinent current issues.
CJUS-P 440 Privacy, Law and Security
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Exploration of the legal underpinnings of the concept of privacy and their role in ensuring individual and civic security.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 444 Victimization
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The extent and nature of victimization (generally and for specific population subgroups), the effects of crime on victims and the services available to deal with those effects, the experiences of victims in the criminal justice system, the victims' rights movement, and alternative ways of defining and responding to victimization.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 450 Pleas, Trials, and Sentences
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines nature and roles of jury trials and pleas in the disposition of criminal cases, with attention to issues of jury decision making, the role of case pressure in plea bargaining, outcomes for defendants and society, and alternatives to plea-dominated systems. Historical and comparative dimensions are considered.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 457 Seminar on White-Collar Crime
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The nature and incidence of white-collar crime. In addition to studying the etiological theories relating to white-collar crime, the course will also focus on both the criminal and civil (regulatory) processes used to control corporate, organizational, and elite misconduct.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 458 Wrongful Conviction
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Investigates the factors associated with wrongful convictions and discusses possible remedies for minimizing such miscarriages of justice. The goal of this course is to systematically describe, explain, analyze and evaluate the factors associated with, and the consequences of, the wrongful prosecution, conviction, and incarceration of the innocent in the American criminal justice system. Includes a review of actual allegations of innocence by inmates currently in our prisons, and case studies of wrongly convicted individuals who have been exonerated.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 460 Public Control of Deviant Behavior
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Description and etiology of selected deviant behavior patterns of a criminal or quasi-criminal nature.
CJUS-P 461 Lethality: Homicide and Self-Destruction
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An interdisciplinary approach to the study of suicide and homicide, drawing on the contributions of criminology, psychology, anthropology, and sociology. Empirical literature relating to theories of homicide and self-destruction.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 462 Child Abuse and Neglect
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Cultural, societal, and personal components that lead to child abuse. Approaches to treatment and prevention.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 474 Law, Crime, and Justice in Post-Soviet Russia
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Interdisciplinary course examines how the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government are being influenced by the forces of transition. Analysis of Russian crime, including corruption, patterns of interpersonal violence, human trafficking, and drug use. Last section focuses on the Russian criminal justice system, including juvenile justice, policing, and prisons.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 482 The Family and Formal Control Systems in America
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Interdisciplinary examination of family factors in the causation, prevention, and correction of norm-violating behavior (juvenile delinquency, intrafamilial violence, etc.). Relationships between American family structures and social control systems.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 493 Seminar in Criminal Justice
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Intensive study and analysis of selected problems in criminal justice. Topics will vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
CJUS-P 499 Senior Honors Thesis
- Credits
- 3–6 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Consent of department
- Description
- Honors thesis to be written under direction of a faculty member. Oral examination over thesis conducted by three faculty members.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated once for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
CJUS-X 371 Teaching Internship
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Minimum overall GPA of 3.300, consent of instructor, and consent of director of undergraduate studies
- Description
- Supervised experience in assisting in an undergraduate course. Discussion of good teaching practices. Students will complete a project related to the aims of the course in which they are assisting. Students and instructor will complete a form agreeing on responsibilities at the beginning of the relevant semester.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 3 credit hours in CJUS-X 371 and CJUS-P 497.
- Grading
- S/F grading.
CJUS-X 395 International Experience in Criminal Justice
- Credits
- 1–4 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Consent of department
- Description
- International experience in criminal justice, usually taken in combination with another criminal justice course. Topics vary from semester to semester.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 15 credit hours.
CJUS-X 477 Field Experience in Criminal Justice
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- Consent of instructor, including approval of project
- Description
- Field experience with directed readings and writing.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours in CJUS-X 477 and CJUS-P 481.
CJUS-X 490 Individual Readings and Projects
- Credits
- 1–6 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Consent of instructor and director of undergraduate studies
- Description
- Individual study project under guidance of faculty member or committee. Students and instructor will complete a form agreeing on responsibilities at the beginning of the relevant semester.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours in CJUS-X 490 and CJUS-P 495.
CJUS-X 498 Research in Criminal Justice
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Consent of instructor and director of undergraduate studies
- Description
- Active participation in a research project and related activities under the direction of a faculty member. Students and instructor will complete a form agreeing on responsibilities at the beginning of the relevant semester.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours in CJUS-X 498 and CJUS-P 496.
- 400–499 Level Electives. Two (2) additional courses:
- CJUS-P 400 Extreme Punishment
- CJUS-P 401 Environmental Justice
- CJUS-P 402 Criminal Careers
- CJUS-P 403 Developmental Criminology
- CJUS-P 406 Unequal Justice
- CJUS-P 407 Terrorism
- CJUS-P 408 Mass Imprisonment
- CJUS-P 409 Capstone Course in Criminal Justice
- CJUS-P 411 Criminal Justice Management
- CJUS-P 412 Sex, Drugs, AIDS, and Criminal Law
- CJUS-P 413 Police-Community Relations
- CJUS-P 414 Adolescents and the Law
- CJUS-P 415 Crime and Madness
- CJUS-P 416 Capital Punishment
- CJUS-P 417 Urban Crime Patterns
- CJUS-P 418 Street Crime
- CJUS-P 419 Race, Class, and Crime
- CJUS-P 420 Violence in the Black Community
- CJUS-P 421 Crime Prevention: Environmental Techniques
- CJUS-P 423 Sexuality and the Law
- CJUS-P 425 Women and the Criminal Justice System
- CJUS-P 426 Juvenile Delinquency
- CJUS-P 427 Girls, Violence, and Antisocial Behavior
- CJUS-P 428 Police Misconduct
- CJUS-P 429 Crime Mapping
- CJUS-P 430 Law and the Legal System
- CJUS-P 431 Social Structure and Violence
- CJUS-P 432 Defending the Accused
- CJUS-P 433 Law of War
- CJUS-P 439 Seminar in Corrections
- CJUS-P 440 Privacy, Law and Security
- CJUS-P 444 Victimization
- CJUS-P 450 Pleas, Trials, and Sentences
- CJUS-P 457 Seminar on White-Collar Crime
- CJUS-P 458 Wrongful Conviction
- CJUS-P 460 Public Control of Deviant Behavior
- CJUS-P 461 Lethality: Homicide and Self-Destruction
- CJUS-P 462 Child Abuse and Neglect
- CJUS-P 474 Law, Crime, and Justice in Post-Soviet Russia
- CJUS-P 482 The Family and Formal Control Systems in America
- CJUS-P 493 Seminar in Criminal Justice
- CJUS-P 499 Senior Honors Thesis
- CJUS-X 477 Field Experience in Criminal Justice
- CJUS-X 490 Individual Readings and Projects
- CJUS-X 498 Research in Criminal Justice
CJUS-P 400 Extreme Punishment
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the legal, empirical and normative issues raised by extreme forms of punishment. Challenges students to rethink their instinctive reactions against certain extreme forms of punishment, some of which may initially seem repulsive.
- Fall 2023CASE AHcourseSummer 2023CASE AHcourse
CJUS-P 401 Environmental Justice
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Interdisciplinary course on comparative justice focuses on critical issues in a range of continents, communities, and cultures. Examines the changing dynamics of law, crime, ecology, and social activism at local, regional, and global levels.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 402 Criminal Careers
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Law-abiding citizens have careers that can be intermittent or careers that last a lifetime. Criminal behavior (or "criminal careers") follows a similar pattern. This course identifies and examines why individuals have distinct criminal careers and the policy implications of the criminal-career approach.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 403 Developmental Criminology
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examination of the development of antisocial behavior and offending, the bio-psychosocial risk and protective factors at different ages, and the effects of life events on the course of development.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 406 Unequal Justice
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Focuses on controversial issues related to the intersection of race and criminal justice practice. Readings and class discussions examine racial disparities in criminal sentencing, racial profiling, high rates of incarceration among African American men and women, and acts of police violence against racial minorities.
- Fall 2023CASE DUScourseSummer 2023CASE DUScourse
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 407 Terrorism
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Terrorism is a serious challenge today and its policing demands varied responses. In this course we study how terrorists evolve and carry out their operations. The course will analyze police responses and debate the issues of legal boundaries and systems of checks and balances using case studies.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 408 Mass Imprisonment
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- From 1970 to 2010, the United States quintupled its prison population. This course investigates the factors (cultural, legal, political, and economic) that led to the incarceration boom and provides students with the empirical and normative tools to evaluate its causes and consequences.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 409 Capstone Course in Criminal Justice
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- Senior standing; or consent of department
- Description
- Designed to help students synthesize prior coursework and to promote an active and practical engagement with a range of criminal justice issues.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 411 Criminal Justice Management
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examination of the ideas and concepts from various disciplines contributing to modern administrative theory, and translation of these insights to the management of criminal justice agencies.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 412 Sex, Drugs, AIDS, and Criminal Law
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An ethnographic and legal analysis of the AIDS epidemic and its implications for criminal justice. Consideration of the institutional, scientific, and symbolic dimensions of the epidemic and of ethnographic research regarding illegal behaviors, and the transmission of HIV.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 413 Police-Community Relations
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examination of the relations between police and urban communities. Consideration of the social, economic, and political factors that shape these relations and alternative approaches to improving police-community relations.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 414 Adolescents and the Law
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examination of the place of adolescents in American law and policy. Consideration of adolescents' rights, limits to these rights, and their relationship to socio-cultural images of adolescents.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 415 Crime and Madness
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The study of the chronic mentally ill and of career criminals. Examination of the groups so labeled, the responses of the criminal justice and mental health systems to them, and their movement back and forth between the streets, prisons, and psychiatric centers.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 416 Capital Punishment
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Consideration of issues raised by the use of the death penalty in the United States. Emphasis on critical thinking and open dialogue.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 417 Urban Crime Patterns
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Perspectives from sociology and urban geography are used to analyze urban crime. Emphasis on urban spatial structure and its impact on crime rates, crime patterns, criminal behavior, and social ecology.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 418 Street Crime
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examination of a variety of street crimes. Consideration of acts so labeled, their incidence, participants, context, and manner of commission.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 419 Race, Class, and Crime
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examination of the contemporary realities associated with race and crime. Consideration of the social, political, and economic factors that shape the life chances of American minorities; theories of minority crime causation; minorities in the criminal justice system; definitional problems associated with concepts of race and crime.
- Fall 2023CASE DUScourseSummer 2023CASE DUScourse
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 420 Violence in the Black Community
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Analysis of the causes and consequences of interpersonal violence among African Americans. Analysis of various social factors (e.g., racial discrimination, female-headed families, drug abuse, conceptions of masculinity) that contribute to this problem.
- Fall 2023CASE DUScourseSummer 2023CASE DUScourse
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 421 Crime Prevention: Environmental Techniques
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Analysis of criminal behavior and victimization from the perspective of environmental criminology. Examination of situational techniques that may be applied for their prevention.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 423 Sexuality and the Law
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Interdisciplinary analysis of topics pertaining to sexuality and the law. Examination of legal and cultural debates regarding sexual images and acts, the criminalization of motherhood, the international prostitution industry, and mass rape.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 425 Women and the Criminal Justice System
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the extent of participation and the role of women in all aspects of the criminal justice system. Topics include women as offenders, victims, prisoners, parolees, probationers, and as professionals (law enforcement officers, lawyers, judges, and correction and parole officers) in the legal system. Readings are interdisciplinary and include an intersectional approach in recognition that the term "women" encompasses individuals from diverse race, ethnic, class, and sexual orientations. Professionals from criminal justice agencies may participate in class discussions.
- Fall 2023CASE DUScourseSummer 2023CASE DUScourse
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 426 Juvenile Delinquency
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Focuses on the critical analysis of the impact of significant individual, social, and institutional influences on delinquency including the family, delinquent peer groups, schools, and the community to respond to the question, "What causes juveniles to break the law?"
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 427 Girls, Violence, and Antisocial Behavior
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Investigates the causes and consequences of girls' involvement in antisocial behavior, in particular violent offenses, and potential intervention and treatment.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 428 Police Misconduct
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the cause and consequences of three types of police behavior (the decision to arrest, use of force, and police deviance) drawing from empirical literature from criminology, criminal justice, sociology, public administration, and psychology.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 429 Crime Mapping
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The application of crime mapping to problems ranging from terrorism trafficking, illicit drug activity, and everyday crimes. Students develop skills in GIS analysis, analyzing crime patterns in terms of related social, economic, political demographic, and physical features under the rubric of Environmental Criminology and Geographical Profiling.
CJUS-P 430 Law and the Legal System
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Readings from fiction, history, sociology, and anthropology that illuminate English Common Law and its American adaptations. Supreme Court process, judicial review and judicial restraint, and the role of the judiciary in creating as well as reflecting social change. May address contemporary controversies before the courts.
CJUS-P 431 Social Structure and Violence
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines patterns and causes of variation in violence rates. Discussion of what is unique about the scientific study and measurement of violence. Demographic, temporal, and spatial patterns of violence and discussion of several potential causes of these patterns.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 432 Defending the Accused
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Defense attorneys are polarizing figures: seen as protecting individuals' rights and the innocent from the power of the state, or viewed as lacking moral scruples while knowingly representing the guilty. This class examines the basis of those conceptions and how they relate to the right to counsel.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 433 Law of War
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Provides an understanding of the laws of war and how they are foundational to society. Engages in the study of international humanitarian law, formal justice systems, the U.S. military, and international organizations to highlight the relationship between law, social context, and the morality that underpins restrictions and accountability in war.
CJUS-P 439 Seminar in Corrections
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Seminar on selected topics in corrections, correctional theory, or pertinent current issues.
CJUS-P 440 Privacy, Law and Security
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Exploration of the legal underpinnings of the concept of privacy and their role in ensuring individual and civic security.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 444 Victimization
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The extent and nature of victimization (generally and for specific population subgroups), the effects of crime on victims and the services available to deal with those effects, the experiences of victims in the criminal justice system, the victims' rights movement, and alternative ways of defining and responding to victimization.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 450 Pleas, Trials, and Sentences
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines nature and roles of jury trials and pleas in the disposition of criminal cases, with attention to issues of jury decision making, the role of case pressure in plea bargaining, outcomes for defendants and society, and alternatives to plea-dominated systems. Historical and comparative dimensions are considered.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 457 Seminar on White-Collar Crime
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The nature and incidence of white-collar crime. In addition to studying the etiological theories relating to white-collar crime, the course will also focus on both the criminal and civil (regulatory) processes used to control corporate, organizational, and elite misconduct.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 458 Wrongful Conviction
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Investigates the factors associated with wrongful convictions and discusses possible remedies for minimizing such miscarriages of justice. The goal of this course is to systematically describe, explain, analyze and evaluate the factors associated with, and the consequences of, the wrongful prosecution, conviction, and incarceration of the innocent in the American criminal justice system. Includes a review of actual allegations of innocence by inmates currently in our prisons, and case studies of wrongly convicted individuals who have been exonerated.
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CJUS-P 460 Public Control of Deviant Behavior
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Description and etiology of selected deviant behavior patterns of a criminal or quasi-criminal nature.
CJUS-P 461 Lethality: Homicide and Self-Destruction
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An interdisciplinary approach to the study of suicide and homicide, drawing on the contributions of criminology, psychology, anthropology, and sociology. Empirical literature relating to theories of homicide and self-destruction.
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CJUS-P 462 Child Abuse and Neglect
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Cultural, societal, and personal components that lead to child abuse. Approaches to treatment and prevention.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 474 Law, Crime, and Justice in Post-Soviet Russia
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Interdisciplinary course examines how the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government are being influenced by the forces of transition. Analysis of Russian crime, including corruption, patterns of interpersonal violence, human trafficking, and drug use. Last section focuses on the Russian criminal justice system, including juvenile justice, policing, and prisons.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 482 The Family and Formal Control Systems in America
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Interdisciplinary examination of family factors in the causation, prevention, and correction of norm-violating behavior (juvenile delinquency, intrafamilial violence, etc.). Relationships between American family structures and social control systems.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
CJUS-P 493 Seminar in Criminal Justice
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Intensive study and analysis of selected problems in criminal justice. Topics will vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
CJUS-P 499 Senior Honors Thesis
- Credits
- 3–6 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Consent of department
- Description
- Honors thesis to be written under direction of a faculty member. Oral examination over thesis conducted by three faculty members.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated once for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
CJUS-X 477 Field Experience in Criminal Justice
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- Consent of instructor, including approval of project
- Description
- Field experience with directed readings and writing.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours in CJUS-X 477 and CJUS-P 481.
CJUS-X 490 Individual Readings and Projects
- Credits
- 1–6 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Consent of instructor and director of undergraduate studies
- Description
- Individual study project under guidance of faculty member or committee. Students and instructor will complete a form agreeing on responsibilities at the beginning of the relevant semester.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours in CJUS-X 490 and CJUS-P 495.
CJUS-X 498 Research in Criminal Justice
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Consent of instructor and director of undergraduate studies
- Description
- Active participation in a research project and related activities under the direction of a faculty member. Students and instructor will complete a form agreeing on responsibilities at the beginning of the relevant semester.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours in CJUS-X 498 and CJUS-P 496.
- CJUS Residency. At least 27 credit hours must be taken within the Department of Criminal Justice.
- Certificate GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
- Certificate GPA. A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the certificate—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
- Certificate Minimum Grade. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the certificate.
- Certificate Upper Division Credit Hours. At least 9 credit hours in the certificate must be completed at the 300–499 level.
- Certificate Residency. At least 9 credit hours in the certificate must be completed in courses taken through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.
Certificate Area Courses
Unless otherwise noted below, the following courses are considered in the academic program and will count toward academic program requirements as appropriate:
- Any course at the 100-499 level with the
CJUS
subject area prefix--as well as any other subject areas that are deemed functionally equivalent - Any course contained on the course lists for the academic program requirements at the time the course is taken--as well as any other courses that are deemed functionally equivalent--except for those listed only under Addenda Requirements
- Any course directed to a non-Addenda requirement through an approved exception
Exclusions
The following courses cannot be applied toward certificate requirements:
- CJUS-P 150 Introductory Topics in Criminal Justice
- CJUS-P 210
- CJUS-P 481
CJUS-P 150 Introductory Topics in Criminal Justice
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- Credit will not count toward requirements of the major or minor
- Description
- Introduction to a specific topic related to crime and justice. Topics vary each semester: see listing in the online Schedule of Classes.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2023CASE SHcourseSummer 2023CASE SHcourse
This program of study cannot be combined with the following:
- Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice (CJUSBA)
- Minor in Criminal Justice (CJUSMIN)
- [Discontinued credential name unavailable] (CJUSTSBA)
Exceptions to and substitutions for certificate requirements may be made with the approval of the unit's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.