A. This course provides students with a human right framework and cross-cultural understanding of violence against women, and efforts across societies to translate international knowledge into local justice for gender-based violence and female victims. Credit will not be awarded to students who have credit for CRJ 802.

A. Formerly COR 808. Prerequisites: undergraduate research methods and undergraduate statistics or departmental approval. This course examines techniques for analyzing data in corrections and juvenile justice. Emphasis is placed on analysis and interpretation of data using univariate, bivariate, and multivariate techniques.

A. Formerly JPL 809. Qualitative/quantitative concepts and procedures to manage, understand, and effectively consume program evaluation and statistically based-research. Reading, understanding, accurately interpreting evaluation-based research journals and governmentally produced research emphasized.

A. Formerly JPL 812. This course examines leadership within the justice field, focusing on three competencies essential for effective, just leadership: political, ethical, and emotional intelligence. Understanding minset/tactics associated with administrators that do/don't lead with these competencies. Credit will not be awarded to students who have credit for JPL 812.

A. Formerly JPL 818. This course examines strategies/issues relevant to the collection and analysis of quantitative and qualitative date for criminal justice research. Special attention will be paid to the methodology most relevant to agency administration. Credit will not be awarded to students who have credit for JPL 818.

A. Formerly JPL 820. Examines trends/issues central to understanding contemporary juvenile corrections/crime; correctional trends; historical development; use/effectiveness of various interventions (prevention, pre/post adjudicatory responses to juvenile offenders).

A. Formerly JPL 823. This is a variable topic seminar meant to provide in-depth, critical analyses of contemporary issues in adult corrections or juvenile justice, or police policy. The course may be retaken to a maximum of six hours on different topics.

A. Formerly JPL 825. Examines structure/functions of inmate exchange networks. Discussion on markets for illicit goods, services; interpersonal, collective, sexual violence; staff complicity in illegal activities. Explore social/institutional factors impacting inmate exchange networks.

A. Formerly JPL 826. Examination of adult and juvenile systems of punishment, traditional and non-traditional, of various nations. Explore critical issues/trends from several perspectives to develop deeper understanding of prison and alternatives in the US and world.

A. Formerly JPL 827. Interrelatedness of social construction of issues in corrections, prisons, crime in popular/media culture with empirical realities of these issues. Examination of social and symbolic construction through analysis of film, literature, popular culture, academic literature.

A. Formerly JPL 828. Explores prevalence, diagnosis, best practices for treatment of mental illness/substance abuse disorders; pressing issues facing the criminal justice system in the correctional population.

A. Formerly JPL 830. Situates issues facing correctional organizations in historical, political, economic, cultural contexts. Emphasizes applying theory and critical thinking to address problems/issues/trends facing leaders in corrections and juvenile justice.

A. Formerly JPL 835. An examination of theoretical bases and contemporary approaches to justice organizations, administration and leadership. Emphasis placed in the social, cultural, and political setting of justice administration and management. Credit will not be awarded to students who have credit for JPL 835

A. Formerly JPL 839. Prerequisite: departmental approval and graduate GPA of at least 3.0. Students work in an agency in corrections, juvenile justice, policing, or related area. Accompanying classroom and coursework components are designed to promote integration of work and academic experiences. A minimum of 80 hours work is required for each hour of academic credit. Credit will not be awarded to students who have credit for JPL 839.

A. Formerly COR 839. Prerequisite: departmental approval and graduate GPA of at least 3.0. Students work in an agency in corrections, juvenile justice, policing, or related area. Accompanying classroom and coursework components are designed to promote integration of work and academic experiences. A minimum of 80 hours work is required for each hour of academic credit. Credit will not be awarded to students who have credit for COR 839.

A. Formerly COR 839. Prerequisite: departmental approval and graduate GPA of at least 3.0. Students work in an agency in corrections, juvenile justice, policing, or related area. Accompanying classroom and coursework components are designed to promote integration of work and academic experiences. A minimum of 80 hours work is required for each hour of academic credit. Credit will not be awarded to students who have credit for COR 839.

A. Formerly COR 839. Prerequisite: departmental approval and graduate GPA of at least 3.0. Students work in an agency in corrections, juvenile justice, policing, or related area. Accompanying classroom and coursework components are designed to promote integration of work and academic experiences. A minimum of 80 hours work is required for each hour of academic credit. Credit will not be awarded to students who have credit for COR 839.

A. Formerly COR 839. Prerequisite: departmental approval and graduate GPA of at least 3.0. Students work in an agency in corrections, juvenile justice, policing, or related area. Accompanying classroom and coursework components are designed to promote integration of work and academic experiences. A minimum of 80 hours work is required for each hour of academic credit. Credit will not be awarded to students who have credit for COR 839

A. Formerly COR 839. Prerequisite: departmental approval and graduate GPA of at least 3.0. Students work in an agency in corrections, juvenile justice, policing, or related area. Accompanying classroom and coursework components are designed to promote integration of work and academic experiences. A minimum of 80 hours work is required for each hour of academic credit. Credit will not be awarded to students who have credit for COR 839.

A. Formerly COR 839. Prerequisite: departmental approval and graduate GPA of at least 3.0. Students work in an agency in corrections, juvenile justice, policing, or related area. Accompanying classroom and coursework components are designed to promote integration of work and academic experiences. A minimum of 80 hours work is required for each hour of academic credit. Credit will not be awarded to students who have credit for COR 839.

A. Formerly JPL 850. This course provides critical analyses of research and theories guiding effective rehabilitation programs in corrections and juvenile justice. It examines how various factors contribute to criminal behavior and how assessment procedures can improve programs.

A. Formerly JPL 856. Analyzes ethical and legal issues confronting leaders in adult and juvenile correctional agencies. Evaluates statutory law, case decisions, administrative promulgations from constitutional and socio-legal standpoints.

A. Formerly JPL 857. Analyzes interaction between local communities/institutional/community corrections. Explores how community shapes offenders entering the correctional system; how the correctional system impacts local communities. Emphasis on subcultural theories of crime and communities; implications of re-integrating offenders.

A. Formerly CRJ 860. Analysis of theories/metaphors of organizations and management, including modernist, neo-modernist and post-modernist with respect to political, technological, environmental, historical contexts, with implications for organization design, structure, culture, leadership, strategy.

A. Formerly CRJ 862. Examines why racial injustices exist in criminal justice and policing, using historical and contemporary studies of connections between race, poverty, and the criminal justice system/policing.

A. Examination of comparative and international policing focusing on the structure and processes of systems in other nations, their relative successes, failures, and effects on the world environment.

A. Prerequisite: Complete core courses; final semester registration. Formerly JPL 878. Culminating academic experience involving research of well-defined appropriate topical methods of inquiry, integrating knowledge gained throughout program. Credit will not be awarded to students who have credit for JPL 878.

A. An orientation to our field of study as well as an examination of the criminal justice and crime control apparatus. Includes a review of the assumptions, theories, research, and normative orientations that underlie and drive criminal justice thinking and practice.

A. An examination of the historical development of the criminal justice system.

A. This course provides students with a human rights framework and cross-cultural understanding of violence against women, and efforts across societies to translate international knowledge into local justice for gender-based violence and female victims.

A. (Formerly CPL 809) Qualitative/quantitative concepts and procedures to manage, understand, and effectively consume program evaluation and statistically based-research. Reading, understanding, accurately interpreting evaluation-based research journals and governmentally produced research emphasized.

A. (Formerly JPL & CPL 810) Examines the major theoretical perspectives in modern criminology and criminal justice, including classical statements and contemporary developments. Provides an exploration of theoretical arguments, underlying assumptions, philosophy of science commitments, and the sociohistorical context in which the theories were developed. Credit will not be awarded for students who have credit for JPL 810, CPL 810 or CRJ 870.

A. (Formerly CPL 812) This course examines leadership within the justice field, focusing on three competencies essential for effective, just leadership: political, ethical, and emotional intelligence. Understanding mindset/tactics associated with administrators that do/don't lead with these competencies. Credit will not be awarded to students who have credit for CPL 812.

A. An analysis of the strategies and programs utilizedin modern police work. Previous research studies and contemporary methods for assessing the effectiveness of police practices are examined.

A. Theoretical, historical and comparative perspectives on policing. Critical analysis of the function of police in modern society.

A. Examines ¿global security threats¿ (e.g. terrorism, transnational crime, ethnic cleansing) and the State and private sector¿s role in their construction and control. Late-modern social, political, and cultural movements are used to make theoretical sense of these phenomena.

A. (Formerly CPL 818) This course examines the philosophical foundations, design, processes, and strategies/issues relevant to collection and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data for criminological and criminal justice research. Credit will not be awarded to students who have credit for CPL 818 or CRJ 888.

A. (Formerly CPL 820) Examines trends/issues central to understanding contemporary juvenile corrections/crime; correctional trends; historical development; use/effectiveness of various interventions (prevention, pre/post adjudicatory responses to juvenile offenders).

A. Course will examine issues of justice related to race, gender, class and intersections inherent between multiple identities. Significant attention to marginalized populations/ disparate outcomes within particular institutions.

A. Formerly CPL 823. This is a variable topic seminar meant to provide in-depth, critical analyses of contemporary issues in adult corrections or juvenile justice, or police policy. The course may be retaken to a maximum of six hours on different topics.

A. (Formerly CPL 828) Explores prevalence, diagnosis, best practices for treatment of mental illness/substance abuse disorders; pressing issues facing the criminal justice system in the correctional population.

A. This course presents a critical analysis of juvenile justice operations with particular emphasis placed on history and the role and effectiveness of police, court, and correctional responses to juvenile offenders.

A. (Formerly CPL 830) Situates issues facing correctional organizations in historical, political, economic, cultural contexts. Emphasizes applying theory and critical thinking to address problems/issues/trends facing leaders in corrections and juvenile justice.

A. Critically examines the global problem of human trafficking and international legal frameworks, including obligations for prevention, protection, prosecution and partnership as it relates to addressing human trafficking.

A. (Formerly CPL 835) An examination of theoretical bases and contemporary approaches to justice organizations, administration and leadership. Emphasis placed in the social, cultural, and political setting of justice administration and management.

Work under faculty and field supervisors in placements related to academic studies designed to provide a research component.

A. Formerly CPL 840. This course analyzes current and emerging trends/issues in adult community and institutional corrections. The future of corrections is examined based on current and projected trends.

A. Studies human rights movements, international law, and issues such as war on terrorism. Applies a paradigm of global human-rights justice to identify problem exemplars, exemplary problems solutions, and failing as well as failed paradigms.

A. Advanced study of criminal law and procedure with emphasis upon judicial supervision of law enforcement and review of convictions.

A. Corequisite and or Prerequisite: CRJ 843 and departmental approval. The externship is designed to teach students the fundamental components of effective criminal investigation. Students will have the opportunity to apply investigation skills and knowledge offered in the classroom to cases which may contain previously overlooked exculpatory evidence.

I. Beginning with the enlightenment and classical philosophers, students will examine historical and current trends in punishment and social control theory and practice. Addresses social control and punishment in late-modernity. Credit will not be awarded to students who have credit for CRJ 840 Punishment and Society.

A. Legal research methodology; examination of employment problems including labor-management relations and discrimination; administrative agencies; civil liability, including vicarious liability and related issues.

A. (Formerly CPL 850) This course provides critical analyses of research and theories guiding effective rehabilitation programs in corrections and juvenile justice. It examines how various factors contribute to criminal behavior and how assessment procedures can improve programs.

A. Formerly CPL 856. Analyzes ethical and legal issues confronting leaders in adult and juvenile correctional agencies. Evaluates statutory law, case decisions, administrative promulgations from constitutional and socio-legal standpoints.

A. (Formerly CPL 860) Analysis of theories/metaphors of organizations and management, including modernist, neo-modernist and post-modernist with respect to political, technological, environmental, historical contexts, with implications for organization design, structure, culture, leadership, strategy.

A. (Formerly CPL 862) Examines why racial injustices exist in criminal justice and policing, using historical and contemporary studies of connections between race, poverty, and the criminal justice system/policing.

A. Formerly CPL 864. Examination of comparative and international policing focusing on the structure and processes of systems in other nations, their relative successes, failures, and effects on the world environment.

A study of laws relevant to the juvenile justice system with a major focus on further development of laws in terms of current needs and social situations of juvenile offenders.

A. Examines the major theoretical perspectives in modern criminology and criminal justice, including classical statements and contemporary developments. Provides an exploration of theoretical arguments, underlying assumptions, philosophy of science commitments, and the sociohistorical context in which the theories were developed.

A. Examines the relationship between social inequality, crime, criminals and victims. Addresses the use of power in the construction of crime and the creation of law, as well as differential treatment by gender, race, ethnicity and class.

A. Examines crime and synthesizes the body of theory and research examining community level effects on crime/crime control.

A. Examines the social construction of crime including consideration of the process by which crime problems are generated.

A. Examines the interrelatedness of consumption, production, crime and popular culture. Examination of the social and symbolic construction of crime will be included through analysis of film, literature, music, and academic literature.

A. Provides an overview of factors shaping crime policy. The concept of crime, the use of law to promote social control policies, policy responses related to crime control and the efficacy of those policies will be examined. Addresses conceptualizations of the modern state and the use of state power.

A. This course explores empirical research, theories, and concepts related to crime committed within organizational contexts. Particular attention is paid to forms of syndicated crime, corporate crime, governmental corruption, and state crime.

A. An introduction to the ideas of postmodernism as applied to criminal justice. In contrast to the scientific model of inquiry most often used in criminal justice, the use of postmodernism brings to the field of criminal justice new models characterized by relationships, the importance of symbols, and assumptions that underlieour understanding of the concept of justice.

A. A historical, analytic overview of America's response to vice. Particular topics will be chosen from the major vices in American society: prostitution, gambling, drugs and alcohol, as they relate to this country's relationship between morality and the criminal law.

A. A survey of qualitative research strategies and their epistemological presuppositions.

A. May be retaken to a maximum of twelve hours on different topics.

A. Individual investigations in criminal justice. Under the supervision of a faculty advisor. Student must have the independent study proposal form approved by faculty supervisor and the criminal justice graduate program coordinator in the College of Justice and Safety prior to enrollment. May be retaken up to a maximum of nine hours.

A. This course orients students toward the production of a proposal suitable for a thesis.

A. Entails an oral presentation and defense of thesis.