CJ 501 Proseminar on the Nature of Crime (4 credits)

Prerequisite:  Admission to the Criminal Justice Program or permission of department chair.  Societal, legal and cultural definitions of criminal behavior, theories of crime causation, and society's reaction to violation of law.

 CJ 510 Proseminar on Law and Social Control (4 credits)

Prerequisite:  Admission to the Criminal Justice Program or permission of department chair.  Law as a means of social control including history and philosophy of law; the interrelationship between law and other social institutions such as the economy and the polity, and the effects of law and criminal justice policies on the preservation and promotion of inequalities based on social class, race, gender, and ethnic identity.

 CJ 520 Proseminar on the Administration of Justice (4 credits)

Prerequisite:  Admission to the Criminal Justice Program or permission of department chair.  Critical analysis of the purpose and efficacy of those institutions which comprise the criminal justice system. Includes an exploration of discretion, ethics, and cultural diversity in criminal justice.  

CJ 525 Program Planning and Evaluation (3 credits)

Prerequisite:  CJ 501 or 510 or 520; admission to the Criminal Justice program and in good standing; or permission of the department chair.  Planning and evaluating programs which encourage pro-social behavior of convicted offenders with emphasis on programs in correctional institutions. Program areas include education, vocational training, substance abuse treatment, parenting, and anger management.

 CJ 530 Offender Profiles (3 credits)

Prerequisite:  CJ 501 or 510 or 520; admission to the Criminal Justice program and in good standing; or permission of the department chair.  Provides students with the background and practical knowledge to identify different types of mental illness and personality styles most often encountered among offenders including sociopathy, poor impulse control, addictive personality, and poor management of anger and aggression.

 CJ 533 Research Methods in Criminal Justice (3 credits)

Prerequisite:  Admission to the Criminal Justice Program or permission of department chair.  Examines methods of scientific inquiry as used in criminal justice.  Topics include experimental and non-experimental design, survey research, evaluation research, scaling, sampling and coding.

 CJ 534 Quantitative Analysis in Criminal Justice Research (3 credits)

Prerequisite:  CJ 533 and admission to the Criminal Justice Program and in good standing; or permission of department chair.  Analysis of quantitative criminal justice data using computing applications. 

 CJ 535 Correctional Counseling (3 credits)

Prerequisite:  CJ 501 or 510 or 520; admission to the Criminal Justice program and in good standing; or permission of the department chair.  Overview of techniques of counseling as applied to the criminal/juvenile offender. Treatment issues focus on relapse prevention, group treatment, cognitive distortions, and negative imagery. Also included are typologies and evaluation of risk levels.

 CJ 539 Delinquency and Control (3 credits)

Prerequisite:  CJ 501 or 510 or 520; admission to the Criminal Justice program and in good standing; or permission of the department chair.  Study of juvenile delinquency from theoretical, conceptual, and legal perspectives.  Attention given to nature and extent of delinquency and suspected causes of youthful misbehavior.  Policy issues, control initiatives, and relevant research are critically analyzed.

 CJ 540 Assessing and Developing Performance in Criminal Justice Organizations (3 credits)

Prerequisite: Prerequisite:  CJ 501 or 510 or 520; admission to the Criminal Justice program and in good standing; or permission of the department chair.  Analysis of methods and strategies for managing human resources in criminal justice organizations.  Topics include recruitment and selection, job analysis and classification, performance appraisal, training and development, employee unions, and workplace trends in criminal justice agencies.

 CJ 560 Sexual Offending (3 credits)

Prerequisite: CJ 501 or 510 or 520; admission to the Criminal Justice program and in good standing; or permission of the department chair.  Explores theories of sex offending, subtypes of sex offenders, assessment practices with sex offenders, models of sex offender treatment, and criminal justice strategies to reduce recidivism. 

CJ 570 Leadership and Supervision of Criminal Justice Organizations (3 credits)

Prerequisite: CJ 501 or 510 or 520; admission to the Criminal Justice program and in good standing; or permission of the department chair.  Analysis of contemporary principles, strategies, and methods essential to effective management of criminal justice organizations. Topics include budgeting, organizing, decision making, communication, and personnel management to include application to paramilitary organizations. 

CJ 575 Organizational Development and Evaluation of Criminal Justice Organizations
(3 credits)

Prerequisite: CJ 501 or 510 or 520; admission to the Criminal Justice program and in good standing; or permission of the department chair.  Development, implementation, and assessment of planned change in Criminal Justice organizations and system affiliates. Emphasis on the action research model including: assessment of organizational needs, determination of goals, program design, implementation, and evaluation within the context of both paramilitary and non-paramilitary structures. 

CJ 580 Public Policy in the Criminal Justice System (3 credits)

Prerequisite: CJ 501 or 510 or 520; admission to the Criminal Justice program and in good standing; or permission of the department chair.  Survey of the major theoretical and empirical studies of public policy as they relate to criminal justice agencies, including policy analysis models, typologies of policy outcomes, agenda setting, and policy formulation, implementation and impact.

CJ 597 Agency Collaborative Project (3 credits)

Prerequisite: CJ 533, completion of 21 hours of approved graduate study and admission to the Criminal Justice Program and in good standing; or permission of faculty advisor.  Preparation of a research project within a criminal justice agency under the supervision of an agency and faculty advisor. The research project may be initiated by the agency or the student, and may involve such activities as program development, program evaluation, and instrument validation. Major research paper required upon completion of the agency project. 

CJ 599 Thesis (3 credits)

Prerequisite: CJ 533, completion of 21 hours of approved graduate study; or permission of thesis advisor.  Preparation of thesis under the supervision of a thesis advisor. 

CRM 450 Drugs and Society (3 credits)

Prerequisite: Admission to the Criminal Justice program and in good standing; or permission of the department chair.  Selected social issues relating to illegal drug use including international and national drug trafficking, money laundering, drug enforcement, drug-related crime, prevention strategies, and legalization. 

CRM 475 Controlling Anger and Aggression (3 credits)