Criminology, Law, and Justice (CLJ) 1

CLJ 442. Comparative Criminal Justice Institutions. 3 or 4 hours.

Criminology, Law, and Comparative study of law, jurisprudence, enforcement, and punishment in
Western and non-Western societies, including civil law, common law, and
Justice (CLJ) Islamic systems. Course Information: 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate
hours. Prerequisite(s): Two 200-level CLJ courses; junior standing; or
consent of the instructor.
Courses
CLJ 450. Surveillance and Society. 3 or 4 hours.
CLJ 402. Trial Interaction. 3 or 4 hours. Theoretical and empirical overview of the conceptualization, application
Language use, culture, and law in the trial process. Analysis of and interpretation of surveillance in society, examined through the lens
qualitative methods applied to legal processes and change. Course of various social topics. Course Information: 3 undergraduate hours.
Information: Same as LING 402. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): Two 200-level CLJ courses; junior
hours. Prerequisite(s): CLJ 261 and CLJ 350; or consent of the instructor. standing or above; or consent of the instructor.
CLJ 405. The Problem of Justice. 3 or 4 hours. CLJ 491. Topics in Rule Breaking. 3 or 4 hours.
Pre-modern, modern and non-western views of justice and their practical Content of course varies, addressing forms of deviance and illegality.
utility in analyzing legislative, executive, and judicial programs for Course Information: 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be
enhancing or restricting justice. Course Information: Same as POLS 405. repeated up to 1 time(s). Students may register in more than one section
3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): CLJ 101, plus per term. Prerequisite(s): Two 200-level CLJ courses, Junior standing or
two 200-level courses in CLJ or two 200-level courses in POLS. above, or consent of the instructor.
CLJ 422. Victimization. 3 or 4 hours. CLJ 492. Topics in Rule Application. 3 or 4 hours.
Survey of criminal victimization theory and research. Examination of Content of course varies, addressing major issues. Course Information: 3
causes, consequences, and prevention of violent crime and of victims' undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated up to 1 time(s).
experiences in the criminal justice system. Course Information: 3 Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s):
undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): Two 200-level Two 200-level CLJ courses, junior standing, or consent of the instructor.
CLJ courses; junior standing or above; or consent of the instructor.
CLJ 493. Topics in Critical Criminology. 3 or 4 hours.
CLJ 423. Violence. 3 or 4 hours. Content of course varies, addressing major issues in critical criminology.
Survey of violence theory and research. Examination of types, causes Course Information: 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be
and consequences of violence historically and in the present. Exploration repeated up to 1 time. Students may register for more than one section
of acts of resistance to violence. Course Information: Same as ANTH per term. Prerequisite(s): Two 200-level CLJ courses; junior standing or
424. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): Two 200- above; or consent of the instructor.
level CLJ courses; junior standing or above; or consent of the instructor.
CLJ 500. Law and Society. 4 hours.
CLJ 424. Gender, Crime, and Justice. 3 or 4 hours. Emergence and growth of rule-governed social order; social organization
An in-depth examination of the etiology of female crime and the of legal actors; functional aspects of law including social control, dispute
involvement of females in the criminal justice system as offenders, resolution; rule-interpretation; and the promotion of social and economic
victims, and workers/professionals. Course Information: Same as GWS enterprises.
424. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): Two 200-
level CLJ courses; junior standing or above; or consent of the instructor. CLJ 520. Criminological Theory. 4 hours.
Critical examination of the major traditions in criminological theories;
CLJ 425. Violence Prevention. 3 hours. emphasis on critical, positivist, interpretivist, and postmodern.
Examination of contemporary approaches to violence prevention at the
individual, family, community, and organizational levels, as well as within CLJ 539. Seminar in Rule Breaking. 4 hours.
the larger society. Course Information: Prerequisite(s): Two 200-level CLJ Study of a specific area of rule-breaking such as larceny, criminal
courses; junior standing or above; or consent of the instructor. violence, corporate crime, political crime, public order criminality or
occupational crime. Content varies. Course Information: May be repeated
CLJ 430. Homicide. 3 or 4 hours. to a maximum of 8 hours. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor.
Overview of forms and patterns of homicide in the US. Theories of
homicide. Situational dynamics, types of offender motivation, investigative CLJ 540. Criminal Justice: Process and Institutions. 4 hours.
techniques (including profiling), impact on families and society, and Critical examination of the criminal justice system. The dynamics and
intervention strategies. Course Information: 3 undergraduate hours. processes of contemporary police, judicial, and correctional institutions
4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): Two 200-level CLJ courses; junior are evaluated in the context of key historical developments and relevant
standing or above; or consent of the instructor. research.

CLJ 435. White Collar Crime. 3 or 4 hours. CLJ 541. The Dynamics and Behavior in Criminal Justice Agencies.
Examination of how white-collar crime is defined, investigated, defended, 4 hours.
and adjudicated. Comparison of ’suite’ and ’street’ crime from a socio- Leading theories of organizational behavior used to interpret
legal perspective. Course Information: 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate organizational patterns, functions, and constraints in rule-applying
hours. Prerequisite(s): Two 200-level CLJ courses; junior standing or institutions; emphasis on the application of these theories to the problems
above; or consent of the instructor. of planned change.
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CLJ 542. Decarceration in Theory and Practice. 4 hours. CLJ 570. Advanced Methods in Criminology, Law, and Justice. 4
The growing political will to end mass incarceration has led to policy hours.
commitments to decarcerate, yet there is no policy or advocacy Methodological problems in criminology, law, and justice measurement
roadmap for doing so. This course examines the theory and process including the identification problem in estimating deterrance and
of decarceration through local case studies. Course Information: Same the limitations of survival analysis in estimating recidivism. Course
as ART 540. Field trips required at a nominal fee. No previous art Information: Prerequisite(s): CLJ 560 and CRJ 561 or the equivalent.
experience is necessary for this class. CLJ 580. Forensic Science: Survey and Foundations. 2 hours.
CLJ 546. Violence and Victimization. 4 hours. Survey course for forensic sciences with emphasis on criminalistics;
The field of victimology and victimization theories are introduced including unique characteristics, underlying philosophies; nature, analytical
characteristics of victims, crime and post-crime victimization effects, and methods, significance of results with chemical, biological, trace, pattern
victim criminal justice system experiences. evidence. Course Information: Same as BPS 580. Prerequisite(s):
Approval of the department.
CLJ 547. Race, Class, and Gender Dimensions of Crime and Justice.
4 hours. CLJ 589. Special Topics in Forensic Science. 3 hours.
Theories addressing the intersections of race, class, gender, crime and Content may vary but will revolve around the philosophic, moral, and
justice. Students examine criminological theories, social construction managerial problems associated with criminalistics practice. Topics may
of race, class, and gender, legal decision-making, and implications for include evidence collection, analysis, reporting, and testimony to non-
justice in our society. Course Information: Same as GWS 547. criminalistics fields. Course Information: Same as BPS 589. May be
repeated if topics vary. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor.
CLJ 548. Legal Discourse and Culture in Law and Society. 4 hours.
Discourse, power, and culture in legal settings and analysis of power and CLJ 592. Internship in Criminology, Law, and Justice. 2-4 hours.
resistance in the construction of law as a social fact. Course Information: Placement in a criminal justice agency or setting under the supervision of
Prerequisite(s): CLJ 500. a faculty member with an accepted research project and paper. Course
Information: May be repeated to a maximum of 4 hours. Students may
CLJ 555. Corrections: Institutions and Field Operations. 4 hours.
register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Consent of
Examines institutions and field services in public and private sectors.
the instructor.
Addresses historical and empirical approaches to the analysis of
policy and correctional effectiveness; the neo-classical challenge CLJ 594. Selected Issues in Criminology, Law, and Justice. 4 hours.
to rehabilitation, and corrections case law. Course Information: Current issues and advanced problem areas related to deviance, crime,
Prerequisite(s): CLJ 540. etiology, labeling, criminal careers, organized crime and victimology.
Course Information: May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours.
CLJ 560. Quantitative Methods and Design. 4 hours.
Students may register in more than one section per term.
Fundamentals of scientific inquiry, logic of causal inference, and
quantitative methods. Development of perspective and identification CLJ 596. Independent Study or Research. 2-8 hours.
of weaknesses in research design. Development of skills in proposal Research undertaken for this course may not duplicate that being
development and data collection unique to criminology, law, and justice. done for CLJ 598. Supervised projects, which may consist of extensive
Course Information: Prerequisite(s): CLJ 262 or consent of the instructor. readings in criminology, law, and justice, research on special problems
not included in the regular course offering. Course Information: May
CLJ 561. Qualitative Methods and Design. 4 hours.
be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term.
Theories and techniques of qualitative research methods, particularly
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor and approval of the director of
fieldwork and indepth interviews. Criminology, law, and justice problems
graduate studies.
amenable to these techniques and methods and interrelationship
between the researcher role and substantive findings. Course CLJ 597. Project Research. 0-8 hours.
Information: Prerequisite(s): CLJ 262 or consent of the instructor. Independent research project under the supervision of a faculty member.
Course Information: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be
CLJ 562. Statistical Applications in Criminology, Law, and Justice I.
repeated to a maximum of 8 hours. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing
4 hours.
in the M.A. in Criminology, Law, and Justice program and consent of the
Basic descriptive and inferential statistics, their applications in data
instructor.
analysis, and assumptions underlying use of these procedures
in criminology, law, and justice research. Course Information: CLJ 598. Thesis Research. 0-16 hours.
Prerequisite(s): CLJ 262 or the equivalent. For students doing thesis research or writing. Course Information:
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated to a maximum
CLJ 563. Evaluation Research in Criminology, Law, and Justice. 4
of 8 hours. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the student's adviser; and
hours.
acceptance of the thesis topic and preliminary thesis outline by the thesis
Experimental, quasi-experimental, and non-experimental approaches
committee.
to evaluation research; indicators of effectiveness. Applications to
crime prevention, police, courts, and correctional programs. Politics of CLJ 599. Dissertation Research. 0-16 hours.
researcher-agency interactions. Course Information: Prerequisite(s): One Research on the topic of the doctoral dissertation. Course Information:
graduate level course in research methods and consent of the instructor. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated to a maximum
of 20 hours. Prerequisite(s): Consent of faculty advisor and director of
CLJ 564. Statistical Applications in Criminology, Law, and Justice II.
graduate studies.
4 hours.
Introduction to multivariate statistics with emphasis on multiple regression
in criminology, law, and justice research, analysis and interpretation
of regression output, coding of variables and path analysis. Course
Information: Prerequisite(s): CLJ 562.