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A study of the elements of law enforcement agencies as subsystems of the criminal justice system, the history and philosophy of law enforcement, and the relationship between law enforcement and the community.

A study of the fundamentals of investigation including crime scene search, collection and preservation of physical evidence, interview and interrogation techniques, use of scientific aids and modus operandi.

An examination of the field of justice with emphases on decision-making, ethical thinking, codes of ethics and use of discretion throughout the justice system.

An examination of definitions of delinquent behavior, theories of delinquency and the adjudication process for juveniles. May be used to satisfy general distribution requirements if not used in the criminology major.

Analysis of ideologies, assumptions, and performance of crime control policies. This course addresses the creation, real world implementation, as well as the various costs and benefits of current American crime control policy. This will be accomplished by examining the roots of formalized, rational social control through the criminal justice system, exploring contemporary issues, determining policy involvement of primary criminal justice system actors, while discussing their effectiveness and efficiency, and finally exploring special issues and topics that are at the heart of American crime control.

An introduction to the quantitative and qualitative methodologies of the social sciences, including overviews of philosophy of science and research ethics, research design issues such as sampling and measurement, and methods of data collection (i.e., survey, experimental and evaluation research). Additionally, students will gain experience in reviewing scholarly literature, designing a research project in criminal justice/criminology, and writing for an academic audience utilizing the APA format. Through those goals, students will become both consumers and producers of research.

This course serves as an introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics and the computer analysis of criminology and criminal justice data. Course content includes basic procedures of hypothesis testing, correlation and regression analysis and the analysis of continuous and binary dependent variables. Emphasis is placed on the examination of research problems and issues in the field of criminology and criminal justice. This is primarily a lecture course, with some in-class and out of class lab work.

A comparative study of the United States criminal justice system with those of other countries. Countries will vary. This course may be repeated for credit when countries change.

A comparative study of the United States criminal justice system with those of other countries through personal observation of agencies of the countries visited and personal interaction with agency personnel. Countries visited will vary. This course may be repeated for credit when countries change.

This course will examine the many forms of human trafficking and child exploitation, the plight of victims, and domestic and global approaches for control of human trafficking and child exploitation.

Special course offered each year during the summer session. Course descriptions are published annually in a separate bulletin.