| CLJ | 402 | Trial Interaction | 3 OR 4 hours. | Language use, culture, and law in the trial process. Analysis of qualitative methods applied to legal processes and change. Same as LING 402. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): CLJ 261 and CLJ 350; or consent of the instructor. |
| CLJ | 404 | Roman Law and the Civil Tradition | 3 OR 4 hours. | Roman law and its relationship to values and social structure; social analysis through law; continental law tradition. Same as CL 404, and HIST 404. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): CLJ 200 or CL 203 or HIST 203 or consent of the instructor. |
| CLJ | 405 | The Problem of Justice | 3 OR 4 hours. | Premodern and modern views of justice and their practical utility in analyzing legislative, executive, and judicial programs for enhancing or restricting justice. Same as POLS 405. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): CLJ 101, plus two 200-level courses in criminology, law, and justice or two 200-level courses in political science. |
| CLJ | 421 | Youth, Crime, Law and Justice in Society | 3 OR 4 hours. | Theories of juvenile delinquency and rule-breaking; juvenile rights; organization and administration of the juvenile justice system in the U.S. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): CLJ 210 and CLJ 220. |
| CLJ | 422 | Victimization | 3 OR 4 hours. | Survey of criminal victimization theory and research. Examination of causes, consequences, and prevention of violent crime and of victims' experiences in the criminal justice system. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): CLJ 101 and two 200-level criminology, law, and justice courses. |
| CLJ | 423 | Violence | 3 OR 4 hours. | Explores how men and women have experienced violence historically and in modern times. Students examine how violence is perpetrated through words, pictures, physical harm, and silences. Same as ANTH 424. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): CLJ 101 and CLJ 200. |
| CLJ | 424 | Gender, Crime, and Justice | 3 OR 4 hours. | An in-depth examination of the etiology of female crime and the involvement of females in the criminal justice system as offenders, victims, and workers/professionals. Same as GWS 424. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): CLJ 101 and CLJ 220; or consent of the instructor. |
| CLJ | 435 | Organized and White Collar Crime in the United States | 3 OR 4 hours. | Analysis and evaluation of organized crime, including its public perception; sociological, political, and economic impacts as well as past and present enforcement strategies. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): Two 200-level criminology, law, and justice courses. |
| CLJ | 442 | Comparative Criminal Justice Institutions | 3 OR 4 hours. | Comparative study of law, jurisprudence, enforcement, and punishment in Western and non-Western societies, including civil law, common law, and Islamic systems. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): Two 200-level criminology, law, and justice courses. |
| CLJ | 456 | Community Corrections | 3 OR 4 hours. | History, processes, and functions of programs organized for sanctioning offenders in community settings, such as probation, parole, halfway houses, restitution, community service, home confinement. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): CLJ 350 or CLJ 355; plus one 200-level criminology, law, and justice course. |
| CLJ | 480 | Application of Science to the Law | 4 hours. | Issues affecting the development, accessibility and admissibility of forensic science services by the criminal justice system; problems which may compromise the quality, fairness and effectiveness of scientific inquiries. Same as BPS 480. Prerequisite(s): CLJ 210 and CLJ 260; or graduate standing. |
| CLJ | 491 | Topics in Rule Breaking | 3 OR 4 hours. | Content of course varies, addressing major issues. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated up to 1 time(s). Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Six 200- or 300-level criminology, law, and justice courses. |
| CLJ | 492 | Topics in Rule Application | 3 OR 4 hours. | Content of course varies, addressing major issues. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated up to 1 time(s). Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Six 200- or 300- level criminology, law, and justice courses. |
| CLJ | 500 | Law and Society | 4 hours. | Emergence and growth of rule-governed social order; social organization of legal actors; functional aspects of law including social control, dispute resolution; rule-interpretation; and the promotion of social and economic enterprises. |
| CLJ | 520 | Criminological Theory | 4 hours. | Critical examination of the major traditions in criminological theories; emphasis on critical, positivist, interpretivist, and postmodern. |
| CLJ | 539 | Seminar in Rule Breaking | 4 hours. | Study of a specific area of rule-breaking such as larceny, criminal violence, corporate crime, political crime, public order criminality or occupational crime. Content varies. May be repeated to a maximum of 8 hours. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| CLJ | 540 | Criminal Justice: Process and Institutions | 4 hours. | Critical examination of the criminal justice system. The dynamics and processes of contemporary police, judicial, and correctional institutions are evaluated in the context of key historical developments and relevant research. |
| CLJ | 541 | The Dynamics and Behavior in Criminal Justice Agencies | 4 hours. | Leading theories of organizational behavior used to interpret organizational patterns, functions, and constraints in rule-applying institutions; emphasis on the application of these theories to the problems of planned change. |
| CLJ | 546 | Violence and Victimization | 4 hours. | The field of victimology and victimization theories are introduced including characteristics of victims, crime and post-crime victimization effects, and victim criminal justice system experiences. |
| CLJ | 547 | Race, Class, and Gender Dimensions of Crime and Justice | 4 hours. | Theories addressing the intersections of race, class, gender, crime and justice. Students examine criminological theories, social construction of race, class, and gender, legal decision-making, and implications for justice in our society. Same as GWS 547. |
| CLJ | 548 | Legal Discourse and Culture in Law and Society | 4 hours. | Discourse, power, and culture in legal settings and analysis of power and resistance in the construction of law as a social fact. Prerequisite(s): CLJ 500. |
| CLJ | 555 | Corrections: Institutions and Field Operations | 4 hours. | Examines institutions and field services in public and private sectors. Addresses historical and empirical approaches to the analysis of policy and correctional effectiveness; the neo-classical challenge to rehabilitation, and corrections case law. Prerequisite(s): CLJ 540. |
| CLJ | 560 | Quantitative Methods and Design | 4 hours. | Fundamentals of scientific inquiry, logic of causal inference, and quantitative methods. Development of perspective and identification of weaknesses in research design. Development of skills in proposal development and data collection unique to criminology, law, and justice. Prerequisite(s): CLJ 262 or consent of the instructor. |
| CLJ | 561 | Qualitative Methods and Design | 4 hours. | Theories and techniques of qualitative research methods, particularly fieldwork and indepth interviews. Criminology, law, and justice problems amenable to these techniques and methods and interrelationship between the researcher role and substantive findings. Prerequisite(s): CLJ 262 or consent of the instructor. |
| CLJ | 562 | Statistical Applications in Criminology, Law, and Justice I | 4 hours. | Basic descriptive and inferential statistics, their applications in data analysis, and assumptions underlying use of these procedures in criminology, law, and justice research. Prerequisite(s): CLJ 262 or the equivalent. |
| CLJ | 563 | Evaluation Research in Criminology, Law, and Justice | 4 hours. | Experimental, quasi-experimental, and non-experimental approaches to evaluation research; indicators of effectiveness. Applications to crime prevention, police, courts, and correctional programs. Politics of researcher-agency interactions. Prerequisite(s): One graduate level course in research methods and consent of the instructor. |
| CLJ | 564 | Statistical Applications in Criminology, Law, and Justice II | 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. Prerequisite(s): CLJ 562. |
| CLJ | 570 | Advanced Methods in Criminology, Law, and Justice | 4 hours. | Methodological problems in criminology, law, and justice measurement including the identification problem in estimating deterrance and the limitations of survival analysis in estimating recidivism. Prerequisite(s): CLJ 560 and CLJ 561 or the equivalent. |
| CLJ | 580 | Forensic Science: Survey and Foundations | 2 hours. | Survey course for forensic sciences with emphasis on criminalistics; unique characteristics, underlying philosophies; nature, analytical methods, significance of results with chemical, biological, trace, pattern evidence. Same as BPS 580. Prerequisite(s): Approval of the department. |
| CLJ | 589 | Special Topics in Forensic Science | 3 hours. | Content may vary but will revolve around the philosophic, moral, and managerial problems associated with criminalistics practice. Topics may include evidence collection, analysis, reporting, and testimony to non-criminalistics fields. Same as BPS 589. May be repeated if topics vary. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| CLJ | 592 | Internship in Criminology, Law, and Justice | 2 TO 4 hours. | Placement in a criminal justice agency or setting under the supervision of a faculty member with an accepted research project and paper. May be repeated to a maximum of 4 hours. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| CLJ | 594 | Selected Issues in Criminology, Law, and Justice | 4 hours. | Current issues and advanced problem areas related to deviance, crime, etiology, labeling, criminal careers, organized crime and victimology. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours. Students may register in more than one section per term. |
| CLJ | 596 | Independent Study or Research | 2 TO 8 hours. | Research undertaken for this course may not duplicate that being done for CLJ 598. Supervised projects, which may consist of extensive readings in criminology, law, and justice, research on special problems not included in the regular course offering. May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor and approval of the director of graduate studies. |
| CLJ | 597 | Project Research | 0 TO 8 hours. | Independent research project under the supervision of a faculty member. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated to a maximum of 8 hours. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing in the MA in Criminology, Law, and Justice program and consent of the instructor. |
| CLJ | 598 | Thesis Research | 0 TO 16 hours. | For students doing thesis research or writing. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated to a maximum of 8 hours. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the student's advisor; and acceptance of the thesis topic and preliminary thesis outline by the thesis committee. |
| CLJ | 599 | Dissertation Research | 0 TO 16 hours. | Research on the topic of the doctoral dissertation. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated to a maximum of 20 hours. Prerequisite(s): Consent of faculty advisor and director of graduate studies. |