2024-2025 Course List

A critical consideration of definitions of juvenile delinquency, emphasis on micro and macro level of struggle in which delinquent behavior takes place, critique of current theories on delinquency, and the juvenile justice response to delinquency from a criminal justice lens.

Goal Areas:

GE-05, GE-09

Diverse Cultures:

Purple

Policing patrol practicals covers the types and methods of patrol and factors involved in one's perception and observation of others. This course includes knowledge and skills to preserve the peace of the community they are going to serve. This course is part of the Policing Skills Certificate and requires approval for registration.

Firearms covers the use of deadly force, firearms safety, care and cleaning of service weapons, and firearms shooting principles. The course focuses on students' decision making ability and firearms shooting ability. This course is part of the Policing Skills Certificate and permission is required to register for this course.

Crime scene processing and investigation covers a study of responsibilities and duties of officers conducting a preliminary investigation of a crime scene including recognition, preservation, recovery of physical evidence, crime scene photography, sketching and recovery of latent fingerprints. This course also covers proper procedure for interviewing and interrogation of victims, witnesses, and suspects. Permission is required to register; this course is part of the Policing Skills Certificate.

Traffic enforcement covers instruction and practical experience in radar operation, DUI detection, accident investigation, evasive driving, and current trends of violations and offenses. This course requires permission to register and is part of the Policing Skills Certificate.

Defensive tactics includes basic techniques on how to best defend against certain common types of attack and the reasonable force necessary to overcome the resistance being offered. This course aids in reducing the likelihood of injury to all parties, minimizing the use of excessive force, and creating a positive self-image with physical and mental conditioning. Permission is required to register for this course and this course is part of the Policing Skills Certificate.

May be used to explore areas of interest not covered in regular courses. A maximum of three hours applicable toward a major or minor in the department with consent of an advisor.

A sociological perspective to examine the history of drug use and abuse in the United States. Multicultural issues in drug abuse, international drug distribution networks, prevention efforts, and legal issues will be discussed.

Research methodologies as they apply to correctional evidence-based practices are covered, as are strengths and limitations of various research practices, especially with respect to central correctional concepts such as risk, recidivism, and program evaluation. Students will gain experience with data sources, data collection, and basic interpretation of data analysis.

Overview of the characteristics of victims, victim-offender relationships, societal victimization, victim's rights and services, and restorative justice. The focus will be on developing effective criminal justice responses to the victims/survivors and the perpetrators.

This course is designed to provide peace officer students with the foundational information, tools, and skills needed to improve interpersonal communications with coworkers and the public from all ethnic and cultural groups. This course also provides some historical information so students can contextualize and better understand why particular groups may distrust and resist peace officers and the criminal justice system as a whole.

Diverse Cultures:

Purple

Assist the students in starting a healthy conversation on cultural competencies for correctional professionals, and develop resources, skills, and strategies needed to address racism and inequity. The idea is to take a journey in building a more inclusive, connected, and effective correctional organization. Students will discover a framework to help discuss issues related to cultural competency: learn about methods, practices, and values that define cultural competency and culturally based work in various fields and organizations; understand the complexities within ethnic communities; and gain insights into the nature of institutionalized racism.

Diverse Cultures:

Purple

This course focuses on the experiences of women in the criminal justice system--as victims, offenders, and professionals. Women's involvement in this system (whether they were a defendant, an attorney, an inmate, a correctional officer or a crime victim) has often been overlooked or devalued. The goal of this course is to bring the special needs and contributions of women in the criminal justice system into sharper focus.

The mental and physical wellbeing of peace officers will be focused on and students will be required to assess their vulnerabilities to intrapersonal and interpersonal stressors. Students will develop tactics and strategies for managing their mental and physical wellbeing, while understanding how those strategies may have to change over time. Must be a major or minor in Corrections, Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement, or Peace Officer Program.

The course will provide the student with a solid foundation in effective peace officer communications and prepare the student analytically for a career as a peace officer. This course also has a writing intensive requirement that involves drafting, editing, and reviewing a variety of written assignments.Must be a major or minor in Corrections, Criminal Justice, and/or Peace Officer (Law Enforcement) Programs.

A more in-depth survey of methods and techniques for the investigation of crimes. This course builds off the foundation of LAWE233: Criminal Investigation.

This course is designed to provide specialized training to students pursuing a career in policing, with a focus on maintaining good health and well-being. Police are required to pass skills training (police academy). This course offers specific education tailored to prepare them for the academy and equip them with the necessary skills to maintain their physical health.

JOLT is a collaborative effort between the University and several probation offices. Students will mentor delinquents in the community and be mentored by local probation officers. This is a year-long commitment.

JOLT-II is a second semester continuation of CORR 350. Can only enroll after completing CORR 350.

Students will engage in community experiences, public service interactions, experiences with a variety of diverse groups, and/or interactive panels that will provide for opportunities to reflect, observe, conceptualize, and grow as a future criminal justice professional.

An examination of issues facing criminal justice today in constantly changing legal, social and cultural environments. Topics will vary and may be repeated for credit.

Advanced Crime Theory & Prevention provides an overview of the nature and causes of crime and victimization. Using a multidisciplinary approach, the course surveys theories of criminal behavior at the macro- & micro-level. Students will learn how to evaluate criminological theories. The course also covers the link between theory and crime prevention efforts, focusing primarily on how crime prevention efforts employed by legislatures, police, courts, and corrections agencies in the United States are derived from theory.

The course will examine ethics and leadership theory, interpretation, and application. Concepts such as vision, ownership, integrity, accountability, attitude, teamwork capability, monitoring, evaluation, and decision making will be interpreted through case studies of ethics and leadership in criminal justice.

Addresses theoretical roots, historical developments, and current practices of probation, parole, and other community corrections programs. Special attention is given to innovative, future approaches to community corrections. Writing intensive

This course focuses on mass incarceration (including the policies that produced and maintains it) in addition to the concept of recidivism (how it is defined/measured, and how it represents, for better or worse, the antithesis of the intended goals of community reentry after release from prison). In that framework, the course explores various obstacles and facilitators of successful community reentry. Students are expected to gain an understanding of crime policy, its limitations, as well as concrete ways to facilitate community reentry despite factors that impede it.