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2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Information

Catalog Course Definitions 

Core - Course is approved for specific core curriculum (i.e. arts and sciences curriculum; quantitative reasoning and mathematical skills)

Cross-Listed – Class that is offered along with another class that has the same topic, title, and course content.  Max Hours displayed for each cross-listed class is the total number of hours allowed for all courses completed within a particular cross-listed group. See below for more information on Max Hours.

Gt - Course is approved by the Colorado Dept of Higher Education for statewide guaranteed transfer as part of the gtPathways program. 

Max Hours (in Course Description) - Total number of applicable credit hours that count toward a student’s degree for a particular course or cross-listed group.

Requisite: 

  • Prerequisite -  Specific course completed or “in progress” (i.e. ENGL 1020 or ENGL 1020 with C- or higher)
  • Corequisite – Specific course taken at the same time (i.e. BIOL 2071 taken same time as BIOL 2051)
  • Restriction – Restricted to a specific population (i.e. Restricted to MUSC majors or junior standing, etc.)

Course Number Definitions:

  • 1000 - 4999 Undergraduate Level
  • 5000 - 9999 Graduate Level
 

Criminal Justice
  

  • CRJU 2000 - Professional and Career Development in Criminal Justice


    In this course students will explore, examine and reflect on their own strengths, interests and personality assessments as it relates to the criminal justice field and professional development. Participants will conduct career related research and develop individualized action plans designed to bridge the gap between the skills and experiences students currently have, and those desired by employers in the criminal justice field. Prereq: UNIV 1110. Restriction: Restricted to Criminal Justice majors. Max hours: 2 Credits. Semester Hours: 2 to 2
  

  • CRJU 2041 - Crime Theory and Causes


    This course provides a general survey of the nature and causes of crime and efforts of the criminal justice system to predict, prevent, modify and correct this behavior. This course involves a critical appraisal of various theories of crime causation, including an examination of biological, psychological, economic and sociological perspectives that explain crime and deviance. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 3100 - Criminal Justice Research Methods


    This course introduces students to the formulation of research questions covering crime and justice, research designs, data collection and the interpretation and reporting of these data in criminological and justice-system settings. Course content also includes experimental and non-experimental research designs, probability and non-probability sampling techniques and construction of scales and indexes for research purposes. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 3150 - Statistics for Criminal Justice


    This course serves as an introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics and the computer analysis of criminal justice data. Course content includes hypothesis testing and the basic analysis of continuous and discrete dependent variables. Emphasis is placed on the examination of issues in the field of criminal justice. Prereq: CRJU 3100 or permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 3160 - White-Collar Crime


    This course introduces students to a variety of topics and issues in white-collar crime including types, causes and the measurement of white-collar crime. The class examines the debate surrounding the definition of white-collar crime, provides an overview of the costs of white-collar crime and corporate crime to society, considers competing theories that explain white-collar criminality and explores the use of criminal sanctions to deter misconduct involving corporations and elite offenders. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 3220 - Community-Based Corrections


    This course focuses on innovative community-based strategies for dealing with criminal offenders. Correctional alternatives to imprisonment discussed in this course include probation and parole and various community programs such as day reporting centers, electronic monitoring, half-way houses and boot camp programs. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 3250 - Violence in Society


    This course examines various aspects of violence including distribution over time and space, situations and circumstances associated with violent victimization and offending and how social institutions, community structure and cultural factors shape violent events. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 3251 - Crime and Media


    This course surveys the relationships between mass media, crime, offenders, victims and criminal justice. It explores how the criminal justice system is portrayed in the media and the influence of these portrayals on society, public policy, and the criminal justice system. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 3252 - Violent Offenders


    This course consists of a historical overview of violence in American society. Course content includes an examination of violent crime rates over time, societal explanations for changes in rates and an examination of the theoretical causes and preventative strategies for acts of violence. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 3310 - Police in Contemporary Society


    This course examines law enforcement’s role in contemporary society and the impact of police interaction on other segments of the criminal justice system. Special attention is paid to controversies related to police training and education, career development and community relations. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 3320 - Police-Community Relations


    This course focuses on the police and community response to crime. Course content includes an overview of the major concepts and issues involved in what many consider to be a major fundamental shift in the approach and operations of modern policing. The origins, meaning, development and experiences of community policing and various assessments of the advantages and disadvantages of community policing are emphasized. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 3410 - Probation and Parole


    This course is appropriate for students who have a specific interest in the role of probation and parole as correctional sanctions in community settings. Particular attention is paid to evaluations research evidence on the success of probation and parole, factors that contribute to the successful completions of probation and parole and the role that the community and citizens play in the community corrections process. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 3420 - Pleas, Trials and Sentences


    This course focuses on analysis of case materials involving pleas, trials and sentences. Course content includes an examination of the basic dimensions of criminality, the specific elements of major crimes, the use of confessions, fair trial procedures and the nature of criminal sanctions including cruel and unusual punishments. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 3510 - Drugs, Alcohol and Crime


    This course looks at the socially constructed nature of drugs and drug policy. The course explores the connection between drugs and crime within the socio-historical context of contemporary U.S. drug policy. Special emphasis is placed on the relationships between drugs and alcohol abuse and criminal offending, including the historical and contemporary criminal justice system responses to illegal substances. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 3520 - Juvenile Justice Administration


    This course examines the development, change and operation of the American juvenile justice system and the social factors that shape the identification and treatment of juvenile offenders. Special emphasis is placed on the nature of juvenile law and methods of dealing with youthful offenders. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 3540 - Crime and Delinquency Prevention


    This course provides students with an overview of issues related to crime and delinquency prevention, both from criminological and criminal justice points of view. Crime prevention programs that encompass both the individual and community levels are examined. Responses to juvenile offenders-ranging from prevention and diversion to institutional corrections and after care are explored in context of youth policy generally. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 4042 - Corrections


    This course consists of an overview of the field of penology and corrections. Attention is paid to conflicting philosophies of punishment, criminological theory as it applies to the field of corrections, the selectivity of the process through which offenders move prior to their involvement in correctional programs, alternative correctional placements and empirical assessments of the short and long-term consequences of one’s involvement in correctional programs. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 4043 - Law Enforcement


    This course presents an overview of the role of police in the United States. Attention is placed on the origins of policing, the nature of police organizations and police work, patterns of relations between the police and the public, discretion and police role in a sociolegal context. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 4044 - Courts and Judicial Process


    This course examines the basic functions, structure and organization of the federal and state court system, with special attention on the criminal court system. This course also focuses on the influence of judicial behavior on the court process by examining judges’ policy preferences, legal considerations, group processes within courts and courts’ political and social environments. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 4120 - Race, Class and Crime


    This course examines the relationships between race, social class and crime. Attention is given to theoretical explanations, empirical research and patterns of criminal behavior and focuses on historical frameworks that are relevant to current perspectives on the impact and interactions of race, class and crime in the field. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 4121 - Ethics in Criminal Justice


    This course is designed to begin preparing students in identifying and critically examining ethical issues in the criminal justice system by applying ethical decision models. This course also provides students with the unique opportunity to analyze how they would resolve these issues according to their own values and beliefs while staying within the boundaries of the law and professional codes ethics. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 4130 - Poverty and Crime


    This course involves an economic analysis of crime and the criminal justice system. Topics include empirical and theoretical analysis of the economic causes of criminal behavior, the social costs of crime and its prevention and the design of crime enforcement policies. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 4140 - Domestic Violence and Crime


    This course examines the criminal justice systems response to intimate partner violence by focusing on the interactions between victims, offenders and the individual components of the criminal justice system. By exploring the dynamics of intimate partner violence this course addresses the theory, history, research, legislation and policy implications related to the criminal justice system’s response to violence against women. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 4150 - Sex Offenders and Offenses


    This course will explore historical and current practices of the criminal justice system to address sex offenders and offenses. Topics include the history of sexual abuse, etiology of offenders, victims issues, juvenile sex offenders, risk assessments, and treatment/supervision approaches. Prereq: CRJU 1001. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 4170 - Victim Studies


    This course involves the scientific study of crime victims and focuses on the physical, emotional and financial harm people suffer at the hands of criminals. Focus is placed on the victim-offender relationships, interactions between victims and the criminal justice system and connections between victims and other social groups and institutions. The theory, history, research, legislation and policy implications related to the social construction of “the victim” are explored. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 4171 - Murder 101


    Murder. The ultimate crime. In this class, we will examine homicide from all angles: the murderer, the victims, the police, prosecution and defense. Explore sensational cases, dogged detective work and the latest science as we dig deep into the psyche of a killer and how the case unfolds before the jury. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 4180 - Comparative Study of Criminal Justice Systems


    This course analyzes the dynamics of criminality and the social response to criminality across countries. Special emphasis is placed on the methods of comparative legal analysis utilized to examine international differences in crime and justice, international cooperation in criminal justice and crime and development. Prereq: CRJU 1001. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 4190 - Women and Crime


    This course explores issues surrounding women as offenders and victims, and investigates explanations for the involvement of women in illegal activities.The course also examines the participations of women in criminal justice professions, including law enforcement, corrections, judicial processes, and law. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 4230 - Corrections and Treatment


    This course examines the origins and historical development of prisons and jails in America. Particular attention is given to the impact of reform movements, the rise of centralized correctional systems and regional variations in the practice of punishment. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 4252 - Criminal Offenders


    This course will introduce the core principles of evidence based programming and tools of motivational interviewing as it is used currently with the offender population. In addition, students will learn how to utilize these skills working with specific offender populations. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 4310 - Leadership Roles in Criminal Justice


    The course is designed to enhance interest, experience and knowledge in leadership that promotes professionalism and ethical behavior. Individual and organizational dynamics are explored through a critical perspective, focusing on criminal justice roles and responsibilities. The class teaches effective leadership skills in areas such as team building, strategic planning, and decision making. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 4410 - Criminal Law and Constitutional Procedures


    This course focuses on substantive criminal law and constitutional rights of the accused in criminal proceedings. Course content includes legal aspects of the investigation and arrest processes as well as the rules governing the admissibility of evidence in court. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 4430 - Law and Society


    This course introduces students to the scholarly study of law. Students will become familiar with social science perspectives of the law, legal institutions, the legal process and the impact of law on behavior, with particular emphasis on the study of criminal behavior and the criminal justice process in American society. Additional topics include theories of law and legality, comparative legal systems, lawyers, judges and juries and the use of social science in the courts. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 4440 - Courts and Social Policy


    This course involves the study of emerging trends and issues in the administration of the courts, the emerging role of the judiciary in the administration of programs in the public and private sectors and the implications of court administration on social policy. Course content includes the history of the judicial approaches to the criminal justice administrative process and substantive social policy. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 4450 - Homeland Security


    This course is an in-depth analysis of homeland security in the U.S. Topics include the initial concepts and strategies of securing land borders, seaports, and airports, the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security, and the functions and operations of the DHS today and in the future. Prereq: CRJU 1001. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 4520 - Gangs and Criminal Organizations


    This course traces the origins and historical development of the activities known as “organized crime.” These crimes are some of the most dangerous to American society and range from the commonly known offenses of gambling and narcotics to the more subtle and sophisticated, less understood but equally serious, crimes of extortion, commercial bribery and political corruption. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 4530 - Families and Intergenerational Crime


    This course focuses on the family as the primary institutional mechanism of social control. The course is structured around social learning theory and explores the relationships between exposure to childhood violence and violence in dating relationships during adolescence and later violent marital relationships. The “cycle of violence” is also discussed in terms of the impact on early childhood violence on juvenile delinquency, adult criminality and violent behavior in general. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 4540 - Analysis in Law Enforcement


    Serves as an introduction to the uses and applications of analysis within law enforcement including the role of analysis in law enforcement, theories which guide analysis and police practices, commonly used data and technology, and a practical introduction to the techniques for various types of analysis utilized in law enforcement. Prereq: “C-” or better in CRJU 1000, 2041, 3100, 3150, 4042, 4043, and 4044. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 4600 - Special Topics in Criminal Justice


    This highly specialized seminar addresses cutting-edge and emerging developments in the field of criminal justice and provides students and faculty with the opportunity to explore significant themes, issues and problems from a broad interdisciplinary perspective. Topics vary from semester to semester. Prereq: CRJU 1001 and CRJU 2041 or permission of instructor. Max hours: 18 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 4840 - Independent Study: CRJU


    This course consists of faculty-guided research in an area of mutual interest to the student and instructor. Students are responsible for selecting their area of inquiry prior to contacting the instructor. Permission of instructor is required. Max hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 6
  

  • CRJU 4939 - Internship


    Internships involve a career-related supervised experiential course in a criminal justice agency. Permission to enroll must be preceded by an application for an internship. Permission of instructor and advisor is required for undergraduate students. Max hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 6
  

  • CRJU 5001 - CJ Systems, Policies/Practice


    This course examines the salient, current critical issues in the justice system affecting law enforcement, courts, corrections, and recent social developments related to personnel. The class includes in-depth explorations of the development, implementation, and analysis of public policy in the field of criminology. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5002 - Criminological Theory


    Explores the origins of criminal behavior and the impact of crime on society. The course examines theories of deviant, delinquent, and criminal behavior. Additionally, practical implications and application of theoretical constructs are analyzed through current research paradigms and empirical research. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5003 - Research Methods


    Provides an assessment of research through an examination of applied designs and analytical models. The logic and rationale of these strategies are contrasted and their relative merits are critiqued. Research problems in the system are utilized to illustrate the applications and interpretation of alternative strategies. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5004 - Statistics


    This course covers principles of descriptive and inferential statistics and provides tools for understanding research findings. Topics include: hypothesis testing and point estimation; bivariate and multivariate measures of association; inferential statistics; ordinary least square regressions, logistic regression analyses. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5005 - Law & Society


    Introduces a variety of topics related to law’s varying functions and societal implications. The course focuses on social/ legal theory and analyzes law and legal institutions from a critical perspective. Materials provide content on how to evaluate law and legal institutions, especially in relation to equality, justice, and fairness. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5010 - Seminar Nonprofit Management


    This course provides an overview of the principles and concepts that are unique to nonprofit management. Topics include executive management, funding diversity, human resource management, marketing, volunteer management and ethics. Students are also given an introduction to the history and the importance of the nonprofit sector. Cross-listed with PUAD 5110. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5140 - Nonprofit Financial Management


    Financial management is one of the core competencies of effective nonprofit managers. Every nonprofit organization needs money to sustain or advance its mission. This course provides a grounding in financial management for the “non-accountant” by focusing on an array of knowledge and management skill areas necessary for allocating and controlling resources and for analyzing, reporting and protecting the fiscal health of the organization. Topics include key accounting principles, understanding and using financial statements, the budget development process, cash flow analysis, banking relationships, using the audit report, maximizing investment policy and strategy, and understanding the boundaries of tax exemption. Cross-listed with PUAD 5140. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5200 - Wrongful Convictions


    This seminar examines the dark figure of the criminal justice system; wrongful convictions of innocent people. This course explores the continuum of justice-system errors ranging from persons who are falsely accused (arrested, prosecuted, and tried) to those who are wrongly convicted and imprisoned, to death row inmates who are erroneously executed. Cross-listed with CRJU 7200. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5210 - Prisoner Reentry


    This seminar examines the harsh realities of prisoner reentry and offers solutions to prepare inmates for release, reduce recidivism, and restore them to adjustment once back in the community, while simultaneously meeting the demands of public safety. Cross-listed with CRJU 7210. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5220 - The American Jury System


    This seminar examines historical and current issues in jury decision making and dynamics. The course explores issues such as jury size, eyewitness testimony, and jury reform. Court decisions are examined as a comprehensive understanding of jurors and their role. Cross-listed with CRJU 7220. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5240 - Gang Patterns and Policies


    The course uses scientific method and thought processes to think critically about the formation of gangs, gang effects on crime, the criminal gang element and gang victimization. This course traces the origins and historical developments of gang activity in the United States. Topics include gang migration, gang related crime and violence, and the effects of gang involvement on communities and families. Cross-listed with CRJU 7240.  Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5250 - Criminal Offenders


    Crime can have a devastating effect on the lives of victims, families and communities with extraordinary costs to society as a whole. Documented evidence suggests that community safety is best achieved though promoting rehabilitation of offenders rather than relying solely on prisons and containment. This course introduces the core principles and tools of motivational interviewing as it is used currently with the offender population. Students learn how to utilize these skills working with specific offender populations and how to motivate these often resistive clients to change their thinking patterns and behaviors. Cross-listed with CRJU 7250. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5260 - Crime and Literature


    This seminar focuses on non-fiction literature as it relates to criminality and the Criminal Justice System. A substantial number of people in the United States form impressions and evaluate the effectiveness of the Criminal Justice System based on accounts presented within various types of nonfiction literature, either as social commentary or in biographical/autobiographical form. This course explores samples of these types of commentary, in order to more fully understand and appreciate their impact on shaping public opinion of the Criminal Justice System. Cross-listed with CRJU 7260. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5270 - Case Studies in Crim Justice


    This seminar attempts to examine the lives of people who live on the margins of a society that perceives them as outsiders. Ethnographic studies which utilized observation, participant observations and interviews as their primary research methodology are assigned in order to develop a critical understanding of the social marginalization and cultural aspects of the lives of real human beings living on the constant edge of the law. Cross-listed with CRJU 7270. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5280 - Computer Crime


    The course is designed to enhance interest, experience and knowledge in leadership that promotes professionalism and ethical behavior. Individual and organizational dynamics are explored through a critical perspective, focusing on criminal justice roles and responsibilities. The class teaches effective leadership skills in areas such as team building, strategic planning, and decision making. Cross-listed with CRJU 7280. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5301 - Crime and Media


    This course surveys the relationship between mass media and the U.S. criminal justice system. Special attention is given to the role of media in the social construction of reality. Emphasis is placed on the application of social constructionism to criminal justice related social problems. Cross-listed with CRJU 7301. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5320 - Police Administration


    Considers the major issues confronting police executives, such as professionalism, recruitment, selection, training, deployment, innovation, evaluation, and charges of brutality, inefficiency, and corruption. Cross-listed with CRJU 7320. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5325 - Qualitative Methods for Criminal Justice


    Focuses on qualitative methods applicable to research in the field of criminal justice. The primary focus is on ethnographic approaches employing such fieldwork techniques as observation, participant observation, interviews, content analysis, life histories and case studies. Cross-listed with CRJU 7325. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5330 - Gangs and Criminal Organizations


    This course examines extent, nature and trends of gangs and criminal organizations. We focus on contemporary studies and theories of gang behavior and organized crime. The course examines types of crime, gender and race issues, transnational violence, and public policies regarding criminal organizations. Cross-listed with CRJU 7330. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5331 - Crime Analysis and GIS


    Serves as an introduction to the uses and applications of analysis within law enforcement including the role of analysis in law enforcement, theories which guide analysis and police practices, commonly used data and technology, and a practical introduction to the techniques for various types of analysis utilized in law enforcement. Prereq: “B” or better in CRJU 5003 and 5004 OR permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5361 - Capstone Seminar


    Synthesizes competencies gained throughout the course of study into a client-based research project. Students conduct independent research, complete a final written project demonstrating their qualifications and expertise, and orally present findings to a committee of faculty and criminal justice professionals. Prereq: CRJU 5000, CRJU 5100, CRJU 5120, CRJU 5321. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5391 - Sex Offenders and Offenses


    This course will focus on challenges practitioners face in the management of sex offenders. It covers development of programs and partnerships that can effectively assess inform, manage and treat sex offenders through all phases of the system and reduce recidivism. Cross-listed with CRJU 7391. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5410 - Victimology


    This course examines victim-offender relationships, the interactions between victims and the criminal justice system and the connections between victims and other social groups and institutions among various populations. This course addresses the theory, history, research, legislation and policy implications related to the social construction of “the victim.” Cross-listed with CRJU 7410. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5420 - Violence in Society


    This course examines various aspects of violence including distribution over time and space, situations and circumstances associated with violent victimization and offending, and how social institutions, community structure and cultural factors shape violent events. Cross-listed with CRJU 7420. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5430 - Drugs, Alcohol and Crime


    This course provides an interdisciplinary overview of theory, research and policy issues surrounding the relationship between drugs, alcohol and crime; and the criminal justice system response. The course explores the socially constructed nature of illegal substances and connections to U.S. drug policy. Cross-listed with CRJU 7430. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5450 - Law of All Hazards Management


    This course conveys knowledge of the statutes, regulations and court decisions governing the management of hazards by governmental agencies. It covers local, state and federal agencies as they mitigate, prepare for, respond to and recover from naturally, accidentally and intentionally caused disasters. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5510 - Contemporary Issues in Law Enforcement


    Examines current thinking and experience with respect to changing and reforming police programs and practices. The course focuses primarily on the American police experience, reviewing major innovations, exploring their rationale, and examining organizational impediments to their implementation. Cross-listed with CRJU 7510. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5520 - Corrections


    Provides a critical examination of the development and implementation of correctional systems in America. The course presents the origins of correctional efforts and the evolution of the prison; reviews punishment and rehabilitation rationales in the context of sentencing models; examines the social organization of the prison, including inmate subcultures and staff work strategies; and assesses the inmates’ rights movement and the impact of judicial intervention in correctional settings. Cross-listed with CRJU 7520. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5530 - Community Corrections


    Analyzes the theories and practices of probation and parole, responses of paroling authorities to public pressures and court controls, and their implications for rehabilitation. Efforts to bridge institutional settings and community life, as well as the feasibility and effectiveness of treating individuals under sentence in the community, are reviewed. Cross-listed with CRJU 7530. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5540 - Juvenile Justice Administration


    Examines the policies and practices of agencies in processing youthful offenders through the juvenile court system, reviews trends in juvenile justice policymaking, and assesses changes in response to juvenile crime by both the juvenile justice and criminal justice systems. Cross-listed with CRJU 7540. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5550 - Criminal Justice Policy and Planning


    Provides a survey of conceptual and design strategies in criminal justice policy analysis. The logic and rationale of these various strategies are contrasted, and their relative merits are critiqued. Selected policy issues in the criminal justice system are utilized to illustrate the application and interpretation of alternative strategies. Cross-listed with CRJU 7550. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5551 - Courts, Law & Justice


    Analyzes judicial organization, court administration, and criminal court judicial decision making practices within the context of the broader operation of the criminal justice system. Special attention is paid to the social organization of the courtroom, examining the special roles of judges, prosecutors, and defense attorneys. Cross-listed with CRJU 7551. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5552 - Criminal Justice Ethics


    Offers a normative framework within which to explore ways to increase sensitivity to the demands of ethical behavior among criminal justice personnel. The application of a normative perspective enhances the possibility that moral problems are better understood, more carefully analyzed, and rendered more tractable applied ethics forces a reflection not just on ethics, but also on the nature and operation of the criminal justice system itself. Cross-listed with CRJU 7552. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5553 - Women and Crime


    Explores issues surrounding women as offenders, victims, and criminal justice professionals. Investigates explanations for the involvement of women in illegal activities. Analyzes the plight of battered women, rape victims, and other female victims. Examines the participation of women in law enforcement judicial processes, corrections and lawmaking. Cross-listed with CRJU 7553. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5555 - Profiling Criminal Behavior


    This seminar examines the dynamics of individual criminal acts utilizing inductive and deductive methodology to profile criminal behavior, offender characteristics, crime scene investigation, evidence collection, and case linkage of specific categories of crimes. Topical areas in this seminar will include homicide, serial crime, stalking. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5571 - The Social Organization of Crime


    Explores the relationship of neighborhood social disorganization to the dynamics of crime from a social ecology perspective. The course examines the underlying social causes of phenomena such as criminal victimization, violent and property crime, neighborhood fear, neighborhood deterioration, and recidivism. The course examines social, structural, and ecological characteristics of neighborhoods and communities in affecting crime. Cross-listed with CRJU 7571. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5572 - Race, Crime and Justice


    Examines the role of race in criminal justice processing. This course examines the research findings, interpretations, issues, and implications in assessing the impact of race in the administration of criminal justice. Explores the policy implications concerning the nature and extent of racial disparities in the criminal justice system and lays out a research agenda to more strategically address these issues within criminal justice policy making. Cross-listed with CRJU 7572. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5574 - White Collar Crime


    Employs both the social science and legal approaches to examine crime committed by corporations as well as by individuals in white collar occupations. The course covers how such crimes are socially defined, who commits them, who is victimized by them, which social contexts promote them, and how society and the criminal justice system respond to them. Cross-listed with CRJU 7574. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5575 - The Mentally Disordered Offender


    Examines the offender who may be mentally disordered. A survey is made of the various phases of the criminal justice system where psychiatrists are involved, e.g., diversion, fitness, insanity and sentencing. Dangerous sex offender legislation, “not guilty by reason of insanity” and “guilty but mentally ill” statutes, and issues concerning confidentiality, informed consent, and treatment are addressed. Cross-listed with CRJU 7575. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5576 - Social Science in the Criminal Justice System


    Examines the use of social science as a tool for legal analysis within the criminal justice system. The course examines how social science research is used to resolve relatively simple factual disputes, then moves on to more complex issues that arise when social science is invoked to make or to change law, both constitutional law (particularly the First, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth amendments) and common law, particularly the construction of procedural rules that govern the operations of the criminal justice system. Cross-listed with CRJU 7576. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5650 - Public Policies for Homeland Security and Disasters


    Examines public policymaking and administration related to homeland security and disasters in the United States, including the interplay between security and traditional hazards management concerns. Assesses the role of institutional processes, governmental and nongovernmental organizations in policy development and implementation. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5655 - Principles of Emergency Management


    This course is an introduction to the practice of emergency management. It provides instruction on the discipline of emergency management and covers not only administrative practice, but how public policy shapes how governments at all levels address hazards, emergencies and disasters. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5910 - Nature and Scope of Interpersonal Violence


    This course will analyze the social, historical, political, legal, and psychological aspects of gender based violence. Topics addressed include: definitions of the problem, demographics, children and youth exposed, national and global perspectives. Strategies for prevention, intervention, treatment, and social change are explored. Cross-listed with CRJU 7910 and PUAD 5910. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5920 - The Psychology of Interpersonal Violence


    This class addresses the contributions and limitations of current empirical and clinical psychological literatures about interpersonal violence (IPV). The primary focus of the course is on the effects of IPV on adult and child survivors, on their psychological needs, and on the contribution of psychological knowledge to practice in IPV. Cross-listed with CRJU 5920 and PUAD 5920. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5930 - Interpersonal Violence Law and Public Policy


    This course provides insight into public policy and law affected by or affecting interpersonal violence, (welfare reform, child maltreatment, criminal and civil court responses). Students will understand the role of law enforcement agents and the practice of victim advocacy, and describe and engage in methods to change law and policy. Cross-listed with CRJU 7930 and PUAD 5930. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 5940 - Interpersonal Violence Leadership, Advocacy, and Social Change


    Students will gain an understanding of different models of social change and the various approaches to public address, including social movements and campaigns, that accomplish change. Strategies for engaging diverse individuals, systems and communities to address interpersonal violence will be examined at individual to societal levels. Cross-listed with CRJU 7940 and PUAD 5940. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 6171 - Murder 101


    Murder. The ultimate crime. In this class, we will examine homicide from all angles: the murderer, the victims, the police, prosecution and defense. Explore sensational cases, dogged detective work and the latest science as we dig deep into the psyche of a killer and how the case unfolds before the jury. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 6600 - Special Topics in Criminal Justice


    This highly specialized seminar addresses cutting-edge and emerging developments in the field of criminal justice and provides students and faculty with the opportunity to explore significant themes, issues, and problems from a broad interdisciplinary perspective. Topics vary from semester to semester. Course may be taken for credit more than once, provided subject matter is not repeated. Cross-listed with CRJU 7600. Max hours: 7 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 6840 - Independent Study: CRJU


    Affords the student the opportunity to pursue creative research activities under the individual supervision of a full-time faculty member. No more than six semester hours of credit for independent study may be applied toward the MCJ degree. MCJ Prereq: 12 semester hours of criminal justice course work and permission of instructor. Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 3
  

  • CRJU 6910 - Internship in Criminal Justice


    For students who have not had practitioner experience, a full- or part-time internship is required. Note: Masters students must have completed a minimum of 18 credit hours at the graduate level to take this course. Dual Degree students must have completed a minimum of 6 credit hours at the graduate level. Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 required to take this course. Restrictions: Restricted to Graduate and Graduate Non-Degree majors within CU Denver. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 6950 - Master’s Thesis


    Independent original research project supervised and evaluated by a thesis committee. Prereq: 33 semester hours of course work and permission of MCJ director, program advisor and thesis chair. Max hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 6
  

  • CRJU 7200 - Wrongful Convictions


    This seminar examines the dark figure of the criminal justice system; wrongful convictions of innocent people. This course explores the continuum of justice-system errors ranging from persons who are falsely accused (arrested, prosecuted, and tried) to those who are wrongly convicted and imprisoned, to death row inmates who are erroneously executed. Cross-listed with CRJU 5200. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 7210 - Prisoner Reentry


    This seminar examines the harsh realities of prisoner reentry and offers solutions to prepare inmates for release, reduce recidivism, and restore them to adjustment once back in the community, while simultaneously meeting the demands of public safety. Cross-listed with CRJU 5210. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 7220 - The American Jury System


    The aim of this seminar is to raise most of the issues that have to be considered by anyone who wants to understand the American jury. This course attempts to determine what kind of complex matrix of legal functions, social symbols, practical reforms, political philosophy and human psychology the jury can be located. Cross-listed with CRJU 5220. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 7250 - Criminal Offenders


    Crime can have a devastating effect on the lives of victims, families and communities with extraordinary costs to society as a whole. Documented evidence suggests that community safety is best achieved though promoting rehabilitation of offenders rather than relying solely on prisons and containment. This course introduces the core principles and tools of motivational interviewing as it is used currently with the offender population. Students learn how to utilize these skills working with specific offender populations and how to motivate these often resistive clients to change their thinking patterns and behaviors. Cross-listed with CRJU 5250. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 7260 - Crime and Literature


    This seminar focuses on non-fiction literature as it relates to criminality and the Criminal Justice System. A substantial number of people in the United States form impressions and evaluate the effectiveness of the Criminal Justice System based on accounts presented within various types of nonfiction literature, either as social commentary or in biographical/autobiographical form. This course explores samples of these types of commentary, in order to more fully understand and appreciate their impact on shaping public opinion of the Criminal Justice System. Cross-listed with CRJU 5260. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 7270 - Case Studies in Criminal Justice


    This seminar attempts to examine the lives of people who live on the margins of a society that perceives them as outsiders. Ethnographic studies which utilized observation, participant observations and interviews as their primary research methodology are assigned in order to develop a critical understanding of the social marginalization and cultural aspects of the lives of real human beings living on the constant edge of the law. Cross-listed with CRJU 5270. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 7280 - Leadership in the Modern Criminal Justice System


    The course is designed to enhance interest, experience and knowledge in leadership that promotes professionalism and ethical behavior. Individual and organizational dynamics are explored through a critical perspective, focusing on criminal justice roles and responsibilities. The class teaches effective leadership skills in areas such as team building, strategic planning, and decision making. Cross-listed with CRJU 5280. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CRJU 7301 - Crime and Media


    This course surveys the relationship between mass media and the U.S. criminal justice system. Special attention is given to the role of media in the social construction of reality. Emphasis is placed on the application of social constructionism to criminal justice related social problems. Cross-listed with CRJU 5301. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
 

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