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Criminal Justice

• CRJU 1000 - Criminology and Criminal Justice: An Overview

  
  This course is designed to provide an overview of the criminal justice process and the criminal justice system in general. Concepts of crime, deviance and justice are discussed and general theories of crime causality are examined. Special emphasis is placed on the components of the criminal justice system: the police, the prosecutorial and defense functions, the judiciary and the field of corrections. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 2000 - Professional Development in Criminal Justice

  
  In this course, students will explore, examine, and reflect on their strengths, interests, and personality assessments as they relate 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 their current skills and experiences 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 - Criminological Theory

  
  This course examines the nature and causes of crime and policies within and outside the criminal justice system to predict, prevent, and correct criminal, delinquent, and deviant behavior. It involves a critical appraisal of biological, psychological, economic, and sociological theories and frameworks that explain crime, delinquency, and deviance. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 3100 - Research Methods

  
  This course teaches students how to formulate research questions related to criminology and crime and justice. It addresses how to design research in the field, including choosing an appropriate method and sampling strategy and collecting, analyzing, interpreting, and reporting data and findings. Specific substantive elements are included in research design (e.g., various types of probability and non-probability sampling; strengths and weaknesses of surveys, interviews, and other methodological approaches; experimental and non-experimental designs; qualitative techniques; etc.) Other substantive topics are addressed, including research ethics, consuming research, and writing in different settings. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 3150 - Statistics for Criminal Justice

  
  This course introduces descriptive and inferential statistics and the use of computer software to analyze criminal justice data. Course content includes hypothesis testing and the basic analysis of continuous and discrete dependent variables related to criminology and criminal justice. Prereq: CRJU 3100. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 3160 - White-Collar Crime

  
  Employs social science and legal approaches to examine crime committed by corporations as well as by individuals in white-collar occupations. Topics include how such crimes are socially defined, who commits them, which social contexts promote them, who is victimized, and how society and the criminal justice system respond. Cross-listed with CRJU 5574. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 3220 - Community 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 surveys the relationships between mass media, crime, offenders, victims, and criminal justice. It explores how the criminal justice system and its agents, accused and convicted offenders, and victims, are portrayed in the media and the influence of these depictions on society, public policy, and the criminal justice system. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 3251 - Crime and the Media

  
  This course surveys the relationships between mass media, crime, offenders, victims, and criminal justice. It explores how the criminal justice system and its agents, accused and convicted offenders, and victims, are portrayed in the media and the influence of these depictions 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 3270 - Case Studies in Criminal Justice

  
  This seminar examines the lives of people who live on the margins of a society that perceives them as outsiders. Ethnographic studies that utilize 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 constantly on the edge of the law. Cross-listed with CRJU 5270. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 3280 - Trauma Among Correctional Populations

  
  This course provides a comprehensive overview of trauma and the relationship of trauma to criminal offending. Topics includes the definition of trauma, the impact of trauma on development, lifelong consequences of chronic exposure to adverse events, and how to integrate knowledge about trauma into organizational policies in correctional settings. The class focuses on understanding the components of a trauma-responsive environment in correctional settings and incorporating trauma recovery principles into practice. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 3290 - Capital Punishment

  
  This course examines in-depth a comprehensive range of issues surrounding capital punishment. Specifically, it looks at the history of capital punishment, methods of execution, legal issues and case law, deterrence, miscarriages of justice, discrimination in the capital charging and sentencing system, and the role of the death penalty internationally. The coverage of these issues relies on many sources, including scholarly readings, non-fiction books, court cases, websites, videos and documentaries, speeches, and media. Cross-listed with CRJU 5290. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 3310 - Contemporary Issues in Law Enforcement

  
  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 3330 - Serial Killers

  
  This course looks at various aspects of serial killing, including definitions, statistics, and demographics of serial killers and their victims. It examines factors that are correlated with serial killing, as well as criminal justice responses to serial killers (e.g., investigative techniques, prosecuting and defending accused killers, etc.) It also includes cases of serial killers. 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. Substantive topics, including the presentence investigation report, privatization, and the roles and responsibilities of probation and parole officers, are discussed. Particular attention is paid to research on the effectiveness of probation and parole, factors that contribute to the successful completion of probation and parole, and the role that the community and citizens play in these community corrections processes. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 3420 - Pleas, Trials and Sentences

  
  This course analyzes case materials involving pleas, trials, and sentences. Course content includes the dimensions of criminality, the specific elements of major crimes, plea bargaining, the use of confessions, fair trial procedures, and various aspects 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. It explores the connection between drugs and crime within the socio-historical context of contemporary U.S. drug policy. Special emphasis is placed on the relationship between drugs and alcohol abuse and criminal offending, including the criminal justice system responses to possessing, distributing, and using illegal substances. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 3520 - Juvenile Justice

  
  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 juvenile law and methods of dealing with youthful offenders. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 3530 - Juvenile Delinquency

  
  This course looks at deviant and delinquent behavior committed by minors in American society. It explores the social construction of juvenile delinquency and factors and conditions contributing to at-risk and delinquent behavior. Finally, it examines the control and treatment of juvenile offenders prevention programs. 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 3575 - Mentally Disordered Offenders

  
  Examines the offender who may be mentally disordered. Special attention is paid to 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. Cross-listed with CRJU 7575 and 5575. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 4010 - Public Service in Emergency Management and Homeland Security

  
  Introduces emergency management and homeland security including: management of hazards, emergencies, disasters, and the networks of government and nonprofit organizations providing services. Focuses on principles of emergency management and homeland security at state and local jurisdictional levels. Cross-listed with PUAD 4010, PUAD 5650, and CRJU 5650. Prereq: CRJU 1000. 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, institutional corrections, 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 the police role in a sociological 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 systems, with special attention on the criminal court system. It looks at the courtroom workgroup and agents within it, including the prosecutor, defense attorney, and judge. It 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 Justice

  
  This course examines the relationships between race, social class, and crime. Attention is given to theoretical explanations, empirical research, and patterns of criminal behavior. The class focuses on historical frameworks that are relevant to current perspectives on the impact and interactions of race, class, and crime in the field. It examines race, class, and race-by-class disparities and discriminatory practices at different phases of the justice system from detainment through sentencing and appeals. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 4121 - Ethics in Criminal Justice

  
  This course is designed to prepare students to identify and critically examine ethical issues in the criminal justice system by applying ethical decision models. It also provides students with the 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 formal and informal professional ethics. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 4130 - Poverty, Crime, and Justice

  
  This course analyzes theories and empirical research related to the causes of criminal behavior committed by individuals of lower socio-economic status. Further, it examines the economic and social costs of crimes committed by under-resourced individuals and crime-prevention strategies that are connected to crimes committed by under-resourced individuals. 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 components of the criminal justice system. By exploring the dynamics of intimate partner violence, this course addresses the theories, history, research, legislation, and policy implications related to the criminal justice system’s response to intimate partner violence. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 4150 - Sex Offenders and Offenses

  
  This course explores 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 assessment, and treatment/supervision approaches to sex offenders and offenses. Prereq: CRJU 1000. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 4170 - Victimology

  
  This course involves the scientific study of crime victims and focuses on the physical, emotional, and financial harm people suffer at the hands of offenders. Emphasis is placed on victim-offender relationships, interactions between victims and the criminal justice system, and connections between victims and other social groups and institutions. Theories, 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 - Homicide Studies

  
  This class examines criminal homicide from all angles: the offenders, the victims, the police, prosecution, defense, jurors, and judges. It looks at investigative techniques and the latest science involved in criminal investigation, jury selection, and other criminal justice system issues. It focuses on what is arguably the most serious form of homicide, murder, exploring sensational cases that involve delving into the psyche of murderers. 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 responses to crime across countries. Special emphasis is placed on 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, Crime, and Justice

  
  This course explores issues surrounding women as offenders and victims. It investigates explanations for women’s involvement in illegal activities and looks at gender-based disparities and discrimination in the criminal justice system’s treatment of women who are accused and convicted of crimes.The class also examines women’s participation in criminal justice professions, including law enforcement, corrections, judicial processes, and law. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 4200 - Wrongful Convictions

  
  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 or sentenced to death row and erroneously executed. Cross-listed with CRJU 5200. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 4230 - Treatment Approaches in American Corrections

  
  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 and other socially differentiated variations in the practice of punishment. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 4252 - Criminal Offenders: Evidence-Based Decision-Making

  
  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 among criminal justice professionals. 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 the legal elements of major crimes. It also addresses legal aspects of investigation, search and seizure, arrest, custodial interrogation, the appointment of counsel, and constitutional rights that apply during trials (e.g., right to confront witnesses, be protected against self-incrimination, be tried by a jury of one’s peers, etc.) Rules governing the admissibility of evidence in court are also examined. 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 scientific perspectives of the law, legal institutions, the legal process, and the impact of law on behavior. Particular emphasis is placed on the interplay between the social construction of crime through law, criminal behavior and individuals targeted in criminal justice processes in America. Additional topics include theories of law and legality, comparative legal systems, police, lawyers, judges, juries, and the use of social science expertise in the justice system. 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 Violence

  
  This course focuses on the family as the primary institutional mechanism of social control. Structured around social learning theory, it explores the relationships between exposure to childhood violence and violence later in life, including dating relationships during adolescence and adulthood and violence in marital relationships. The course also looks at the impact of childhood violent victimization on juvenile delinquency, adult criminality, and violent behavior in general. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 4540 - Evidence-Based Approaches in Law Enforcement

  
  This course provides an introduction to the uses and applications of analysis within law enforcement, including the role of analysis in law enforcement, theories that guide analysis and police practices, commonly used data sources, technology, and a practical introduction to the techniques for various types of analysis utilized in law enforcement. Prereq: CRJU 1000, 3100, and 4043. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 4600 - Special Topics in Criminology and Criminal Justice

  
  This highly specialized seminar addresses cutting-edge and emerging developments in the fields of criminology and 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 1000. Max hours: 18 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 4700 - Community-Based Field Experience and Seminar

  
  Students work in small groups to complete substantive projects for government agencies and community organizations, led by faculty instructor. Topics addressed will vary depending on the needs of the community partner. Prerequisite: Completion of CRJU 1000 and CRJU 3100. Restriction: Restricted to SPA students. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 4840 - Independent Study: CRJU

  
  This course consists of instructor-guided research in an area of mutual interest to the student and instructor or a student-driven project supervised by the instructor. Students are responsible for selecting their area of inquiry prior to contacting the instructor. Max hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 6
  
• CRJU 4939 - Internship

  
  Internships involve a career-related supervised experiential course in a criminal justice or related agency. Permission to enroll must be preceded by an application for an internship. Prereq: Permission of instructor and advisor is required for undergraduate students. Max hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 6
  
• CRJU 5001 - Criminal Justice Systems, Policies, and Practice

  
  Examines current critical issues in the justice system affecting law enforcement, courts, corrections, and recent social developments related to personnel. The development, implementation, and analysis of public policy in the field of criminology are explored in depth. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 5002 - Criminological Theory

  
  Explores the origins of criminal behavior and impact of crime on society. Theories of deviant, delinquent, and criminal behavior are examined, and practical implications and application of theoretical constructs are analyzed through current research paradigms and empirical research. Restrictions: Restricted to Graduate and Graduate Non-Degree majors within CU Denver. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 5003 - Research Methods

  
  Examines applied research designs and analytical models. Research problems in the system are utilized to illustrate the application and interpretation of alternative research strategies. Restrictions: Restricted to Graduate and Graduate Non-Degree majors within CU Denver. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 5004 - Statistics for Criminal Justice

  
  Introduces 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. Restrictions: Restricted to Graduate and Graduate Non-Degree majors within CU Denver. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 5005 - Law & Society

  
  Introduces a variety of topics related to the functions and societal implications of law. 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. Restrictions: Restricted to Graduate and Graduate Non-Degree majors within CU Denver. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 5010 - Seminar Nonprofit Management

  
  Provides an overview of principles and concepts unique to nonprofit management. Topics include executive management, funding diversity, human resource management, marketing, volunteer management and ethics. Students also are introduced to the history and importance of the nonprofit sector. Restrictions: Restricted to Graduate and Graduate Non-Degree majors within CU Denver. Cross-listed with PUAD 3110 and 5110. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 5100 - Administration of Criminal Justice

  
  Analyzes the policies and practices of agencies involved in the criminal justice process, from the detection of crime and arrest of suspects through prosecution, adjudication, sentencing and imprisonment, to release. The patterns of decisions and practices are reviewed in the context of a systems approach. Cross-listed with CRJU 7100. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 5140 - Nonprofit Financial Management

  
  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 4140 and 5140. Restrictions: Restricted to Graduate and Graduate Non-Degree majors within CU Denver. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 5150 - 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 5220 - The American Jury System

  
  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. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 5240 - Gang Patterns and Policies

  
  Focuses on gangs, gang members, and gang activity in the United States. Topics include the origins and historical development of gangs, gang migration, gang related crime and violence, gang victimization, and the effects of gang involvement on communities and families. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 5250 - Criminal Offenders

  
  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. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 5260 - Crime and Literature

  
  This seminar focuses on nonfiction literature as it relates to criminality and the criminal justice system. Samples of social commentary, biographies/autobiographies, and other accounts presented within various types of nonfiction literature are examined in order to more fully understand and appreciate their impact in shaping public opinion of the criminal justice system. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 5270 - Case Studies in Criminal Justice

  
  This seminar examines the lives of people who live on the margins of a society that perceives them as outsiders. Ethnographic studies that utilize 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 constantly on the edge of the law. Restrictions: Restricted to Graduate and Graduate Non-Degree majors within CU Denver. Cross-listed with CRJU 3270. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 5290 - Capital Punishment

  
  This course examines in-depth a comprehensive range of issues surrounding capital punishment. Specifically, it looks at the history of capital punishment, methods of execution, legal issues and case law, deterrence, miscarriages of justice, discrimination in the capital charging and sentencing system, and the role of the death penalty internationally. The coverage of these issues relies on many sources, including scholarly readings, non-fiction books, court cases, websites, videos and documentaries, speeches, and media. Cross-listed with CRJU 3290. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 5301 - Crime and the Media

  
  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. 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. 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. 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 that guide analysis and police practices, commonly used data sources and technology, and techniques for various types of analysis utilized in law enforcement. 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

  
  Focuses on challenges practitioners face in managing sex offenders, including the development of programs and partnerships that can effectively assess, track, control, and treat sex offenders through all phases of the system. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 5410 - Victimology

  
  Examines victim-offender relationships, interactions between victims and the criminal justice system, and connections between victims and other social groups and institutions among various populations. The course addresses the theory, history, research, legislation and policy implications related to the social construction of “the victim.” 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. 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 responses of the criminal justice system. Special attention is paid to the socially constructed nature of illegal substances and connections with U.S. drug policy. Restrictions: Restricted to Graduate and Graduate Non-Degree majors within CU Denver. 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. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 5520 - Corrections

  
  Examines the development and implementation of correctional systems in America. Topics include the origins of correctional efforts and the evolution of the prison system, punishment and rehabilitation rationales in the context of sentencing models, the social organization of the prison, including inmate subcultures and staff work strategies, and the inmates’ rights movement and the impact of judicial intervention in correctional settings. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 5530 - Community Corrections

  
  Analyzes 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. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 5540 - Juvenile Justice

  
  Examines 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. 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. 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. 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. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 5553 - Women, Crime, and Justice

  
  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. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 5555 - Profiling Criminal Behavior

  
  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. Topics include homicide, serial crime, stalking. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 5571 - The Social Organization of Crime

  
  Explores the relationship between neighborhood social disorganization and 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. Restrictions: Restricted to Graduate and Graduate Non-Degree majors within CU Denver. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 5572 - Race, Crime, and Justice

  
  Examines the influence of race in the administration of justice. Special attention is paid to the policy implications of racial disparities in the criminal justice system. Restrictions: Restricted to Graduate and Graduate Non-Degree majors within CU Denver. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 5574 - White Collar Crime

  
  Employs social science and legal approaches to examine crime committed by corporations as well as by individuals in white-collar occupations. Topics include how such crimes are socially defined, who commits them, which social contexts promote them, who is victimized, and how society and the criminal justice system respond. Restrictions: Restricted to Graduate and Graduate Non-Degree majors within CU Denver. Cross-listed with CRJU 3160. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 5575 - The Mentally Disordered Offender

  
  Examines the offender who may be mentally disordered. Special attention is paid to 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. Restrictions: Restricted to Graduate and Graduate Non-Degree majors within CU Denver. Cross-listed with CRJU 7575 and 3575. 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 change law. Restrictions: Restricted to Graduate and Graduate Non-Degree majors within CU Denver. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 5644 - Environmental and Hazards Law

  
  This course provides a broad overview of issues in all hazards management as well as natural resource and environmental health law. It will convey knowledge of the statutes, regulations and court decisions governing the management of hazards by governmental agencies. The course will also cover aspects of environmental policy implementation and enforcement including the legal aspects of natural resource allocation and management and environmental protection. Restrictions: Restricted to Graduate and Graduate Non-Degree majors within CU Denver. Cross-listed with PUAD 5644. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 5650 - Public Service in Emergency Management and Homeland Security

  
  Introduces emergency management and homeland security including: management of hazards, emergencies, disasters, and the networks of government and nonprofit organizations providing services. Focuses on principles of emergency management and homeland security at state and local jurisdictional levels. Restrictions: Restricted to Graduate and Graduate Non-Degree majors within CU Denver. Cross-listed with PUAD 4010, PUAD 5650, and CRJU 4010. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 5655 - Principles of Emergency Management

  
  Introduces the discipline and practice of emergency management. Topics include administrative practice and processes by which public policy shapes governmental responses to hazards, emergencies, and disasters. Restrictions: Restricted to Graduate and Graduate Non-Degree majors within CU Denver. Cross-listed with PUAD 5655. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 5720 - Public Policies for Hazards 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. Restrictions: Restricted to Graduate and Graduate Non-Degree majors within CU Denver. Cross-listed with PUAD 5720. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 5910 - Nature and Scope of Interpersonal Violence

  
  Analyzes the social, historical, political, legal, and psychological aspects of gender-based violence. Topics include definitions of the problem, demographics, children and youth exposure, and national and global perspectives. Strategies for prevention, intervention, treatment, and social change are explored. Restrictions: Restricted to Graduate and Graduate Non-Degree majors within CU Denver. Cross-listed with PUAD 5910. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 5920 - The Psychology of Interpersonal Violence

  
  Addresses the contributions and limitations of current empirical and clinical psychological literatures on interpersonal violence (IPV). Special attention is paid to the effects of IPV on adult and child survivors, their psychological needs, and the contribution of psychological knowledge to understanding and addressing the problem of IPV. Restrictions: Restricted to Graduate and Graduate Non-Degree majors within CU Denver. Cross-listed with PUAD 5920. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 5930 - Interpersonal Violence Law and Public Policy

  
  Examines public policy and law related to interpersonal violence (e.g., welfare reform, child maltreatment, criminal and civil court responses). Topics include the role of law enforcement agents, victim advocacy, and methods to change law and policy. Restrictions: Restricted to Graduate and Graduate Non-Degree majors within CU Denver. Cross-listed with PUAD 5930. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 5940 - Interpersonal Violence Leadership, Advocacy, and Social Change

  
  Examines different models of social change and various approaches to public address, including social movements and campaigns. Strategies for engaging diverse individuals, systems and communities to address interpersonal violence will be emphasized. Restrictions: Restricted to Graduate and Graduate Non-Degree majors within CU Denver. Cross-listed with PUAD 5940. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 6171 - Homicide Studies

  
  This class examines criminal homicide from all angles: the offenders, the victims, the police, prosecution, defense, jurors, and judges. It looks at investigative techniques and the latest science involved in criminal investigation, jury selection, and other criminal justice system issues. It focuses on what is arguably the most serious form of homicide, murder, exploring sensational cases that involve delving into the psyche of murderers. Restrictions: Restricted to Graduate and Graduate Non-Degree majors within CU Denver. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• CRJU 6600 - Special Topics in Criminal Justice

  
  Specialized seminar intended to provide students and faculty with the opportunity to explore significant themes, issues, and problems in the field of criminal justice. Topics vary from semester to semester. Course may be taken for credit more than once, provided subject matter is not repeated. Restrictions: Restricted to Graduate and Graduate Non-Degree majors within CU Denver. Max hours: 18 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. Restrictions: Restricted to Graduate and Graduate Non-Degree majors within CU Denver. Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 3