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Criminal Justice Studies: CJS 101 INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE STUDIES   Introduction to the field of criminal justice studies, stressing the theoretical foundations, origin, nature, methods, and limitations of criminal justice studies as a college curriculum. CJS 207 RESEARCH METHODS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE STUDIES   Review of the nature, language, and processes of inquiry involving experiments, studies, surveys, and investigations. The instrumentation, types, and structures of content analysis, questionnaires, interviews, and structured observation, including, analytic techniques, data processing resources, and preparation of research reports are also examined. CJS 300 CRIMINAL JUSTICE STUDIES CAREER DEVELOPMENT   Exploration of career opportunities and the professional career placement process including setting goals and identifying educational objectives, noting professional concerns, the role of a given criminal justice organization, and assessing experiences. CJS 303 CORRECTIONS   The administration of correctional institutions and other detention facilities with emphasis on probation and parole systems to include the rehabilitation and treatment of the incarcerated with reference to correctional law cases. CJS 305 CRIMINAL LAW   Principles of criminal liability, preparation of case materials, court procedures, and case disposition. CJS 315 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE   Fundamentals of criminal procedure: arrest, search, and seizure; interrogation, constitutional limitations upon state and federal rules of criminal procedure. CJS 322 POLICING AND SOCIETY   Analyzes the history of policing in society and assesses the social and political forces that are correlated with both the rise of formal policing and the variety of structures law enforcement agencies have assumed. Reviews the primary functions of policing in American society and examines those issues affecting federal, state, county, municipal and private policing. CJS 336 COMPARATIVE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS   Survey of cross-cultural uniformities and diversities in law-enforcement agencies, correctional systems, and the courts in selected countries. CJS 399 SPECIAL TOPICS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE   An extensive examination of a current topic affecting the criminal justice system and its law enforcement, corrections or judicial components. May be repeated to a maximum of three semester hours when the topic changes. CJS 440 INDEPENDENT STUDY   Directed study and research on selected topics of significant academic publications in law enforcement and criminal justice. CJS 447 SENIOR SEMINAR IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE STUDIES   Seminar to identify and discuss the contemporary issues in justice administration. Topics to be assigned by instructor and presented for class discussion by students. CJS 477 HONORS THESIS PROJECT   First of two courses leading to the selection, design, investigation, and completion of an independent, original Honors Thesis project under the guidance of a faculty research advisor. Restricted to students in the University Honors Program with permission of the program director and departmental chairperson. Students pursuing an interdisciplinary thesis topic may register for three semester hours each in two separate disciplines in consultation with the department chairpersons. CJS 478 HONORS THESIS PROJECT   Second of two courses leading to the selection, design, investigation, and completion of an independent, original Honors Thesis project under the guidance of a faculty research advisor. Restricted to students in the University Honors Program with permission of the program director and departmental chairperson. Students pursuing an interdisciplinary thesis topic may register for three semester hours each in two separate disciplines in consultation with the department chairpersons. CJS 495 INTERNSHIP IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE I   Supervised experience solely in a civilian capacity in a criminal justice or law-enforcement agency. Open to pre-service criminal justice studies majors only; in-service students do not qualify. Students who enroll for internship credit are not given a stipend. Credit granted only under Grading Option Two. CJS 496 INTERNSHIP IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE II   Continuation of CJS 495. CJS 497 SERVICE LEARNING EXPERIENCE   Supervised community research or service experience that complements a specific upper division course in Criminal Justice Studies. No more than three semester hours of Social Science 497 credits can count for graduation. Repeatable up to three semester hours. Interdisciplinary Studies: ASI 150 INTRODUCTION TO THE UNIVERSITY   Examination of the values that inform academic progress in the College; discussion of strategies for taking full advantage of academic opportunities and integrating formal and experiential learning. Political Science: POL 301 THE AMERICAN JUDICIAL PROCESS   Study of the judicial process as part of the political system. Focus on the participants (police, lawyers, judges, interest groups, litigants, jurors) and the process (criminal, civil, and appellate proceedings). POL 303 STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT   Comparative study of the political institutions, processes, and systems of the fifty states and their effect on the content and administration of selected public policies, programs, and services. POL 305 INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION   Basic principles of organization and management in executive departments of government at all levels; questions of planning, leadership, and control. POL 360 URBAN POLITICS AND POLICY   Study of the nature of urban political systems in the U.S. with emphasis on explanation of differences in their policy responses. POL 411 CONSTITUTIONAL LAW   Analysis of the role of the U.S. Supreme Court in its interpretation of the Constitution. Emphasis on the various methods of judicial interpretation as they affect such provisions as the commerce clause, the taxing and spending powers, due process, the dimensions of presidential and congressional authority, and the doctrine of judicial review. POL 450 CIVIL LIBERTIES   Analytical examination of civil liberties in the U.S. with emphasis on the Supreme Court as arbiter in the endless conflict between the demand for individual liberty and the needs of constitutional authority. Psychology: PSY 363 ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY   Patterns of disordered behavior; social, psychological, and physiological factors; theoretical explanations of abnormal behavior. PSY 461 CURRENT IMPLICATIONS OF DRUG DEPENDENCY   Survey of effects, symptoms, treatment, causalities, and myths associated with drug use and abuse. Emphasis on existing treatment methods and psychological implications of drug dependency. Social Work: SWK 325 CHILD ABUSE   Comprehensive study of child abuse: its history, scope, causal factors, indicators for detection, treatment resources and modalities, and community responsibility. Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work: SOC 305 CRIMINOLOGICAL THEORY   Study of the major theories of crime; consideration of the implications of theory for the criminal justice system. SOC 323 JUVENILE JUSTICE   The environmental and internal factors that influence or determine delinquent behavior; roles of individual juvenile offenders, parents or guardians, school, church, police, business community, community agencies, and the juvenile justice and correctional system in preventing and treating delinquent behavior. SOC 325 DEVIANT BEHAVIOR   Description of various types of deviant behavior; for example, mental illness, alcoholism, drug addiction, the professional criminal. Study of explanations for the consequences and the role of deviant behavior in modern society. SOC 326 LAW AND SOCIETY   Study of the legal system and practices from a sociological point of view; the historical origin and role of the law in society, issues relating to the law as an instrument of social control and/or social change; analysis of the legal profession. SOC 327 CRIMINOLOGY   Social and cultural nature, origin, and development of law; criminal behavior; crime control. The influence of society in the creation and organization of legal and crime control systems. Biological, psychological, and sociological factors leading to criminal behavior. SOC 328 RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITIES   Study of the major immigrant and racial groups in the United States and other countries. Issues and problems related to their minority status in the dominant culture. SOC 339 SOCIAL INEQUALITY   Study of social inequality in society. Emphasis on the processes that divide people into unequal groups based on wealth, status, and power. The effects of inequality on individual life chances and life styles. SOC 351 URBAN SOCIOLOGY   The study of the development of urban life from ancient times to the present, with an emphasis on contemporary urban population characteristics, social-economic-political structure, and problems. *All material derived from the current issue of the University of Dayton Bulletin. *Subject to Change