FALL 2007 Cohort

SYLLABUS INDEX

SPRING 2007

(CRJU 720) Seminar in Criminal Justice Administration II – Current topics in the management and administration of criminal justice systems.  A
 case approach examining topics such as community policing, community policing as a part of community government, zero tolerance, race and ethnic
 conflict in the criminal justice system.

(CRJU 800) Selected Problems in Criminal Justice - This course examines current topics and issues related to the field of Criminal Justice.

(CRJU 805) Program Planning, Implementation and Evaluation – The application of social science research methods to effective policy-making
    and evaluation.  Topics include conceptual, methodological, bureaucratic, political and organizational factors in the evaluation process as well as
    specific program evaluation research techniques.

(CRJU 900) Master’s Research and Practicum

FALL 2007

(CRJU 700) Theories of Criminal Behavior – An intensive overview of the major etiological theories of crime as they relate to contemporary crime control and correctional models with special emphasis on criminal justice applications.  Linkages between current paradigms of criminal behavior and current developments in criminal justice policy will be explored.

(CRJU 710) Research and Statistical Methods – The course examines research methods commonly used in the social and behavioral sciences, including survey, field and experimental research designs.  Advanced inferential statistical procedures for data analysis are covered using SPSS for PC.  Computer application and data bases are employed.

(CRJU 794) Graduate Statistics - This course examines descriptive, inferential and multivariate statistics employed in criminal justice research regarding the nature of crimes, criminals, and the criminal justice system.  The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, or SPSS, will be employed in the course to aid students in the calculation and interpretation of key statistical techniques commonly employed in the field.