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Department of Criminology
COURSES
- Criminology (CRIM)
- Criminology (CRIM) --- Graduate Courses
- Criminology (CRIM) --- In-Service Courses
Criminology (CRIM)
1. Strategies for Success
in Criminology (1)
Prerequisite or take concurrently: ENGL A or ENGL 1. Not open
to non-crim majors; first semester major requirement. Program
structure; faculty overview; degree requirements; support services;
advising; grading; conduct and behavior; areas of academic knowledge
and integration with emphasis upon critical thinking, decision-making
and communication skills. CR/NC grading only.
2. Administration of Justice (3)
Purpose, function, and history of agencies dealing with administration
of justice; survey of criminal procedures; organization of law
enforcement agencies at federal, state, and local levels; organization
and functions of courts; probation, parole, and pardons; penology
and prison administration; purpose and function of victim services.
(CAN AJ 2)
10. Crime, Criminology, and Justice (3)
An introduction to the concept of crime, emphasizing its contextual
foundations as the product of evolving criminal laws and the institutions
that shape them. A survey of the methodological approaches used
to measure and study crime. Patterns of crime and victimization
in relation to their impact on society's response in its quest
for justice. G.E. Breadth D3.
20. Criminal Law (3)
Prerequisite: CRIM 1 (may be taken concurrently). Introduction
to the case method of studying criminal law, theory, concept,
and philosophy of substantive law and criminal offenses; analysis
of court decisions and opinions through case method. (CAN AJ 4)
35. Communications and Technology in Criminology (3)
Not open to students with credit in CRIM 31. Prerequisite:
CRIM 1 (may be taken concurrently). The use of technology in the
criminal justice system; the evolution of telecommunications;
advancements of computer science and automation; and applications
of verbal, nonverbal, and written communication in criminal justice.
(Formerly CRIM 31)
50. Statistical and Computer Applications in Criminal Justice
(3)
Statistical and computer applications as they relate to criminological
research and policy. Emphasis on descriptive and inferential statistical
methods for the analysis of data and the application of appropriate
computer statistical packages and other specialized computer programs
for criminal justice.
100. Criminology (3)
Criminology majors are required to enroll in course sections that
are designated "for majors only" in order to receive
credit in the major. Sociological, biological, psychological theories
of crime causation; crime measurement; schools of criminology;
crime typologies.*
101. Crime and Violence in America (3)
Introduces students to types of crime and violence in America
within a sociological, cultural, economic, and political context.
Emphasis on methodological approaches to crime measurement. Looks
at how crime and violence impacts individuals and their environment.
G.E. Integration ID.
102. Criminal Justice Organization and Management (3)
Prerequisites: CRIM 2, 20. Prerequisites or take concurrently:
CRIM 100, 170. Fundamentals of organization/management theory,
principles, and processes relating to the operation and functioning
of the criminal justice system, including victim services agencies.*
108. Directed Policing (3; max total 12)
Open only to criminology majors. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
and sponsoring agency. Supervised field experience in police work
for interpreting theories developed in parallel criminology courses.
Purchase of uniform required. Approved for SP grading.
CR/NC grading only. (Minimum of 6 field hours per
unit.)
109. Comparative Systems of Criminal Justice (3)
Prerequisites: CRIM 2, 20. Prerequisites or take concurrently:
CRIM 100, 170. Study of selected criminal justice systems in other
jurisdictions; examination of the organization; administration
and operations of criminal justice agencies in the United States,
Europe, the United Kingdom, and Asia. *
112. Professionalism in Criminal Justice (3)
Prerequisites: CRIM 2, 20. Prerequisites or take concurrently:
CRIM 100, 170. Professionalism in criminal justice including formal
and informal control; political activity; use of discretion; conflict
of interest; rights of clients; ethical, gender, and ethnic issues;
and other current topics.*
113. Forensic Science (3)
Open only to criminology majors. Advanced study of scientific
crime investigation, identification, and detection methods. *
117. Criminal Legal Process (3)
Prerequisite: CRIM 20. Specific emphasis on the laws of arrest,
search and seizure, interrogation and confession, procedure prior
to and during trial, postconviction procedures, limitations on
criminal prosecutions and juvenile proceedings. *
118. Individual Rights in the Criminal Justice System (3)
Prerequisite: CRIM 20. Examines specific issues relative to the
rights of individuals in substantive design of our criminal justice
system. Deals with the development and protection of rights; surveys
common abuses in the criminal justice system and their causes.
*
120. Juvenile Delinquency (3)
The problem of juvenile delinquency; portrait of delinquency;
causal factors; agencies of justice; treatment process; programs
for control and prevention.
121. Violence, Delinquency, and Schools (3)
Examination of schools: violence and juvenile delinquency in a
legal, social, and political context. Methodological approaches
to assessing the increase in juvenile violence and its impact
on the educational and juvenile justice systems.
126. Women and Violence: Public Policy and the Law (3)
(See W S 126.)
127. Advanced Criminal Legal Process (3)
Prerequisite: CRIM 117 or 118. Advanced problems in arrest, search,
seizure, interrogation, and prosecution. The law of evidence,
including problems of relevancy, hearsay, opinion, privilege,
and scientific evidence. Juvenile law and procedure from detention
to disposition. *
130. Corrections in America (3)
A survey of corrections in America. The history and philosophy
of correctional thought and practice. Special attention given
to adult and juvenile treatment, jails, prisons, probation, parole
and community corrections, and current issues such as prisoners
rights, gender, ethnicity, and overcrowding.
131. Correctional Institution Visitations (1-3; max total 3)
The opportunity to visit, examine, and investigate various correctional
institutions within the state of California. Visitations will
be mandatory. CR/NC grading only.
134. Criminal Justice Counseling (3)
Graduating criminology seniors have first priority; other students
may receive priority status by permission of instructor. An overview
of counseling modalities and counseling techniques in criminal
justice settings.
136T. Topics in Criminology
(1-3; max total 12 if no topic repeated)
Analysis of selected areas of criminology; deviant behavior; institutional
and non-institutional treatment; corrections; administration and
management; law enforcement; criminalistics.
139. Criminal Justice Counseling Skills Practicum (3)
Prerequisite: CRIM 134. An experiential course designed to teach
students essential skills in structuring counseling sessions with
offenders. Emphasis on listening, validation, empathy, interviewing,
probing, concreteness, self-disclosure, summarizing, confrontation,
goal-setting, taking action, closure, and resistance.
140. Family Violence (3)
Typology and history of family abuse, including: legal guidelines;
treatment approaches; emotional abuse; sexual abuse; spousal abuse;
elderly abuse; and child abuse as a criminogenic factor.
141. Alcohol, Drugs, and Criminality (3)
Drug and alcohol related criminal behavior and the response of
the criminal justice system.
153. Psychology of Crime (3)
Explores the psychological bases of criminal behavior as they
relate to the biology of criminality, as well as to the numerous
and varied contributions from cultural economic, and geographic
aspects of the social environment. G.E. Integration ID.
160T. Topics in Crimes
(1-3; max total 12 if no topic repeated)
Intensive focus on particular crime categories, e.g., political,
corruption, terrorism; corporate, computer, white collar, fraud,
embezzlement; homicide, assassination, mass murder, sex crimes,
violence, assault, rape, mayhem; property, burglary, robbery,
piracy, professional pickpocketing, swindling, safe-cracking;
organized; arson; and environmental.
170. Research Methods in Criminal Justice (3)
Prerequisite or take concurrently: CRIM 50 or an equivalent course.
Must be taken no later than the first semester of the student's
junior year. Research methodology; use of library resources; electronic
resources; preparation and handling of materials in criminology;
written report required.
174. Ethnic and Gender Issues in Victim Services (3)
Culturally specific responses to victimization of women and ethnic
minorities by the criminal justice system. The impact of gender
and race on criminal justice personnel. Special problems experienced
by women and various groups in obtaining services within the criminal
justice system.*
175. Victimology (3)
Major theoretical issues and debates in victimology. Victim blaming
and defending, research and victim statistics, legal and policy
dilemmas, bureaucratic responses to victims, and evaluation of
victim compensation and restitution.*
176. Victim Services (3)
Survey of community services for victims. Focus on victim services
as a new subsystem. Theoretical, social, and legal issues that
affect delivery of victim services.*
177. Legal Policy in Victim Services (3)
Analysis of legislation and specific legal policies regarding
victim services. Victim rights, the process of changing attitudes,
and current laws will be a major focus. *
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* Graduating criminology seniors have first priority; other students
may receive priority status by permission of instructor.
180. Internship in Law Enforcement (1-12; max total 12)
Open only to criminology majors. Prerequisites (may be taken concurrently):
CRIM 2, 20, 102 and 112. CR/NC grading only. (Minimum of 3 field
hours per unit.)**
181. Internship in Corrections (1-12; max total 12)
Open only to criminology majors. Prerequisites (may be taken concurrently):
CRIM 2, 20, 102 112, and 130. CR/NC grading only. (Minimum of
3 field hours per unit.)**
182. Internship in Victimology (1-12; max total 12)
Open only to criminology majors. Prerequisites (may be taken concurrently):
CRIM 2, 20, 102, 112, and 175. CR/NC grading only. (Minimum of
3 field hours per unit.)**
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** Relates the student's classroom studies with occupational and
professional experiences. Permission of instructor and a sponsoring
agency. Graduating criminology seniors have first priority; other
students may receive priority status by permission of instructor.
Weekly conference with field supervisor. Transfer students should
be aware that 12-unit total must include units previously earned;
check with departmental adviser.
190. Independent Study (1-3; max total 6)
See Academic Placement -- Independent
Study. Approved for SP grading.
192. Readings in Criminology
(1-3; max total 3)
Prerequisite: upper-division standing and permission of the instructor.
Supervised readings in a selected field relating to criminology.
199. Senior Seminar (1)
Prerequisite: last semester senior criminology majors only; completion
of major lower-division and upper-division core requirements and
UDWS requirement. Degree culminating experience involves the integration
of scholarly knowledge relating to criminology with emphasis upon
critical thinking, decision-making, and communication skills.
GRADUATE COURSES
(See Course Numbering System.)
Criminology (CRIM)
200. Research Methods in Criminology (3)
Prerequisite: CRIM 170. Methods and techniques of research in
criminology; research designs and models; statistical techniques;
preparation and critique of a research paper.
201. History of Western Criminological Thought (3)
Prerequisite: CRIM 100. An historical approach to criminological
theory in Western civilization. Special treatment of the theoretical
underpinnings of contemporary United States criminological thought.
Detailed analysis of major 18th, 19th, and early 20th century
Occidental thought.
202. Law and the Criminal Justice System (3)
Prerequisite: CRIM 117 or 118. The nature and philosophy of law;
the common law tradition and our judicial system; the role of
legislation and rules of statutory interpretation; Constitutional
Law concepts and their applications in the Criminal Justice System;
the rights and liabilities of criminal justice personnel; legal
research including the use of Lexis.
203. Criminal Justice Administration (3)
Prerequisite: CRIM 102. A comprehensive assessment of the historical
evolution of the criminal justice system, including current status
and future growth organization/management theory and practice
relating to criminal justice; individual research.
220. Seminar in Group Therapy in Criminal Justice Agencies
(3)
Prerequisite: graduate standing and admittance to Criminology
Program. The theory and practice of group therapy in criminal
justice agencies. Use of transactional analysis concepts in describing
group interactions.
221. Seminar in Family Counseling in Criminal Justice Agencies
(3)
Prerequisite: graduate standing and admittance to Criminology
Program. The theory and practice of family counseling in criminal
justice agencies.
252. Seminar in Criminal Justice Personnel Administration (3)
Prerequisite: graduate standing and admittance to Criminology
Program. The historical development of modern personnel theory
and practice in criminal justice agencies; manpower, merit concepts,
concepts of man and work, classification, training and compensation,
collective bargaining, and organizational communication.
255. Seminar in Criminal Justice Labor Relations (3)
Prerequisite: graduate standing and admittance to Criminology
Program. The historical development of labor relations theory
and practice in criminal justice agencies; legislation, court
decisions, collective bargaining agreements, arbitration awards
and fact-finding, and administrative law decisions.
265. Sex Crimes (3)
Prerequisite: graduate standing and admittance to Criminology
Program. Sex offenders are explored from epidemiological, psychological
and etiological underpinnins and constraints as they relate to
power, sex, gender and psychopathology. Attention given to the
role of paraphilia and the vast array of sexual predators, lust
killers, paraphilic stalkers and the mentally disordered sex offender.
270T. Problems in Criminology
(1-6; max total 12 if no topic repeated)
Prerequisite: graduate standing and admittance to Criminology
Program. Special problems in law enforcement or corrections; individual
research in laboratory, library, or fieldwork;formal written reports.
Weekly conference with instructor.
275. Victimology and Social Change (3)
Prerequisite: graduate standing and admittance to Criminology
Program. Theories and scientific research on the effects of crime
on victims. An analysis of victim rights and services with specific
review of victim agencies and programs of community change. Models
and strategies of understanding and assisting crime victims will
be analyzed.
281. Supervised Professional Experience (1-6; max total 6)
Open only to criminology majors. Prerequisite: permission of instructor
and selected agency. Supervised professional experience in law
enforcement or correctional work. Approved for SP
grading. CR/NC grading only.
290. Independent Study (1-3; max total 6)
See Academic Placement -- Independent
Study. Approved for SP grading.
292. Readings in Criminology (1-3; max total 3)
Prerequisites: permission of instructor and chair, Criminology
Graduate Committee. Individually directed readings in an area
of special concern to the student's graduate program; appropriate
written reports and evaluation required, individual student conferences.
Approved for SP grading.
295. Controversial Issues in Crime, Criminology, and Law
(3)
Prerequisites: CRIM 200, 201, 202, and 203. An inclusive overview
of controversial issues in criminology and law with an emphasis
upon critical thinking, organization, decision-making and writing
skills. An apogean experience involving the integration of graduate-level
scholarly knowledge related to the study of criminology.
298. Project (2-4; max total 4)
Prerequisites: CRIM 200, 201, 202, and 203. See Criteria
for Thesis and Project. Preparation and completion of a project
demonstrating a significant undertaking such as implementing a
program, evaluating an ongoing program, developing pilot studies
of innovative ideas or implementing organizational change in the
field of criminology, and submission of a written abstract. Approved
for SP grading.
299. Thesis (2-4; max total 4)
Prerequisites: CRIM 200, 201, 202, and 203. See Criteria
for Thesis and Project. Preparation, completion, and submission
of an acceptable thesis for the master's degree. Approved for
SP grading.
IN-SERVICE COURSE
(See Course Numbering System.)
Criminology (CRIM)
302. Topics in Criminology (1-3; max total 3)
May be repeated for credit provided different fields are covered.
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Selected areas in the
organization, administration, and management of agencies engaged
in the administration of justice; the police function; prosecution
of criminal offenses; the correctional process, deviant behavior.
Criminology
Degrees