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for California State University, Fresno.
Department of Criminology
COURSES
- Criminology (CRIM)
- Criminology (CRIM) --- Graduate Courses
- Criminology (CRIM) --- In-Service Courses
(CRIM 1 is required of all criminology majors, including freshmen and transfer students majoring in criminology. Not open to non-majors)
Criminology (CRIM)
1. Strategies for Success
in Criminology (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)
Prerequisite: G.E. Foundation A2. 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)
Highly recommended: CRIM 1. 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. Highly recommended: CRIM
1. 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)
Prerequisites: G.E. Foundation and Breadth Area D. 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. Highly recommended: CRIM 100 (the section for
majors) and CRIM 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 RP grading. CR/NC grading
only. (Minimum of 6 field hours per unit.)
109. Comparative Systems of Criminal Justice (3)
Prerequisites: CRIM 2. Highly recommended: CRIM 20, 100 (the section for
majors), and 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. Highly recommended: CRIM 100 (the section for
majors) and 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.
G.E. Integration ID.
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 WS 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)
Highly recommended: CRIM 2. 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)
Highly recommended: CRIM 134 or permission of instructor. 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)
Analysis of the composition, manufacture, use, and misuse of drugs (including
alcohol); their relationship to criminality, and current responses by governmental
and private organizations. Exposure to treatment programs may be required.
153. Psychology of Crime (3)
Prerequisites: G.E. Foundation and Breadth Area D. 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)
Highly recommended: CRIM 50 or an equivalent course (such as HS 92, PSYCH
42, MATH 11, SOC 25, DS 73). 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 RP 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: CRIM 1, 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)
Prerequisites: CRIM 200, 201, 202, and 203. 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)
Prerequisites: CRIM 200, 201, 202, and 203. The theory and practice of family
counseling in criminal justice agencies.
252. Seminar in Criminal Justice Personnel Administration (3)
Prerequisites: CRIM 200, 201, 202, and 203. 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)
Prerequisites: CRIM 200, 201, 202, and 203. 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)
Explores the topic of sex offenders from epidemiological, psychological,
and etiological underpinnings and constraints as they relate to power, sex,
gender, and psychopathology. Gives attention to the role of paraphilia and
the vast array of sexual predators, lust killers, paraphilic stalkers, and
the mentally disordered sex offender. (Formerly CRIM 270T)
270T. Problems in Criminology
(1-6; max total 12 if no topic repeated)
Prerequisites: CRIM 200, 201, 202, and 203. 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: admission to the criminology graduate 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. (Formerly CRIM 270T)
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 RP grading. CR/NC
grading only.
290. Independent Study (1-3; max total 6)
See Academic Placement -- Independent
Study. Approved for RP 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 RP
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. (Formerly CRIM 270T)
298. Project (3)
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 RP grading.
299. Thesis (3)
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 RP
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