Criminology
CRIM 1. Strategies for Success in the Criminology Department
Only open to Criminology Department 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.
Units: 1
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
CRIM 2. Administration of Justice
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.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
CRIM 10. Crime, Criminology, and Justice
Prerequisite: GE Foundation A2 for students in English college-readiness Category III and IV. 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 D2.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
GE Area: D2
CRIM 20. Criminal Law
Highly recommend 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.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
CRIM 50. Statistical and Computer Applications in Criminal Justice
Prerequisite: Mathematics placement category I or II. Students in Mathematics placement category III and IV are required to take CRIM 50 SI sessions. 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. Only for Criminology and Forensic Behavioral Sciences majors.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
GE Area: B4
CRIM 100. Criminology
Sociological, biological, psychological theories of crime causation; crime measurement; schools of criminology; crime typologies. Graduating criminology seniors have first priority; other students may receive priority status by permission of instructor.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
CRIM 100H. Honors Criminology
Prerequisite: Open only to students who are qualified members of the Criminology Honors Program. An advanced exploration of the etiology of crime. An emphasis on primary literature with analysis and criticism of both classic and modern criminological theories.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall
CRIM 101. Crime and Violence in America
Prerequisites: G.E. Foundation, Breadth Area D and PLSI 2. 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.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
GE Area: ID
CRIM 102. Criminal Justice Organization and Management
Prerequisites: CRIM 2, CRIM 20. Highly recommended: CRIM 100 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.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
CRIM 102H. Honors Criminal Justice Organization and Management
Prerequisite: Open only to members of the Criminology Honors Program. A comprehensive examination of the structure and process of the American Criminal Justice System from an organizational management perspective. Conceptual thinking is essential in this exploration of current and future organizational challenges.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall
CRIM 108. Directed Policing
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.)
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
CRIM 109. Comparative Systems of Criminal Justice
Prerequisites: CRIM 2. Highly recommended: CRIM 20, CRIM 100, and CRIM 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.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
CRIM 110. Police in America
A basic survey course on the functions, roles, personnel systems, and management issues in law enforcement. Issues faced by municipal, county, state, and federal law enforcement are explored in detail. Analysis of contemporary programs and trends in policing. Community policing is explored. Studies issues of less-than-lethal technology and computerized information systems. Formerly CRIM 160T.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
CRIM 112. Professionalism in Criminal Justice
Prerequisites: CRIM 2, CRIM 20. Highly recommended: CRIM 100 and CRIM 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.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
CRIM 113. Forensic Science
Prerequisite: CRIM 2. Open only to criminology majors. Advanced study of scientific crime investigation, identification, and detection methods.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
CRIM 117. Criminal Legal Process
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.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
CRIM 118. Courts and Legal Procedure
Prerequisites: CRIM 20. Structure and function of trial and appellate courts. Procedural requirements of the judicial process. Rules of evidence as they apply to admissibility of behavioral and forensic evidence.
Units: 3
CRIM 119. Legal Aspects of Corrections
Prerequisite: CRIM 20. Legal issues affecting corrections; constitutional issues involving rights of the convicted and civil liability of staff. Origin, development, and classification of criminal law in corrections. Rules of evidence, search and seizure, etc.
Units: 3
CRIM 120. Juvenile Delinquency
Prerequisites: G.E. Foundation, Breadth Area D and PLSI 2. The problem of juvenile delinquency; portrait of delinquency; causal factors; agencies of justice; treatment process; programs for control and prevention. G.E. Integration ID.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
GE Area: ID
CRIM 120S. Juvenile Delinquency
Prerequisites: G.E. Foundation, Breadth Area D and PLSI 2. The problem of juvenile delinquency; portrait of delinquency; causal factors; agencies of justice; treatment process; programs for control and prevention. To gain valuable experience in understanding the causes and impacts of juvenile delinquency, students will work closely with a local at risk youth in a mentoring role. S sections include a service-learning requirement. G.E. Integration ID.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
GE Area: ID
CRIM 126. Women and Violence: Public Policy and the Law
(CRIM 126 same as WGSS 126.) Historical and contemporary issues in public policy responses to violence against women. Gender bias in the legal system and policing violence against women. Theory and research on problems in government policy and enforcement of the law.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Spring
CRIM 127. Evidence
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.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
CRIM 131. Correctional Institution Visitations
Open only to CRIM and FBS majors. The opportunity to visit, examine, and investigate various correctional institutions within the state of California. Visitations will be mandatory. CR/NC grading only.
Units: 1-3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
CRIM 133. Institutional Corrections
Prerequisites: CRIM 2 and CRIM 20. Prison and issues of corrections in terms of historical development and current applications; various perspectives and definitions of social control; philosophical underpinnings of the system; prisoner and societal implications of social control.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
CRIM 134. Criminal Justice Counseling
An overview of counseling modalities and counseling techniques in criminal justice settings.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
CRIM 135. Community-Based Corrections
Prerequisites: CRIM 2 and CRIM 20. History and contemporary applications of community-based corrections. Juvenile and adult supervision at all three levels: local, state, and federal; probation, parole, electronic monitoring, residential treatment, drug/mental health courts, boot camps, intensive supervision.
Units: 3
CRIM 136T. Topics in Criminology
Analysis of selected areas of criminology; deviant behavior; institutional and non-institutional treatment; corrections; administration and management; law enforcement; criminalistics.
Units: 1-3, Repeatable up to 12 units
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
CRIM 137. Women, Girls & the Criminal Justice System
Prerequisite: CRIM 2. Analysis of women and girls in the criminal justice system; understanding of the role of gender in terms of female pathways to crime, nature of female offending, victimization, and incarceration. Gender-responsive criminal justice policy and practice.
Units: 3
CRIM 138. Punishment and Society
Prerequisites: CRIM 2; CRIM 20; CRIM 100, or by permission of instructor. In-depth examination of sentencing philosophies in the US; critical assessment of historical shifts and current developments in aims of sentencing; analysis of the impact on convicted offenders and society. (Formerly CRIM 136T: Philosophies of Punishment).
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
CRIM 139. Criminal Justice Counseling Skills Practicum
Highly recommend 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.
Units: 3
CRIM 140. Family Violence
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.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
CRIM 141. Alcohol, Drugs, and Criminality
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.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
CRIM 142. Basic Courtroom Procedure
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. This course is part of the Mock Trial Program. The course focuses on courtroom procedures and related topics. (Formerly CRIM 136T)
Units: 3
CRIM 143. Legal Evidence
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. This course is part of the Mock Trial Program. The course focuses on legal evidence and related topics. (Formerly CRIM 136T)
Units: 3
CRIM 144. Trial Tactics
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. This course is part of the Mock Trial Program. The course focuses on trial strategies/tactics, rules of evidence, and related topics. (Formerly CRIM 136T)
Units: 3
CRIM 145. Effective Expert Witnesses
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. This course is part of the Mock Trial Program. The course focuses on preparing effective expert witnesses. (Formerly CRIM 136T)
Units: 3
CRIM 150. Victim Services Program Management
This course examines the management techniques and skills needed to operate non-profit/government based victim services organizations. The course explores the various technologies that ensure victims' rights and efficient/effective service provision. Finally, advocacy regarding organizations, coalitions, and policies will be discussed.
Units: 3
CRIM 152. Elder Abuse
This course provides students with an overview of the history, theories, concepts, and practices of elder abuse. The course will also cover measurement, prevention, intervention, victim non-reporting practices, victims' rights, laws, and policies, victim recovery, and restorative justice practices.
Units: 3
CRIM 160H. Honors Seminar in Criminology
Prerequisite: Open only to students who are qualified members of the Criminology Honors Program. Honors seminar in specialized areas, new development and synthesis of criminological processes, thought and theory.
Units: 3, Repeatable up to 6 units
CRIM 160T. Topics in Crimes
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.
Units: 1-3, Repeatable up to 12 units
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
CRIM 160T. The Criminalization of Mental Illness
This course examines the role of mental illness (MI) in the criminal justice system and how it problematizes efforts to create an efficient and fair system of justice. Special attention will be paid to the following themes: the historical evolution of MI, stigmatization of offenders with MI, proposed solutions to remedy concerns and related disparities in the justice system, and the difficulties of managing offenders with MI with a focus on policing, courts, corrections. This topic may not be repeated for credit. (Offered Spring 2023)
Units: 3
CRIM 170. Research Methods in Criminal Justice
Highly recommended: PH 92, PSYCH 42, MATH 11, SOC 125, DS 73. Research methodology; use of library resources; electronic resources; preparation and handling of materials in criminology; written report required.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
CRIM 170H. Honors Research Methods
Prerequisite: Open only to members of the Criminology Honors Program. The goal of this introduction to social science research is to develop a literature review and research design. This involves an intense library search, development of a literature review and implementation of a research project.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall
CRIM 173. Trauma & Crisis Intervention
Physiological and psychological aspects of trauma; analysis of Stress Theory, Crisis Theory, and PTSD; short term and long-term trauma; advocate intervention techniques and referral sources.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Spring
CRIM 174. Ethnic and Gender Issues in Criminal Justice
The impact of ethnicity, gender and race on criminal justice personnel, offenders, and victims. Special problems experienced by various groups in obtaining services within the criminal justice system.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
CRIM 175. Victimology
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.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
CRIM 176. Victim Services
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.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
CRIM 177. Legal Policy in Victim Services
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.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
CRIM 178. Restorative Justice
Presentation and discussion of theories that underlie and support restorative justice as well as provide insight into restorative practices and their impact on victims, offenders, and the community. (Formerly CRIM 136T)
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall
CRIM 180HI. Honors Internship
Prerequisite: Open only to members of the Criminology Honors Program with senior standing. Mandatory student attendance at a "pre-orientation" meeting within one year prior to enrolling in a department internship section. The purpose is to relate the student's classroom studies with occupational and professional experiences. Students will be referred to related agencies where they will engage in activities requiring significant responsibility. CR/NC grading only.
Units: 3, Repeatable up to 6 units
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
CRIM 180I. Internship
Open only to Criminology majors. Prerequisites: CRIM 1, CRIM 2, CRIM 20. Co-requisite: CRIM 112 and completion of 90 units, or 75 units and at least 15 additional units in progress at the time of course registration, or permission by instructor/internship coordinator. Mandatory student attendance at a "pre-orientation" meeting within one year prior to enrolling in a department internship section. CR/NC grading only. (Minimum of 40 field hours per unit.)
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
CRIM 190. Independent Study
See Academic Placement -- Independent Study. Approved for RP grading.
Units: 1-3, Repeatable up to 6 units
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
CRIM 192. Readings in Criminology
Prerequisite: upper-division standing and permission of the instructor. Supervised readings in a selected field relating to criminology.
Units: 1-3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
CRIM 200. Research Methods in Criminology
Prerequisite: CRIM 170. Methods and techniques of research in criminology; research designs and models; preparation and critique of a research paper.
Units: 3
CRIM 201. Advanced Criminological Theory
Prerequisite: CRIM 100. An historical approach to a criminological theory. Special treatment of the theoretical underpinnings of contemporary thought. Detailed analysis of major 18th, 19th, 20th century thought.
Units: 3
CRIM 202. Law and the Criminal Justice System
Prerequisite: CRIM 117. 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.
Units: 3
CRIM 203. Criminal Justice Systems
Prerequisite: CRIM 102. A comprehensive assessment of the historical evolution of the criminal justice system, including current status, victim rights, and future growth, theory (A)and (B) practices relating to (C).
Units: 3
CRIM 204. Quantitative Methods and Analysis
Prerequisites: CRIM 170. Methods of analysis of multivariate data: including multiple regression, logistic regression and factor analysis. Computer statistical packages, applications, and analysis of data.
Units: 3
CRIM 205. Qualitative Methods and Analysis
Examines a range of qualitative research methods and analysis, including theory and strategies, techniques of data collection and writing strategies relevant to qualitative research. Topics covered include interpretative theories, instrument development, interview techniques, ethnography, content analysis and inductive analytic methods.
Units: 3
CRIM 216. Essentials of Homeland Security
This course focuses on Homeland Security, terrorism, and theories of security, risk management, and national security strategy. An overview of key agencies and the legal and privacy issues inherent in balancing law and order with Constitutional rights and liberties.
Units: 3
CRIM 217. Radical Ideologies
Students will acquire an understanding of how ordinary individuals can acquire extraordinary philosophies that disrupt governance, derail the status quo, and often erupt into violent conflict.
Units: 3
CRIM 218. Intelligence Theory
Intelligence Theory is a course intended so that students can acquire an understanding of how the acquisition, analysis, and dissemination of information to generate criminal intelligence can be facilitated in a free society.
Units: 3
CRIM 219. Border and Homeland Security
This course focuses on border and homeland security, terrorism, risk management, and national security strategy. Comparative approach to key agencies, policies and legal issues in securing international borders, critical infrastructure protection and related economic analysis in security, transportation, and immigration policy.
Units: 3
CRIM 220. Seminar in Group Therapy in Criminal Justice Agencies
Prerequisites: admission to the criminology graduate program. The theory and practice of group therapy in criminal justice agencies. Use of transactional analysis concepts in describing group interactions.
Units: 3
CRIM 221. Seminar in Family Counseling in Criminal Justice Agencies
Prerequisites: admission to the criminology graduate program. The theory and practice of family counseling in criminal justice agencies.
Units: 3
CRIM 252. Seminar in Criminal Justice Personnel Administration
Prerequisites: admission to the criminology graduate 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.
Units: 3
CRIM 255. Seminar in Criminal Justice Labor Relations
Prerequisites: admission to the criminology graduate 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.
Units: 3
CRIM 265. Sex Crimes
Sex offenders are explored from epidemiological, psychological and etiological underpinnings 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. (Formerly CRIM 270T)
Units: 3
CRIM 270T. Problems in Criminology
Prerequisites: Admission to the criminology graduate program. Special problems in law enforcement or corrections; individual research in laboratory, library, or fieldwork; formal written reports. Weekly conference with instructor.
Units: 3-6, Repeatable up to 12 units
CRIM 270T. Diversity, Justice, and Social Change
This course examines how diversity characteristics and inequality influence the administration of criminal justice. Class, race, gender, and mental illness are associated with perceptions of crime, criminals, victims, and critical evaluation exposes the fallacies perpetuated by the social construction of crime. Emphasis is placed on the manner in which diversity characteristics influence the operations and outcomes of the criminal justice system, with additional considerations for definitions of justice and avenues for social change. This topic may not be repeated for credit. (Offered Spring 2023)
Units: 3
CRIM 275. Victimology and Social Change
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 agencies and programs of community change. Models and strategies of understanding and assisting crime victims will be analyzed. (Formerly CRIM 270T)
Units: 3
CRIM 281. Supervised Professional Experience
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.
Units: 1-6
CRIM 290. Independent Study
See Academic Planning-- Independent Study. Approved for RP grading.
Units: 1-3, Repeatable up to 6 units
CRIM 292. Readings in Criminology
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.
Units: 1-3
CRIM 295. Controversial Issues in Crime, Criminology and Law
Prerequisites: CRIM 200, CRIM 201, CRIM 202, and CRIM 203. An inclusive overview of controversial issues in criminology and law with an emphasis upon critical thinking, organization, decision-making and writing skills. An integration of graduate-level scholarly knowledge related to the study of criminology. (Formerly CRIM 270T)
Units: 3
CRIM 298. Project
Prerequisites: CRIM 200, CRIM 201, CRIM 202, and CRIM 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.
Units: 3-6
CRIM 298C. Project Continuation
Pre-requisite: Project CRIM 298. For continuous enrollment while completing the project. May enroll twice with department approval. Additional enrollments must be approved by the Dean of Graduate Studies.
Units: 0
CRIM 299. Thesis
Prerequisites: CRIM 200, CRIM 201, CRIM 202, and CRIM 203. See Criteria for Thesis and Project. Preparation, completion, and submission of an acceptable thesis for the master's degree. Approved for RP grading.
Units: 3-6
CRIM 299C. Thesis Continuation
Pre-requisite: Thesis CRIM 299. For continuous enrollment while completing the thesis. May enroll twice with department approval. Additional enrollments must be approved by the Dean of Graduate Studies.
Units: 0
FBS 114. Ethics in Forensic Behavioral Sciences
Prerequisite: CRIM 2. Explores ethical aspects of the conduct of forensic behavioral scientists in the civil and criminal justice systems. Designed to provide the student with an informed basis for critically evaluating the behavior of behavioral scientists relative to legal proceedings. (Formerly CRIM 114)
Units: 3
FBS 153. Psychology of Criminality
Prerequisites: G.E. Foundation, Breadth Area D and PLSI 2. 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. (Formerly CRIM 153) G.E. Integration ID.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
GE Area: ID
FBS 154. Fundamentals of Forensic Behavioral Sciences
Prerequisite: CRIM 2. Examines applications of behavioral sciences to the study and investigation of behavior and their implications for civil and criminal judicial proceedings. Evaluation of issues related to behavioral sciences as they pertain to civil liability and criminal responsibility. (Formerly CRIM 154)
Units: 3
FBS 155. Biology of Criminality
This course examines criminal behavior in terms of psychophysiological factors, neurobiological and neuropsychological factors, and genetic factors. To understand the biology that underlies criminal behavioral responses to specific environmental factors. (Formerly CRIM 155)
Units: 3
FBS 156. Forensic Behavioral Sciences and the Law
Prerequisite: CRIM 2. Introduction to law, courts, and legal procedure as they relate to the use of the forensic behavioral sciences. Particular emphasis is placed on the use, misuse, and non-use of relevant forensic behavioral science information in legal decision-making. (Formerly CRIM 156)
Units: 3
FBS 157. Interviewing and Interrogation
Prerequisite: Crim 2. Topic overview, evaluation of recent research, and development of fundamental skills in three areas critical to investigations: interviewing witnesses, detecting deception, and interrogating suspects.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
FBS 159T. Topics in Forensic Behavioral Sciences
Prerequisite: Crim 2. Critical examination of the role of forensic behavioral sciences relative to specific issues, practices, and/or policies in the criminal justice system. (Formerly CRIM 159T)
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
FBS 159T. Violence Risk Assessment and Management
This course is about structured assessment of risk for violence and case management processes using the Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR) framework. RNR offers a practical approach to identify and treat risk factors that are relevant in reducing risk for future violence. The risk principle involves matching the intensity of treatment to the individual's risk level of reoffending, with high-risk offenders receiving more intensive and extensive treatment than low-risk offenders. Risk is determined by the combination of static and dynamic risk factors. Students will develop an increased awareness of the RNR principles, especially the applied aspect of the risk principle. This topic may not be repeated for credit. (Offered Spring 2023)
Units: 3
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