This course is designed to provide a non-specialist overview of the use and interpretation of physical forensic evidence in courts of law. Topics may...
A detailed examination of various forms of corporate and white-collar criminality, which may include the following topics: environmental crimes,...
This course focuses on the criminological issues raised by recent advances in forensic investigation. Topics may include criminal profiling, forensic...
Topics in this course may include depictions of crime in the media, social construction of crime knowledge, fear of crime, selling crime, legal issues...
This course will introduce students to health and crime. Topics may include crime as a public health issue; mental illness and criminality; the...
This course will explore criminal injustice, legal rights violations, and breaches of ethics within criminal justice systems. Topics may include: the...
This course provides students with an overview of offender rehabilitation. It examines the
(Cross-listed as CT315 and OL315.)
This course will examine international perspectives of organized crime. Students will learn about the historical backgrounds, contemporary patterns,...
This course will examine foreign legal and criminal justice systems. Students will gain a solid understanding of major legal and criminal justice...
The purpose of this course is to examine key facets of crime prevention. Students will be given the opportunity to learn about the nature of specific...
(Cross-listed as HR325.)
(Cross-listed as HR326.)
This course is designed to provide students with a basic knowledge of statistics and their interpretation as they apply to criminology and criminal...
An exploration of critical theories of criminology from 1975 to the present including functionalism, critical criminology, left realism,...
This course examines the social construction of deviance and issues of social control, focusing on theory and contemporary research in the field....
(Cross-listed as LY402.)
This course is concerned with the evolution of systems of punishment in Western society and the effect of prison on inmates, their families and...
Course topics will be determined by the instructor. Generally, the course will explore a specific area of criminological research. ...
This course seeks to explore the history, organization, and structure of outlaw biker gangs. The course will define outlaw motorcycle gangs, describe...