Approved by: Undergraduate Course and Curriculum Committee
Implementation Date: Fall 2015
Note: Deletions are strikethroughs. Insertions are underlined.
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CJUS 3000. Topics in Criminal Justice. (3) Prerequisites: Criminal Justice major or minor AND CJUS 1100. Specialized criminal justice topics. May be repeated for credit. (On demand)
CJUS 3031. Criminal Justice Learning Community I. (3) (W) Prerequisites: Criminal Justice major, premajor or minor AND CJUS 1100. First course in the year-long sequence Learning Community for Criminal Justice Transfer Students. Designed to introduce transfer students to criminal justice and expose them to the discipline with an emphasis in writing, including exploration of academic and social culture at the University and within the discipline. (Fall)
CJUS 3032. Criminal Justice Learning Community II. (3) (O) Prerequisites: Criminal Justice major, premajor or minor AND CJUS 1100 and AND CJUS 3031. Second course in the year-long sequence Learning Community for Criminal Justice Transfer Students, focuses on career and job seeking skills, including preparation for work experience and community involvement. (Spring)
CJUS 3100. Criminal Justice Theory. (3) Prerequisites: CJUS 1100, AND Criminal Justice major or minor, AND and Junior standing. Required course for majors and minors. An overview of the dominant theoretical explanations for crime and deviance. Special attention is given to the empirical research on these theories and their corresponding policy/program recommendations for reducing crime and delinquency in society. (Fall, Spring)
CJUS 3101. Research Methods in Criminal Justice. (4) (W) Prerequisites: CJUS 1100, AND STAT 1222, AND Criminal Justice major, AND and Junior standing. Required course for majors. Research designs, data collection, and data analysis relevant to criminal justice. (Fall, Spring)
CJUS 3102. American Criminal Courts. (3) Prerequisites: Criminal Justice major or minor AND junior standing AND CJUS 1100. Analysis of the court area of criminal justice with emphasis on social science literature concerning prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, juries, and court reform policies. (On demand)
CJUS 3110. Criminal Justice and the Law. (3) Prerequisites: Criminal Justice major or minor AND junior standing. Nature and development of criminal law including the concepts of criminal liability, responsibility, and capacity; comprehensive analysis of the various crimes against persons, property, and morality. (On demand)
CJUS 3111. Criminal Procedure. (3) Prerequisites: Criminal Justice major or minor AND junior standing. Examines the rules that govern everyday operation of the criminal justice system from investigation to appeal. (On demand)
CJUS 3112. Famous Criminal Trials of the Twentieth Century. (3) Prerequisites: Criminal Justice major or minor, AND CJUS 1100, AND and at least Junior standing OR or with permission of instructor. The study of American criminal trials from 1900 to the present, with a review of specific cases to determine their effect upon, and reflection of, American society and culture. (On demand)
CJUS 3114. Mediation and Conflict Resolution. (3) (O) Prerequisites: Criminal Justice major or minor, AND junior standing, AND CJUS 1100 OR or permission of instructor. Introduction to conflict and dispute resolution, with a specific emphasis on mediation. Course format includes lecture, case studies, and practice mediation role plays with instructor and peer feedback. (On demand)
CJUS 3120. The Juvenile Offender. (3) Prerequisites: Criminal Justice major or minor AND junior standing. Measurement of juvenile delinquency, explanations of delinquent behavior, and policies intended to both prevent and respond to delinquent behavior. (On demand)
CJUS 3121. Juvenile Law. (3) Prerequisites: Criminal Justice major or minor AND junior standing. Statutory and case law relating to juveniles with special emphasis on the North Carolina Juvenile Code. (On demand)
CJUS 3130. The Administration of Criminal Justice. (3) (O, W) Prerequisites: Criminal Justice major or minor AND junior standing. Examines major organizational theories and administrative functions with direct application to criminal justice agencies. (On demand)
CJUS 3132. Interviewing in Criminal Justice. (3) (O) Prerequisites: Criminal Justice major or minor AND junior standing. Examines the interpersonal dynamics, theories, empirical research, and legal basis of the investigative interview necessary for the criminal justice professional. Special emphasis will be given to the establishment of rapport, the process of inquiry, the evaluation of response, cultural and age differences, and the need to remain within the legal bounds of the U.S. Constitution. (On demand)
CJUS 3141. Law Enforcement Behavioral Systems. (3) Prerequisites: Criminal Justice major or minor AND junior standing. Examines the issues surrounding the individual officer. Such issues include: selection, discretion, ethics, stress, the use of force, and the effects of culture. (On demand)
CJUS 3150. Community Corrections. (3) Prerequisites: Criminal Justice major or minor AND junior standing. Structure, functions, and effectiveness of community corrections. Emphasis on the deinstitutionalization movement, community-based treatment centers, community service agencies, work release programs, and current trends in community corrections. (On demand)
CJUS 3151. Institutional Corrections. (3) Prerequisites: Criminal Justice major or minor AND junior standing. Structure, functions, and effectiveness of correctional institutions. Emphasis on the history of corrections, classification of offenders, institutionalization, treatment programs, juvenile training schools, and the future of corrections. (On demand)
CJUS 3152. Correctional Law. (3) Prerequisites: Criminal Justice major or minor AND junior standing. Development, substance, and application of the law of corrections. (On demand)
CJUS 3153. Juvenile Corrections. (3) Prerequisites: Criminal Justice major or minor AND junior standing. Examination of community-based and institutional correctional programs for juveniles and analysis of the effectiveness of these programs. (On demand)
CJUS 3160. Domestic Violence. (3) Prerequisites: Criminal Justice major or minor, AND junior standing, AND CJUS 1100. Examination of the interpersonal dynamics of abusive relationships and how the cycle of violence perpetuates the home resulting in the physical, psychological and sexual abuse of women and children and how men can become part of the solution to this social cancer. (On demand)
CJUS 3200. Security and Loss Prevention. (3) Prerequisites: Criminal Justice major or minor AND junior standing. Overview of the field of private security and loss prevention with emphasis on current legislation, loss prevention, risk management, and security countermeasures. (On demand)
CJUS 3210. Problems and Decisions in Criminal Justice. (3) (W) Prerequisites: Criminal Justice major or minor, AND jJunior standing, AND and permission of department. Evaluation of criminal justice policy and decision-making. (On demand)
CJUS 3220. The Criminal Offender. (3) Prerequisites: Criminal Justice major or minor AND junior standing. Examines the research, theory, and practice of criminal behavior focusing primarily on interaction of the offender with social-environmental factors. (On demand)
CJUS 3310. Punishment and Freedom. (3) Cross-listed as HONR 3700-H01. Prerequisites: Criminal Justice major or minor, AND junior standing, AND CJUS 1100 with grade of C or above. Examines the manner in which the notions of freedom and punishment are fundamentally bound to one another, and how, at their intersections, these constructs are the source of considerable speculation regarding consumerism, democracy, capitalism, and ethics. (On demand)
CJUS 3400. Criminal Justice Internship. (1-6) Prerequisites: Criminal Justice major or minor, AND junior standing, AND CJUS 1100, AND and permission of department AND and criminal justice agency. Supervised experience in a criminal justice agency. May be repeated for credit up to a maximum of 12 hours but with no more than six hours counting toward the major. (Fall, Spring, Summer)
CJUS 3800. Directed Individual Study. (1-4) Prerequisites: Criminal Justice major or minor, AND jJunior standing, AND and permission of department. May be repeated for credit. Graded on a Pass/No Credit basis. (Fall, Spring, Summer)
CJUS 4000. Topics in Criminal Justice. (1-6) Prerequisites: Criminal Justice major or minor AND jJunior standing. Specialized topics in criminal justice. May be repeated for credit. (On demand)
CJUS 4101. Drugs, Crime, and the Criminal Justice System. (3) Prerequisites: Criminal Justice major or minor AND junior standing. Use of drugs and their relationship to crime, including the impact of drugs on the individual and the criminal justice system. (On demand)
CJUS 4103. International Criminal Justice. (3) Prerequisites: Criminal Justice major or minor, AND jJunior standing. Examination of the patterns and trends in international crime such as terrorism, transnational organized crime, and trafficking in people, and a review of how the legal traditions of common law, civil law, Islamic law and socialist legal systems are structured and function. (On demand)
CJUS 4140. Community Oriented Policing and Problem Solving. (3) Prerequisites: Criminal Justice major or minor, AND CJUS 1100, AND CJUS 2000, AND and Junior standing. Designed to help students learn, in a practical hands on way, about community policing concepts, problems solving tools and resources, and crime prevention strategies that are currently used by law enforcement and community leaders. (On demand)
CJUS 4160. Victims and the Criminal Justice System. (3) (O) Prerequisites: Criminal Justice major or minor AND junior standing. Relationship between victims of crime and the criminal justice system. Specific topics include: an analysis of the characteristics of crime victims, victim reporting and non-reporting patterns, treatment of victims by the various segments of the criminal justice system, victim assistance programs, and the issue of compensation and/or restitution for victims of crime. (On demand)
CJUS 4161. Violence and the Violent Offender. (3) Prerequisites: Criminal Justice major or minor AND junior standing. Issues surrounding violence in today’s society and their impact on offenders involved in homicide, child and domestic abuse, and other forms of violence. Examination of myths about violence, victim-offender characteristics and relationships, and theories of violence. (On demand)
CJUS 4162. Seminar on Sexual Assault. (3) (O) Prerequisites: Criminal Justice major or minor AND junior standing. A comprehensive and systematic critical examination of sexual exploitation in the United States. Topics may include historical and legal perspectives, theories of causation, and practical policy implications in the areas of rape, child sexual abuse, and incest, among others. (On demand)
CJUS 4210. Gender, Race and Justice. (3) (O) Prerequisites: Criminal Justice major or minor, AND junior standing, AND CJUS 1100 OR or permission of instructor. Designed to examine the topics of femininities and masculinities and their influence on participants in the criminal justice system. Specific Topics include: the notion of gender and offending, women and men as victims of violence and as professionals within the criminal justice system. (On demand)
CJUS 4220. Evidence. (3) (O, W) Prerequisites: Criminal Justice major or minor AND junior standing. A critical examination of the use of evidence within the criminal courtroom. Emphasis placed on the rules of courtroom evidence with particular attention to the proper search and seizure of evidence.
CJUS 4400. Research Practicum. (3) Prerequisites: Criminal Justice major or minor, AND junior standing, AND CJUS 3100, AND and CJUS 3101. Development, analysis, and presentation of independent research under the supervision of a faculty member. Graduate students are encouraged to register for CJUS 6800. (On demand)
CJUS 4700. Honors Capstone Project in Criminal Justice. (3) Prerequisites: Criminal Justice major or minor, AND junior standing, AND pPermission of instructor; , AND approval of a proposal through the Honors College Application to Candidacy process the semester prior to taking the course. Required of all Honors students. (On demand)