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Programs of Study
Criminal Justice
Course Descriptions
— Criminal Justice
- CJ 110 — (S) Introduction to Criminal
Justice — 3 credits
- A foundation course examining problems in the study
of crime and criminal justice, basic elements of criminal law and
constitutional rights, and the functions of, as well as the relationship
between, major components of the criminal-justice system; agencies and role of
law enforcement; prosecution; the judicial process, and corrections.
- S/CJ 210 — (S) Law and Society — 3
credits
- The relationship between law and society, or the
interaction of legal and social variables. Examines jurisprudential and social
theories of law; development of law; the role of the legal profession; legal
behavior and decision making; and law and social change.
- S/CJ 212 — (W) Research Methods for the
Social Sciences — 3 credits
- Survey of methods and techniques for achieving
interpretable results in research in the criminal justice field; research
design; data collection.
- S/CJ 213 — (S) Criminology — 3 credits
- Crime as a form of deviant behavior; nature and
extent of crime; past and present theories; evaluation of prevention, control
and treatment programs.
- S/CJ 214 — (S) Juvenile Delinquency —
3 credits
- Nature and extent of delinquency: competing
explanatory models and theories; evaluation of prevention, control, and
treatment programs.
- S/CJ 215 — (Q) Statistics for the Social
Sciences — 3 credits
- An introduction to the techniques used by social
scientists to analyze their data. Students learn descriptive and inferential
statistics in conjunction with computer usage. Basic skills and procedures are
taught for organizing and describing data, assessing relationships among social
variables, and using this information to make inferences about the population.
- S/CJ 218 — (S) The American Court System
— 3 credits
- Mindful of the role played by our judiciary in
resolving disputes, setting policy, and otherwise having an impact on everyday
life, this course provides a basic examination of America’s courts in
terms of their history and development, their structure and organization, their
procedures, people, institutions and issues.
- S/CJ 219 — American Policing — 3
credits
- The course is designed to introduce the student to
contemporary policing in a free society. The course will focus on three
interrelated topical areas: historical foundation of policing including the
definition, evolution, and current role of policing in America; functions of
policing including patrol, order maintenance, investigation and community
policing; contemporary police problems will be presented including corruption,
discretion, deadly force and minority relations.
- S/CJ 220 — Penology: The American
Correctional System — 3 credits
- Analysis and evaluation of contemporary
correctional systems; theories of punishment; discussion of recent research
concerning the correctional institution and the various field services; the
history of corrections in Pennsylvania.
- S/CJ 221 — Community-Based Corrections
— 3 credits
- Examination of community treatment in the
correctional process; contemporary usage of presentence investigation,
selection, supervision, release of probationers and parolees.
- S/CJ 224 — (S, W) Sociology of Deviance
— 3 credits
- Critical examination of theories and empirical
studies of social deviance, focusing upon the formulation and application of
deviant labels, organizations relating to deviance, and deviant behavioral
patterns. Special attention given to noncriminal forms of deviance.
- S/CJ 225 — White-Collar Crime — 3
credits
- A study of white-collar crime, including corporate
misdeeds, political corruption, occupational illegalities and upperworld
deviance. This course will explore the causes, consequences, and criminal-
justice system response to white-collar crime.
- S/CJ 226 — (S, D) Comparative Justice
Systems — 3 credits
- An exploration of the meaning and character of
justice, law and crime in different cultures and countries, and of evolving
global standards and patterns of justice, international law, and transnational
crime, making specific comparisons between Western and Eastern nations,
capitalist and socialist systems, and countries having much crime and little
crime.
- S/CJ 227 — Organized Crime Patterns —
3 credits
- The national and international organizational
structure of organized crime will be analyzed. Primary attention will be given
to comparative theories and concepts. The various methods of prosecution,
investigation and control will be discussed.
- CJ 230 — Crime Prevention — 3 credits
- This course analyzes the basic theories of
community policing, problem-solving policing and crime prevention. The emphasis
is on primary, secondary and tertiary prevention techniques. Emphasis will be
given to the various analytical approaches to the study of criminal profiling,
terrorism and methods of planning.
- S/CJ 232 — Public Safety Administration
— 3 credits
- An overview of the public-safety field – its
philosophy, disciplines and research. The course focuses on an examination of
the police and governmental responses to disaster and accidents. A primary
emphasis is given to the various analytical approaches to the study of
terrorism. Methods of planning, investigation and prevention are discussed.
- S/CJ 234 — Criminal-Justice Management
— 3 credits
- This course surveys major trends in law enforcement
including leadership, management, and administration. It includes discussion of
police personnel issues, computerized training programs and police health
issues. The emphasis is on critical thinking, problem solving and contemporary
policing practices.
- CJ 237 — The Investigative Process — 3
credits
- This course considers appropriate investigative
procedures concerning major criminal investigations. An analysis of specific
investigative theories and courtroom applications will be conducted through
learning simulation. The homicide court problem will focus on the preservation
and admission of evidence.
- S/CJ 284 — Special Topics in Criminal
Justice — 3 credits
- (Prerequisite: Permission of chairperson and
instructor) Courses designed to meet specific needs of individual students or
courses offered on a trial basis to determine the value of placing them into
the regular curriculum.
- CJ 310 — Criminal Justice Process — 3
credits
- A study of the law of criminal procedure, treating
investigation and police practices, preliminary proceedings, and trial, as they
relate to the development and structure of the American criminal justice system
and as they affect offenders.
- CJ 312 — Criminal Law — 3 credits
- A study of substantive criminal law in view of its
historical foundations, purpose, functions and limits; of crime and defenses
generally; and of the elements which constitute certain specific crimes under
state and federal statutes.
- S/CJ 314 — The Bill of Rights and Criminal
Justice— 3 credits
- From the perspective of the criminal-justice
professional, this course addresses key principles enunciated in the first,
fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth and fourteenth amendments to the Constitution of
the United States.
- S/CJ 316 — Principles of Evidence — 3
credits
- An examination of the law of evidence pertaining to
the trial of a criminal case. A discussion of the common law, pertinent
statutes, judicial opinions, and rules (e.g., the Federal Rules of Evidence)
relating to: direct and circumstantial evidence; opinion testimony; exhibits;
competence, relevance, materiality; privileges; and hearsay and its exceptions.
- S/CJ 317 — Trial, Jury and Counsel — 3
credits
- A consideration of the rights guaranteed by the
Sixth Amendment to The Constitution of the United States, surveying
constitutional provisions, statutes, court rules, and cases concerning the
right of a criminal defendant to a speedy and public trial, to trial by jury,
and to the assistance of counsel.
- S/CJ 318 — Civil Liability — 3 credits
- An examination of the law-enforcement officer or
employee as a defendant in a civil suit arising from the scope of his or her
employment. Liability based upon rights statutes is examined, along with
consideration of the typical defenses.
- S/CJ 324 — Victimology — 3 credits
- An examination of the causes and consequences of
crime victimization. The recent emergence of the study of the victim, the types
and circumstances of victimization, and the nature of the criminal-justice
system’s response to crime victims are considered, along with the ethical
and practical dimensions of crime victimization.
- CJ 338 — Police Criminalistics — 3
credits
- A course in crime scene reconstruction. Emphasis is
on police criminalistics and the coordination of physical evidence with
scientific laboratories.
- CJ 382-383 — Independent Study in Criminal
Justice — 3 credits
- (Prerequisite: Permission of chairperson and
instructor) Directed projects and surveys in criminal justice, law enforcement,
and corrections designed to give the student academic flexibility.
- CJ 480-481 — Internship Experience — 3
credits
- (Prerequisite: Permission of instructor) Supervised
experiential learning in an approved criminal justice setting, taken preferably
in junior and senior year.
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