REQUIRED Core Courses (15 CR.)

Crime Causation, Prevention, And Control

Course Description: Theories of crime causation. Translation of theory to policy.

Proseminar in Criminal Justice

Course Description: Survey of classical and recent literature in criminal justice. Trends and issues that transcend the components of the criminal justice system.

Design and Analysis in Criminal Justice Research

Course Description: Scientific methods in criminal justice research. Design data collection and analysis, interpretation of findings, and ethical concerns. Computer use in data analysis.

Criminal Justice Management Seminar

Course Description: Organization theory and behavior for the criminal justice agency. Organization and policy planning budgeting, forecasting, human resource management, and project implementation.

Quantitative Methods In Criminal Justice Research

Course Description: Descriptive and inferential statistics and computer use in criminal justice research

REQUIRED Focus Coursework ( 9 cr.)

Security Management

Course Description: Organization and management of security operations in business, industry and government. (Judith M. Collins, Mahesh K. Nalla)

Security Administration

Course Description: Administrative and quantitative techniques for security operations. Statistical analysis. Analysis of financial statements. Operations research and computer techniques. (Judith M. Collins, Mahesh K. Nalla)

Management and Organizational Behavior

Course Description: Micro and macromodels of organizational behavior applied to the management of organizational processes and design. Motivation, leadership, structural design, and workforce diversity. (Pamela Pommerenke)

ELECTIVE Coursework ( 3 cr.)

Special Topics: Theoretical Issues in Comparative Criminal Justice

Course Description: This course will examine concepts and theory that explain crime causation and control in comparative and cross-national context. Specifically, this course will examine how crime is defined and measured as well as how social correlates are interpreted. It will also examine how and why crime rates differ in other countries; examine the concepts, assumptions, and propositions of competing theoretical perspectives of crime and delinquency; critique the relevance of culture-specific theories in understanding cross-national crime problems; and, discuss the utility of this research to address policy questions.

Special Topics: Contemporary Issues in Cross- National Criminal Justice

Course Description: The objective of this course is to understand and become familiar with the concept of organized crime, and with the extent and nature of organized crime, as well as crime control strategies. Within this framework of organized crime we will examine special problems which include firearm related violence, drugs, money laundering, smuggling, and corruption that transcend national boundaries. Strategies to combat these problems and relevant policy issues will be examined.

Independent Study

Course Description: Individual research and writing under faculty supervision.

Special Topics: Issues in Terrorism

Law Enforcement Intelligence Operations

Course Description: Law enforcement intelligence as an analytic tool for case development and resource allocation. Historical, ethical, legal, and operational issues affecting current practice.

Internship/Practicum

Course Description: Observation, study, and work in selected criminal justice agencies. Participation in domestic and foreign criminal justice systems.

REQUIRED-Policy Course (3 cr.)

Policy Analysis Under Conditions of Change

Course Description:Methods of policy analysis in security management settings. Policy analysis for the formulation, adoption and implementation of change. (Merry Morash)