Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024 | Page 242

CRJ-205
CRJ-207
Stalking & Domestic Violence
Drugs Society & Criminal Justice
This course will introduce students to the topics of 3.00 stalking and domestic violence from a criminological , sociological , and psychological perspective . In this course students will look at the social factors that contribute to the incidence and prevalence of both stalking and domestic violence . Students will examine victim outcomes and the criminal justice response to these crimes . Students must be at least a sophomore or receive permission of the Instructor .
The American justice system has struggled to confront 3.00 the problems related to drugs in our society , which include increased criminal activity , drug use by children and adolescents , and prison overcrowding . Throughout the semester , students will learn and understand the nature of drug use , and the psychological and physiological effects of various legal and illicit drugs . Additionally , this course covers the relative influence that drug use has on both the criminal justice system and larger society . This includes analysis of the various components of domestic and international drug production and trafficking , as well as the efforts made by our government to curtail these criminal initiatives .
CRJ-211
Constitution of the United States
This course provides a basic understanding of the philosophical , historical , and political roots of the United States Constitution , its structure , provisions and interpretations and includes a study of notable Supreme Court controversies .
CRJ-215
Criminology
An introduction to crime and criminality , the course examines types of crime , such as violent and property crime , white-collar , organized and victimless crimes , as well as theories of crime and the collection of statistical crime data .
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