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• CRIM 414: Criminal Justice Policy

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course explores the contemporary criminal justice system, major systems of social control and their policies and practices; as well as policies related to courts, victimology, juvenile justice and comparative criminal justice. These policies will be studied through the lenses of individual liberties, collective formalized controls, multicultural factors and issues related to race, gender and diversity.
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• CRIM 416: Community Corrections

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  The course explores the origins of community corrections and its role in the American criminal justice system. Starting with pre-arrest diversion, the course covers the major issues and topics associated with community correction programs. Students are required to complete a service learning component.
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• CRIM 422: The Death Penalty

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  An examination of the problems and issues related to the death penalty in the United States, including the history of capital punishment, important Supreme court decisions, how the various jurisdictions deal with capital cases, the comparative costs of incarceration and executions, miscarriages of justices in capital cases, the impact of minority status and how the criminal justice responds to these issues.
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• CRIM 450: Internship

  1.00 - 12.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  Supervised placement in selected professional agencies.
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• CRIM 468: Crime & Media

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course will examine images of crime and criminal justice as portrayed and presented by the mass media including popular media (fictional television show, music, novels, etc.) as well as "news" programming and print media. More specifically, the course will analyze how crime and criminals, and criminal justice systems (police, courts and corrections) are portrayed by the mass media. This course will analyze the media's relationship to criminological theories as well as to criminal justice policies and practices. This course will also examine how gender, race and class are related to the way crime is depicted in the mass media.
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• CRIM 490: Independent Study

  1.00 - 3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  Independent research under the guidance of a faculty member. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor, departmental chairperson, and dean of the college where the study will be conducted. (repeatable up to 6 credits) Independent Study courses give students the opportunity to pursue research and/or studies that are not part of the university's traditional course offerings. Students work one on one or in small groups with faculty guidance and are typically required to submit a final paper or project as determined by the supervising professor.
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• CRIM 495: Workshop

  1.00 - 6.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  A workshop is a program which is usually of short duration, narrow in scope, often non-traditional in content and format, and on a timely topic.
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• CRIM 498: Selected Topics

  1.00 - 3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  A Selected Topics course is a normal, departmental offering which is directly related to the discipline, but because of its specialized nature, may not be able to be offered on a yearly basis by the department.
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• CRIM 590: Experimental

  1.00 - 3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  A unique and specifically focused course within the general purview of a department which intends to offer it on a "one time only" basis and not as a permanent part of the department's curriculum.
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• CRIM 595: Workshop

  1.00 - 6.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  A workshop is a program which is usually of short duration, narrow in scope, often non-traditional in content and format, and on a timely topic.
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