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• CRJ 360: Race, Ethnicity and Criminal Justice

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course will explore the relationship between race and criminal justice, including the historical background of the role race has played in the system. The impact of race and ethnicity on discretion, sentencing, and disposition will be examined at the adult and juvenile levels. In addition, the causes and remedies of minority overrepresentation in the adult and juvenile criminal justice system will be explored.
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• CRJ 362: Drugs, Crime and Justice

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course examines the role that drugs play in U.S. society and its criminal justice system. Topics covered include the types of illegal drugs; the history of U.S. drug prohibition; patterns, trends, and scope of illicit drug use; the relationship between drugs and crime; criminal justice policies toward drug-related crime; the consequences of current anti-drug policies, and alternative strategies for reducing drug crime. Prerequisite:    CRJ 362 requires a prerequisite of a grade of C or higher in CRJ 110.
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• CRJ 365: Victimology

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course introduces the student to the field of victimology. Basic concepts, development, and relevant theoretical and empirical literature will be studied, as well as the policies and practices that have been developed to benefit victims of crime. Prerequisite:    CRJ 365 requires a prerequisite of a grade of C or higher in CRJ 110.
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• CRJ 366: Forensic Mental Health

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  An interdisciplinary exploration of the intersection of the mental health and criminal justice systems in the United States. The primary theme is the deinstitutionalization movement which has resulted in the shifting of persons with mental illness from hospitals into correctional facilities. Important topics include school-to-prison pipeline (STPP), civil and outpatient commitment, police as first responders, training for law enforcement responding to crisis situations, and other efforts to decrease criminalization and stigmatization, such as Crisis Intervention Teams, Mental Health Courts, Assertive Community Treatment, and reentry strategies. Students are expected to engage in innovative policy solutions through a multi-disciplinary lens, which may include strategies based on developments in the fields of criminal justice, medicine and forensic psychiatry, counseling and psychology, social work, education, and public administration.
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• CRJ 370: Gender, Crime, and Justice

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course provides a forum in which students are encouraged to examine the impact gender has on various aspects of the criminal justice system. The course will offer an exploration of the victimization of women and the culture that supports it. It will also address the unique issues of women as criminals, women as prisoners, and women as workers in the criminal justice system. Intersectionality is a fluid theme throughout the course, as matters of gender in the justice response oftentimes rest on marginalization based on several intersecting static traits, such as race, ethnicity, social status, and sexuality. It is important to understand the substantive nature of these groups as one attempts to identify issues and offer meaningful solutions. The ultimate aim is to help students foster an informed and reasoned openness to and an understanding of difference--a significant furtherance of the university's goal of graduating students who are committed to creating a just and equitable society. Prerequisite:    CRJ 370 requires a prerequisite of a grade of C or higher in CRJ 110.
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• CRJ 380: Computer Crime

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is an introduction to the various aspects of crimes committed with the aid of computers. While the content is not technical in focus, certain topics involve discussion of computer systems and protocols, specifically in the area of computer forensics. Students are introduced to both the collection and analysis of digital evidence. Since computer crime and its investigation are evolving rapidly, the curriculum changes as the semester progresses and the syllabus may be altered to include current issues or legal cases. Students complete the course with the basic tools by which to practice computer crime investigation and a knowledge base of current law to keep up with developments in this discipline. Prerequisite:    CRJ 380 requires a prerequisite of a grade of C or higher in CRJ 110.
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• CRJ 385: Crime, Media, and Society

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course will examine the relationship between crime, the criminal justice system, and the mass media. The types of media examined in this course will include television, films, the internet, video games, music, news reports, comic books, novels, magazines, the radio, and scholarly research. This course will further examine how the criminal justice system (police, courts, corrections) is portrayed through various narratives and images in the mass media and its potential impact on crime and justice. Some of the topics covered will include media theory and the social construction of crime, moral panics, crime and justice in news and entertainment, media effects on attitudes toward the criminal justice system, media as a cause of crime, media-driven anti-crime efforts, news media and the courts, the use of media technology in the judicial system and law enforcement, and the relationship between the media and criminal justice policies and practices. Prerequisite:    CRJ 385 requires prerequisites of CRJ 110, CRJ 220, CRJ 287, and majors only with junior or senior-standing.
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• CRJ 387: Elements of Criminal Justice Research

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is designed to provide an overview of research methods used in criminal justice research, including data collection methods, sampling techniques, and basic statistical analyses. The course will provide hands-on application of research methods as well as critical analyses of research studies conducted by others in the field of criminal justice. Prerequisite:    CRJ 387 requires prerequisites of C or better in CRJ 110, CRJ 210, and a WRT 200 level course. Honors students must have a C or better in HON 310.
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• CRJ 400: Criminal Procedure

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is an examination of the theory and application of the broadly defined subject of criminal procedure. It is designed to develop in the student, a sophisticated understanding of the underlying reasons for, and the applications of these rules in investigations of criminal activity, and in court proceedings. This will be accomplished through the study of the appropriate sections of the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and selected cases and statutes. Prerequisite:    CRJ 400 requires prerequisites of a C or better in CRJ 300 and CRJ 387.
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• CRJ 410: Independent Studies in Criminal Justice

  1.00 - 3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Research projects, reports, and readings in criminal justice. Prerequisite:    CRJ 410 requires a prerequisite of a grade of C or higher in CRJ 110.
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