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c r i m i n a l j u s t i c e
Designed to introduce freshman criminal justice majors to university life,
study skills, and techniques for career development.
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CJ 1101
Administration of Criminal Justice
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4 QH |
Surveys the contemporary criminal justice system from the initial contact with
the offender through prosecution, disposition, incarceration, and release to
the community. Emphasizes major systems of social control: police, corrections,
juvenile justice, mental health systems, and their policies and practices
relative to the offender. Maintains balanced study by providing legal,
empirical, and sociological materials.
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CJ 1151
Introduction to Law and the Legal Process 1
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4 QH |
Provides an introduction to the law and the legal system of the United States.
Sets forth the fundamentals of our legal process and provides a summary
description of both the private and public law system. Presents an overview of
the traditional structure, as well as the basic principles of law.
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CJ 1152
Introduction to Law and the Legal Process 2
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4 QH |
Continues the material presented in CJ1151. Introduces basic tort and contract
principles, administrative law, and governmental regulation of business, topics
of particular concern to criminal justice professionals in both the public and
private sectors, as well as to those students concentrating in legal studies.
Prereq. CJ1151 and CJ1252.
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CJ 1160
Diversity in Criminal Justice
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4 QH |
Focuses on the rights, fears, and aspirations of individuals with regard to the
increasing diversity of the criminal justice workforce and clientele.
Investigates the myths and realities surrounding race, gender, social class,
crime, and the roles these issues have played in criminal sentencing,
particularly in serious cases that may involve the death penalty, as well as
the impact of the increasing diversity of the criminal justice workforce.
Examines bias-motivated violence as a case study of diversity issues and
criminal justice response.
Introduces the major theories of crime causation developed over the past two
centuries. Explores the scope and nature of the current crime problem in the
United States. Examines the characteristics of specific criminal behavior such
as violent crime, property crime, organized crime, white-collar crime, and
public order crime.
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CJ 1251
Introduction to Criminal Law
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4 QH |
Deals with the area of criminal responsibility, some of its limitations, and
certain modifications substantially affecting it. Requires an ability to
express in writing both the knowledge of a particular concept and the ability
to identify it in a complex fact pattern and discuss its implications and
ramifications.
Focuses on a historical evaluation of the Fourteenth Amendment and its use in
making rights prescribed under the Bill of Rights applicable to the individual
states. Also details the inherent problems of the Fifth and Sixth Amendments,
including the effect of their implications on such matters as police practices,
illegal search and seizure, and right to counsel. Expects students to be
familiar with basic concepts as well as changing interpretations so they can
cite cases that may stand as precedents for conclusions they draw. Prereq.
CJ1251.
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CJ 1254
Civil Liability in Criminal Justice
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4 QH |
Studies the contemporary problems of civil liability affecting the criminal
justice professional. Reviews cases involving police, security, probation,
parole, and corrections personnel to help students understand and appreciate
the legal factors, public-policy issues, and methods of reducing the risk of
civil liability. Prereq. CJ1251 and CJ1252.
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CJ 1255
Introduction to Juvenile Law
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4 QH |
Introduces the way society responds to juvenile offenders. Topics studied may
include important legislation, fundamental case law, behavioral research
studies, philosophy, history, delinquency, abuse and neglect, transfers and
waivers, status offenses, and comparative law. Students may be required to
observe actual juvenile cases in the Massachusetts Juvenile Court. Prereq.
HCJ1252 and junior or senior only.
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CJ 1301
Introduction to Security
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4 QH |
Examines the organization and administration of security and loss prevention
programs in industry, business, and government. Emphasizes the protection of
assets, personnel, and facilities and focuses on the relations between security
organizations and government agencies.
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CJ 1302
Theories of Investigation
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4 QH |
Examines the commonalities and differences between criminal and noncriminal
investigations, using various sources of information, and legal constraints
imposed on investigators. Studies how forensics helps investigators in criminal
investigations. Discusses interviewing techniques, report writing, and giving
testimony.
Gives the student a basic understanding of white-collar crime. Covers such
topics as the nature and extent of white-collar crime, the social-psychologic
makeup of white-collar crime, typologies, current efforts directed toward
controlling it, and the interagency and jurisdictional problems and the
benefits of cooperation.
Examines the myths and realities of what is termed organized crime. Discusses
the nature of organized crime and factors that contribute to it, as well as
measures taken by society to curb its activities. Addresses the impact of
organized crime on American society and its implications, both economic and
political. Analyzes the characteristics of organized criminal enterprises and
the variety of such groups operating in the United States as well as on the
international level.
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CJ 1314
Security Management and Supervision
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4 QH |
Deals with the roles and responsibilities of the security manager. Gives
special attention to the responsibilities of planning, organizing, staffing,
directing, controlling, representing, and innovating. Explores the manager's
responsibility in professionalizing security and other relevant issues. Prereq.
CJ1301 or equivalent.
Attempts to give the student an understanding of what terrorism is and why it
has become so popular. Includes the role of news media, political consequences
of terrorism, the military as a resource, and the role of the hostage.
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CJ 1319
Legal Aspects of Security Management and Operations
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4 QH |
Provides a comprehensive examination of the legal environment and issues
affecting security operations and management. Analyzes elements of criminal,
civil, property, regulatory, and business law from the perspective of
organizational security management concerns. Includes legal basis of security
practices, civil liability, corporate security, investigations, labor law,
industrial espionage, governmental security issues, and other relevant topics.
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CJ 1320
Service Industry Security
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4 QH |
Studies the various losses encountered by the retailing, lodging,
entertainment, and transportation industries attributable to the conduct of
customers and guests and the employees who serve them, and on whom they must
rely for their existence. Addresses security's role in helping prevent losses
that are unique to each of these businesses, whether due to criminal or other
causes.
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CJ 1401
Police Administration and Management
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4 QH |
Gives an understanding of the role and function of policing in a modern
democratic society. Examines contemporary American policing in light of its
Anglo-Saxon roots, and compares it to policing in other Anglo-Saxon countries
(such as Canada and Australia), and other modern police systems. Examines
police in light of contemporary major issues including race, index crime,
drugs, disorder, conflict, and riot. Examines the contemporary shift from
reform (professional) to community and problem-oriented policing.
Examines the current organizational strategy of American police, their goals
and mission, and the resources and tactics they adopt to pursue those goals.
Emphasizes the authority and resources granted to police; police function,
organization, and administration; the demand for police services; the
relationship of police to their environment; police tactics; and the outcome
for which police strive. Focuses on police accountability and effectiveness.
Prereq. CJ1401.
Specific topic in policing to be announced. Prereq. CJ1401,
Specific topic in policing to be announced. Prereq. Junior standing or above.
Specific topics in criminal justice to be announced. Prereq. Middler standing
or above.
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CJ 1453
Criminal Justice Research Methods
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4 QH |
Examines basic concepts in conducting criminal justice research. Students
become familiar with research techniques that are necessary for systematic
analysis of the criminal justice system, offenders' behavior, crime trends,
program effectiveness, problem analysis, etc. Requires that students actively
pursue such techniques as research interviewing, data coding, and preliminary
analysis in and outside of class. Prereq. MTH1010 or equivalent.
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CJ 1454
Criminal Justice Statistics
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4 QH |
Focuses on the use of statistics with special emphasis on criminal justice
applications and the analysis of criminal justice data. Covers basic
descriptive statistics, including levels of measurement, measures of central
tendency, and measures of variability. Introduces the student to inferential
statistics, including the normal curve, sampling error and confidence
intervals, hypothesis testing, chi-square, and correlation. Prereq. HCJ1453.
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CJ 1511
Survey of Criminal Evidence
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4 QH |
Focuses upon the fundamentals of criminal trial procedure and the rules of
evidence as they apply to the trial of a criminal case. Students are required
to read and brief criminal court cases. Prereq. CJ1251 and CJ1252.
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CJ 1512
Seminar in Law and Criminal Justice
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4 QH |
Specific topic in the law and criminal justice to be announced. Prereq. CJ1251,
CJ1252, and junior or senior standing.
Surveys the topic of homicide. Explores general murder patterns and analyzes
types of homicide, emphasizing mass and serial killing. Discusses criminal
justice issues in apprehension, prosecution, and punishment of murder.
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CJ 1601
Prisons and Corrections
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4 QH |
Offers an introduction to penology and corrections. Explores the public
reaction to convicted offenders historically, while concentrating on issues and
programs of contemporary corrections. Prereq. CJ1201.
Gives an overview of the institutional response to the problems of juvenile
delinquency, juvenile misconduct, and dependent/ neglected and abused children.
Emphasizes the police, court, and correctional agencies that process young
people. In addition, devotes attention to an understanding of the history of
the system, recent legal developments, and an assessment of current proposals
for reform. Prereq. SOC1100 and CJ1201.
Examines the nature and problems of correctional field service, both adult and
juvenile. Prereq. CJ1601.
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CJ 1615
Crime and Criminal Justice: A Comparative View
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4 QH |
Examines the problems of crime and its control from the vantage point of the
comparative perspective. Analyzes countries such as Soviet Russia, China,
France, East Germany, and West Germany. Also analyzes Great Britain, Holland,
Finland, and Sweden in terms of their incidence and type of deviance and crime,
as well as in terms of approach to social control and prevention of crime.
Examines points of divergence between these countries and the United States in
perceived causes of crime and differing approaches to rehabilitation and crime
prevention. Prereq.
Introduces students to issues relating to roles taken by women involved with
the criminal justice system and to the system's various responses to women in
these roles. Focuses on women as victims of crime, as offenders, and as
practitioners. Prereq. Middler standing or above.
Examines current theory and research regarding victims of crime. Devotes
attention to concepts such as victim vulnerability and victim culpability. In
addition, discusses the implications of a victim-oriented perspective for the
administration of justice. Assesses current victim programs, including
restitution, mediation, and compensation.
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CJ 1622
Alternatives to Incarceration
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4 QH |
Explores what is now known about sentencing models used throughout the United
States and assesses how well they fulfill societal demands for incapacitation,
retribution, and deterrence. Compares substantive differences in various forms
of punishment, including intermediate sanctions such as house arrest and
electronic monitoring. Examines process issues such as choosing appropriate
target populations and decision points where intermediate sanctions may be
used. Prereq. Junior or senior status.
The course descriptions listed under chemical engineering are intended to show
the general scope of the subject that will be covered. Since courses are
continually updated, specific topics or methods of approach may vary from term
to term. In addition to meeting course prerequisites, students are expected to
take each chemical engineering course in the sequence shown on the specimen
program sheet.
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