Selected Course Portfolio

The myths and realities of the criminal justice system related to crime, the legal system and the pursuit of justice.  

Overview and analysis of the components of the criminal justice system; emphasizing the historical and contemporary aspects of law, policing, courts and corrections.  

The evolving and conflicting purposes and practices associated criminology, crime and delinquency, with an emphasis on contemporary strategies for preventing, remediating and controlling crime and delinquency.  

How the prevalence of crime and violence in popular culture reflects on contemporary society. Materials and readings argue that images of crime are not only entertaining, they also perform deep social and political functions.  

Focuses on the criminology theory of hotspots, beginning with the "when, where, and why" questions and ending with the practical policing strategies that have been developed to mitigate hotspot public safety hazards.

Examines criminal activity within the professions, organizations, and businesses. Theories discussing the etiology of these acts are considered as well as perspectives regarding their control. 

The evolving and conflicting purposes and practices associated with the adult corrections systems, with an emphasis on contemporary strategies for treating/punishing offenders while incarcerated, as well as in the community.  

Definitions of delinquency and the related responses of the interested institutions (police, courts and correction); the juvenile court (past and present), and prevention and correction programs (practicing and proposed).