Criminal Justice

School of Criminal Justice
Center for Law & Justice, Room 576
Phone:  973/353-3029
Fax:      973/353-1228
http://newark.rutgers.edu/scj

INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE (3 cr.)
21:202:201:B1:81913
DAY: 5/27-7/3
MTWTh 8:15-10:00
JENKINS       CONKLIN 446

21:202:201:H1:82731
DAY: 7/7-8/13
MTWTh 8:15-10:00
MARVELLI    CONKLIN 446

Societal responses to people and organizations that violate criminal codes; police, courts, juries, prosecutors, defense, and correctional agencies, and the standards and methods used to respond to crime and criminal offenders; social pressures that enhance or impair the improvement of criminal laws and the fair administration of criminal justice.

GENDER, CRIME, & JUSTICE (3 cr.)
21:202:202:B1:82730
DAY: 5/27-7/3
MTWTh 10:15-12:00
AIKAS        CONKLIN 238

An in-depth survey of changing social values about gender, changing criminal codes about sex crimes, changing law-enforcement policies and procedures in prosecuting sex offenders, and emerging legal doctrines about privacy and sexual rights.

THE POLICE & THE COMMUNITY (3 cr.)
21:202:203:B1:82150
DAY: 5/27-7/3
MTWTh 10:15-12:00
RUTKA          CONKLIN 343

The function of police in contemporary society; the problems arising between citizens and police from the enforcement and nonenforcement of laws, from social changes, and from individual and group police attitudes and practices.

CORRECTIONS (3 cr.)
21:202:204:B1:84058
DAY: 5/27-7/3
MTWTh 1:00-2:45
MCDAVID     CONKLIN 238

21:202:204:H1:81914
DAY: 7/7-8/13
MTWTh 1:00-2:45
PIRES             CONKLIN 348

Examines and analyzes the major types of custodial and community-based criminal corrections in contemporary America. Discusses purposes of corrections, correctional organization, impact of corrections, and contemporary issues facing the field.

WHITE COLLAR CRIME (3 cr.)
21:202:301:B1:84059
DAY: 5/27-7/3
MTWTh 1:00-2:45
NIE                 CONKLIN 455

62:202:301:H6:84214
EVE: 7/7-8/13
TTh 6:00-9:30
NIE                 CONKLIN 352

Crimes organized by persons whose economic, political, and privileged positions facilitate the commission; relative impunity of unusual crimes that are often national and international in scope and that have serious, long-term consequences.

CRIMINOLOGY (3 cr.)
21:202:303:B1:82737
DAY: 5/27-7/3
MTWTh 10:15-12:00
TUBMAN       CONKLIN 319

21:202:303:H1:81606
DAY: 7/7-8/13
MTWTh 1:00-2:45
MARGANSKI      CONKLIN 352

Crime and criminal behavior, theories, and research. Causes of crime. Crime rates. United States and international comparisons.

DELINQUENCY & JUVENILE JUSTICE (3 cr.)
62:202:304:B6:82739
EVE: 5/27-7/3
TTh 6:00-9:30
JENSEN         SMITH 242

62:202:304:H6:84216
EVE: 7/7-8/13
TTh 6:00-9:30
CLARK          HILL 102

Causes and rates of delinquent behavior. The nature and operation of the juvenile justice system. International comparisons.

COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS (3 cr.)
62:202:306:B6:84217
EVE: 5/27-7/3
MW 6:00-9:30
BLOCK         CONKLIN 238

The theory and practice of major community-based correctional responses (such as probation, parole, and diversion programs) to convicted criminal offenders; community corrections as an important social movement and the countermovement to abolish the parole function.

COMPARATIVE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS (3 cr.)
21:202:403:B1:84060
DAY: 5/27-7/3
MTWTh 8:15-10:00
KIRKPINAR     CONKLIN 455

Approaches to law enforcement, criminal procedure and criminal law, corrections, and juvenile justice; worldwide overview of cultural and legal traditions related to crime.

INDEPENDENT STUDY IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE (3 cr.)
21:202:406:T1:81334
5/27-8/13
MEETING TIME BY ARRANGEMENT
STAFF

By permission only.

Independent research or special project under faculty supervision.

TOPICS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE: HATE CRIMES (3 cr.)
62:202:407:B6:82153
EVE: 5/27-7/3
MW 6:00-9:30
AVAKAME      CLJ 572

Is hate taught or is it genetic? How does one define "hate" and in what context? Renae Cohen describes hate as an emotion, attitude, and behavior. Cohen further articulates that hate is a continuum that moves between passive and active.  This course will explore the various dimensions of hate from individual to group interactions.  Some of the following issues will be examined in the class: genocide, hate speech, lynchings, hate crime legislation, rape and more. This is a writing intensive class and demands that students be attentive to the readings and assignments.

TOPICS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE: RACE & CRIME (3 cr.)
62:202:407:B7:84062
EVE: 5/27-7/3
TTh 6:00-9:30
AVAKAME    CLJ 572

62:202:407:H6:84061
EVE: 7/7-8/13
MW 6:00-9:30
AVAKAME     LSC 103

News media, criminal justice statistics, and public opinion in the united states have suggested a robust correlation between race and crime:  racial minorities, especially african americans, are disproportionately involved in criminal offending and victimization. This seminar interrogates the said covariance. Among other things, it will examine conceptual and other pertinent issues surrounding the definition of race, as a classificatory scheme for human populations, racial differences in patterns and trends of criminal offending/
victimization, as well as the dispensation of criminal justice sanctions. A substantial part of the seminar will be devoted to a critical examination of scholarly explanations of these racial differences.

TOPICS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE: TERRORISM (3 cr.)
62:202:407:B8:84063
EVE: 5/27-7/3
TTh 6:00-9:30
GRAPHIA      SMITH 245

Will present an overview of understanding terrorism from various perspectives. The course will address 3 major areas: (1) A review of the root causes of terrorism; (2) The conceptual debate within academia as to what constitutes terrorism; and (3) the practice of and response to terrorism. Students will be provided comprehensive understanding of the topic through the use of specialized readings and guided discussion.  

TOPICS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE: DRUGS & THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM (3 cr.)
62:202:407:B9:84218
EVE: 5/27-7/3
TTh 6:00-9:30
PACHECO     HILL 106

An examination of the role of criminal justice in the control of drug use and abuse. It will provide a historical as well as a theoretical overview of drug use and abuse in America.

INTERNSHIP IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE (BA cr.)
21:202:413:T1:81335
5/27-8/13
MEETING TIME BY ARRANGEMENT
STAFF

By permission only.