Introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics, graphical techniques, and the computer analysis of criminology and criminal justice data. Basic procedures of hypothesis testing, correlation and regression analysis, and the analysis of continuous and binary dependent variables. Emphasis upon the examination of research problems and issues in criminology and criminal justice.

Provides an overview of the three major components of the American criminal justice system: police, courts, and corrections. Each component will be explored in its development over time as well as various issues surrounding each component. This course will also cover important issues that are relevant to current debates including race, reentry, technology and crime, juvenile justice, and future directions for criminal justice.

Topics may include career criminals, prison overcrowding, prediction, ecological studies of crimes, family and delinquency, entrepreneurship in criminal justice and criminology, and similar criminological problems.

This course is designed to assist criminology and criminal justice students explore career opportunities. Topics will include: graduate school, law school, career opportunities in federal, state, local, and public agencies, resume writing, and internships.

Critical issues relating to policing. Topics include police discretion, role of police, use of force, misconduct, police research, administration, personnel, and etc.

An analysis of the role of criminal justice in the control of drug use and abuse

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This course offers an extended look at women's experiences with crime and punishment in the contemporary United States.

This course will explore the use of data science in the criminal justice system through the lens of risk assessment instruments (or risk assessment algorithms).

Biological, environmental, and personality factors which influence criminal behaviors. Biophysiology and crime, stress and crime, maladjustment patterns, psychoses, personality disorders, aggression and violent crime, sex-motivated crime and sexual deviations, alcohol and drug abuse, and criminal behavior.

An introduction to the methods used in the seizure and forensic analysis of computers, cell phones, and other digital evidence.

This course provides knowledge about the nature, causes, and societal responses to child abuse.

This course will explore the psychological and social factors that make us susceptible to propaganda, disinformation, fake news and conspiracy theories.

This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the use of force by both public safety organizations and private individuals.

This course will focus on the philosophical, political, practical, Constitutional, and case law issues surrounding the sentencing of criminal defendants in the American criminal justice system.