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.

This course introduces students to the study of physical evidence through the application of scientific principles. This course consists of an introduction to the various disciplines and principles of forensic science as used in crime laboratories across the United States.

This course provides an introduction to the principles, practices, and tools of digital forensics. Students will explore the investigative processes used to identify, preserve, analyze, and present digital evidence in a legally sound manner.

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.

A thorough and critical examination of family violence.  Topics include the historical background to family violence, methods of studying this serious issue, elder abuse, child abuse, the cultural factors involved in intimate partner violence, violence in same-sex relationships, and the criminal justice response to family violence.  Although the course focuses on the American family, illustrations from other cultures are provided. 

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

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).

This course uses television shows to explore criminological perspectives on law, crime, and justice.

This course introduces students to the components of the criminal justice system that deal with convicted criminal offenders in community-based settings.

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.