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. 

This course examines offender reentry in the United States.

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

This course is designed to address the historical understanding of issues that both positively and negatively affect the pre-employment process for public safety agencies.

The course will address risk factors (social, emotional, academic, economic, gender, age family formation) that increase a youth's likelihood to enter the juvenile justice system and child welfare systems; why youth cross over between those systems; and what practices are being implemented to prevent or contribute to youth crossover between systems.

This course is designed to assist Criminology and Criminal Justice students in exploring and preparing for entering graduate school and/or the professional work world.

This course is designed to provide an advanced analysis of the way that gender interacts with crime and the criminal justice system.  This class will explicitly review women as victims of crime, women as perpetrators of crime, and women as professionals in the criminal justice system.

This course is devoted to exploring the basic evidentiary rules that govern the use of evidence, its admissibility, and the manner in which criminal trials are conducted.