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2019-2020 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
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CRM 187 A-Z - (IS) Special Topics in Criminology

Semester Hours: 3


Fall, Spring
Interdisciplinary exploration of specific issues in the discipline of criminology — e.g., organized crime, forgery, juvenile courts, crimes against children, etc. Topics may change each semester.

Current Special Topics

CRM 187H: Restorative Justice

Contrasts between the Restorative Justice approach and the traditional retributive response to crime will be undertaken through the examination of topics such as mediation, victim-offender reconcilliation, family group counseling, community service, and offender reintegration.

CRM 187P: Forensic Psychology

Forensic psychology is broadly defined as any application of psychological research, methods, theory, and practice to a task faced by the legal system.  The essential focus will be looking at the impact of psychological research and applied psychology on the legal system.  The topics for study will include: the role of the forensic psychologist, psychology of law enforcement, consulting and testifying in criminal and civil cases, the psychology of violence, intimidation and sexual assault including - battered women’s syndrome, child sexual abuse.  It may also include the consideration and determination of insanity and competence, the assessment of dangerousness, child custody, death penalty trials and appeals, and how forensic psychologist influence public policy.

CRM 187R: (IS) Race & Criminality

This course will investigate the social and legal constructions of criminality of racialized subjects and develop and understanding of how the creation and management of racial hierarchies have been assisted by legislation and law enforcement in US history.

Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
May be repeated for credit when topics vary. As individual subjects are offered, each is assigned a letter (A-Z) which is affixed to the course number. Students may take up to two (6 s.h.) of these courses in fulfillment of the electives requirement for their Criminology major or minor, so long as each special topics course has a different letter designation. Specific titles and course descriptions for special topics courses are available in the online class schedule.





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