Course Descriptions

CJ 5000 Historical and Contemporary Criminological Thought (3 units)
Analysis of the historical evolution of current perspectives, comparison and critique of major and current perspectives, and examination of new trends in criminological thought. Prerequisites: Undergraduate course in criminology (SOCL 3120 or equivalent) or consent of graduate director; graduate standing.

CJ 5001 Historical Analysis of the American Criminal Justice System (3 units)
Political, social, economic, and jurisprudential analysis of the American criminal justice system, beginning with English common law. Includes a review of works by prominent British jurists and American criminal justice scholars, state and federal legislation, and constitutional analysis. Prerequisites: Undergraduate course in criminal justice (CJ 2250 or equivalent) or consent of instructor; graduate standing.

CJ 5101 Criminal Justice Planning and Innovation (3 units)
Seminar on criminal justice resource planning and innovation, including examination of criminal justice needs assessment, resource allocation, and implementation strategies. Analysis of innovations in criminal justice policy and program development and implementation. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

CJ 5150 Contemporary Criminal Justice Issues Seminar (3 units)
Designed to examine the current issues in the field of criminal justice. Students will have the opportunity to discuss and explore the contemporary issues, current practice and controversies related to law enforcement, corrections, policy, services, prevention, and law. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

CJ 5200 Advanced Statistics in Criminal Justice (3 units)
Provides the graduate student with computer experience in a statistical package for the social sciences and explores statistical issues in measurement of interest to criminal justice professionals. Prerequisites: Undergraduate course in statistics or data analysis (CJ 3170 or equivalent) or consent of graduate director; graduate standing.

CJ 5201 Quantitative Methods in Criminal Justice (3 units)
Explores the various experimental and quasi-experimental research designs used in criminal justice as well as correctional research. Students not only learn how these designs operate, but will develop a research project using one of them. Prerequisites: Consent of graduate director; graduate standing.

CJ 5202 Policy Research & Program Evaluation in Criminal Justice (3 units)
Students read reports and papers on the effectiveness of criminal justice agencies that target identifiable goals in an effort to conduct evaluation research. Integrates theoretical perspectives on criminal justice policy with specialized training in applied program evaluation research in order to develop students’ understanding of the substantive and procedural issues in evaluation research. Students also examine research reports designed to develop agencies. Prerequisites: CJ 5200 or CJ 5201 or consent of graduate director; graduate standing.

CJ 5290 Management of Law Enforcement Organizations (3 units)
Considers the major issues confronting administrators of policy departments such as professionalism, recruitment, training, public relations, evaluation, collective bargaining, and charges of misconduct. Prerequisites: Undergraduate course in law enforcement management
(CJ 3160 or equivalent) or consent of graduate director; graduate standing.

CJ 5320 Critical Examination of Criminal Law (3 units)
Examination of the evolution of and issues relating to American Criminal Law. Will include policy and constitutional considerations, discussions of how the criminal law shapes society and is shaped by society, and an exploration of the future of criminal law. Prerequisites: Undergraduate course in criminal law (CJ 2280 or equivalent) or consent of instructor or graduate director; graduate standing.

CJ 5325 Advanced Seminar in Domestic Violence and Intimate Abuse (3 units)
Analysis of domestic abuse and violence, including cohabitive heterosexual and homosexual partners and juvenile intimate abuse. Includes state and federal laws pertaining to domestic violence, battered woman’s syndrome, self-defense in homicide cases, cyclical violence, treatment for batterers, children in abusive environments, and patricide. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

CJ 5340 Constitutional Law in Criminal Justice Seminar (3 units)
Advanced legal analysis and case study of state criminal laws and the process of criminal justice within the context and constraints of the federal Constitution. Discussion will center on the evolution of procedural due process under the Fourteenth Amendment and Bill of Rights as interpreted by a changing Supreme Court. Prerequisites: CJ 5320 and consent of instructor.

CJ 5600 Teaching and Staff Development in Criminal Justice (3 units)
Provides graduate students the opportunity to obtain actual teaching and staff development experience by conducting teaching assignments in an undergraduate class under the supervision of a faculty member. Graduate students are required to attend teaching seminars to enhance their teaching skills. Prerequisites: Consent of graduate director; graduate standing.

CJ 5940 Graduate Internship in Criminal Justice (1-3 units)
Prepares students to work effectively in criminal justice agencies while serving as an intern with experienced professionals in law enforcement, corrections, and law. Prerequisites: Consent of graduate director and internship coordinator, 18 hours completed graduate course work. Maximum of 3 units.

CJ 5960 Criminal Justice Project (3 units)
Under the direction of a faculty advisor, the student willplan, complete, and orally defend a graduate level project. A project proposal must be approved by the faculty advisor. Prerequisites: Graduate standing, consent of the MACJ director, and consent of the instructor.

CJ 5980 Individual Study (3 units)
For students enrolled in the Criminal Justice Master’s program capable of independent work and in need of study in advanced and specialized topics. Students may not take more than 3 units of Individual Study. Prerequisites: Consent of graduate director; graduate standing.

CJ 5990 Master’s Thesis (3-6 units)
Preparation of a thesis for partial fulfillment of graduate requirements and oral defense of that thesis. Prerequisites: Completed at least 18 units of criminal justice graduate courses; consent of graduate director.

CJ 7005 Continuing Thesis or Project (0 units)
Non-credit course. Applicable to those students who have completed all registration for graduate coursework and who have registered for the maximum number of thesis or project units required by their program. Students must register each semester or term until they have secured faculty approval for their theses or projects.