This advanced course in ethics and moral behavior discusses, examines, considers and critiques the various facets of justice, crime, and ethics within the criminal justice system. A major emphasis will be placed on the theoretical foundations of ethics as they apply to the fields of criminal justice practice. Students will examine the diverse values and ethical dilemmas that arise in law enforcement, the courts and corrections. In addition, we will explore the same concerns in the formulation of crime control policies at the federal, state, and local levels.

Prerequisite(s): None
Credits: 4

This course exposes students to large-scale coordination challenges involved in responding to critical incidents when dealing with the wide variety of resources and agencies involve. Topics may include identification, prioritization, and assessment of resources (including financial, human, information, and physical) and agencies (including local, state, national, and international).

Prerequisite(s): None
Credits: 4

This course focuses on the application of advanced scientific methods used as a means for inquiry, description and analysis of crime and the behavior of the criminal justice system.

Prerequisite(s): PSY2060 and PSY2061 or equivalent
Credits: 4

This course presents an overview of the characteristics and causes of terrorism emerging in the 21st century. Students are exposed to the emergence of modern terrorism from several different areas of the world as well as an analysis from a criminal justice perspective of terror movements affecting the United States. Relevant issues include domestic terrorism undertaken for political purposes in liberal states, state-sponsored international and domestic terrorism, and the dilemmas of counterterrorism in a democracy.

Prerequisite(s): None
Credits: 4

The applied research project will consider a problem in a criminal justice agency familiar to the student. The student will be expected to develop a relationship with a criminal justice agency in the jurisdictional area where the student lives. The project will culminate in a comprehensive analysis of a significant case problem, incident, or policy dilemma identified by the agency. By the end of MCJ5002, students should have developed a proposal identifying the problem, the data to be collected and analyzed, a list of viable alternatives, and a set of evaluation criteria used in selecting the best course of action to resolve the problem.

The objective of the four-course sequence (MCJ6996, 6997, 6998, and 6999) is to produce a comprehensive analytical report of the students’ research, suitable for submission to an academic journal.

The objectives of this first course is to determine the level of student completion on their individual research projects and to ensure that by the end of the course, each student:

1. Has completed the initial research.
2. Understands the value of a thesis statement and title, and crafted an appropriate "thesis statement and title" for their paper.
3. Has written and submitted a final draft of the paper's introductory chapter.

Prerequisite(s): MCJ5002
Credits: 1

The applied research project will consider a problem in a criminal justice agency familiar to the student. The student will be expected to develop a relationship with a criminal justice agency in the jurisdictional area where the student lives. The project will culminate in a comprehensive analysis of a significant case problem, incident, or policy dilemma identified by the agency. By the end of MCJ5002, students developed a proposal identifying the problem, the data to be collected and analyzed, a list of viable alternatives and a set of evaluation criteria used in selecting the best course of action to resolve a problem. The objective of the four (4) course sequence (MCJ6996, MCJ6997, MCJ6998, and MCJ6999) is to produce a comprehensive analytical report of the students’ research, suitable for submission to an academic journal. Part III (MCJ6998) will introduce the student to writing the methods and results section of the papers.

Prerequisite(s): MCJ6997
Credits: 1

This course focuses upon contemporary critical and controversial issues confronting law enforcement organizations. Discussions may include such topics as police functions; discovery of crime; gender, sexual orientation and/or race-ethnicity issues; the changing role of the police; police training and abuse of authority; local, State and Federal interagency relations; domestic terrorism; police/media relations; police/community relations; civil liability; hazards of policing; and, progressive changes in law enforcement. This course examines systems of law, police, courts, and corrections in different countries to show how the various ways policing, adjudication, and corrections systems can be organized and operated, and influence and interact with each other.

Prerequisite(s): None
Credits: 4

This course presents an in-depth analysis of the latest professional literature in criminal justice organizational management. Emphasizes interrelationships among law enforcement, law/courts, corrections and juvenile justice components of the criminal justice system. Discussions will challenge current and prospective practitioners to come face to face with critical issues confronting today’s criminal justice agency administrators and staffs.

Prerequisite(s): MCJ6001, MCJ5002
Credits: 4

Using case law, this course examines a variety of legal issues critical to a thorough understanding of the various aspects of the criminal justice system. Case briefs in this course provide accurate and concise coverage of topics of vital importance to criminal justice managers and personnel including: law enforcement, prison law, probation, parole, the death penalty, juvenile justice, and sentencing mandates.

Prerequisite(s): None
Credits: 4