Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology
Graduate Course Descriptions
CRM 502 Analyzing Crime Data. 3 credits.
Prerequisite: CRM 320 and SOC 301 or the equivalent, or admission to the M.S. in Criminology, or permission of the instructor. Explores the meanings and uses of historical and contemporary crime data.
Special attention is paid to the extraction, preparation and analysis of data available on the World Wide Web.
CRM 597 Special Topics and Issues in Criminal Justice. 1- 3 credits
Prerequisite: permission of the instructor. A variable topic course examining issues of crime, its causes, as well as social and political responses to crime by various institutions including government, media, law enforcement, the courts, and corrections. May be repeated for a total of 6 credit hours if the topic changes.
CRM 610 Justice Administration. 3 credits.
This course analyzes the criminal justice system in the United States emphasizing the role of criminal law, police, courts, and corrections as parts of the societal response to crime. Significant attention is given to contemporary issues facing each component of the system and implications for agency administration.
CRM 620 Crime Theory and Policy. 3 credits.
Prerequisite: CRM 320 or equivalent, or admission to the M.S. in Criminology, or permission of the instructor. This course surveys various classical and contemporary theories of lawbreaking from a community-level sociological perspective. The relationship between criminological theory to justice system policy is emphasized.
CRM 625 Evaluating Criminal Justice Policy and Practice. 3 credits.
Covers methodological and technical approaches used to evaluate programs in criminal justice. Included are ethnographic techniques, unobtrusive research, secondary data sources, survey methods, and field experiments. Students acquire proficiency in understanding questions being posed about programs, and
developing appropriate research designs and strategies for providing answers to these questions. Emphasis is placed on graphic, text and oral presentation of reports.
CRM 635 Historical and Cross-Cultural Comparative Criminology. 3 credits.
Provides an overview of crime and punishment with emphasis on the origin and evaluation of basic theories of crime-causation and community response as they arose in the 19th and 20th centuries. Coupled with this emphasis is a cross-cultural comparative view involving the systematic study of crime, law, and social control outside the United States.
CRM 650 Law Enforcement and Community. 3 credits.
Using a sociological perspective, this course addresses concerns and issues facing law enforcement agencies within a community context. Administrative implications of these subjects also will be addressed.
CRM 670 Correctional Theory and Practice. 3 credits.
This course examines social control responses to lawbreakers including the exploration of classical and contemporary theories and philosophies that have guided American correctional policy--both institutional and community based. Management implications related to policy are addressed.
CRM 690 Graduate Practicum in Criminology. 6 credits.
Prerequisite: Completion of 24 hours toward the M.S. in Criminology. Faculty supervised experience in a criminology-related agency. Students are expected to work 45 hours in the agency for each credit hour. The course also involves class meetings for academic reflection on practicum work.
CRM 696 Directed Readings in Criminology. 1-6 credits.
Prerequisite: Admission to the M.S. in Criminology, and permission from a graduate faculty member in CRM and the Department Head. Faculty supervised arranged program of readings for the individual student directed by a member of the department graduate faculty. May be repeated to a maximum of six hours when the topic varies.
CRM 699 Thesis. 1-6 credits.
Independent research and study connected with preparation of a thesis.
SOC 606 Advanced Social Research Methodology. 3 credits.
Prerequisite: SOC 302 or the equivalent, or admission to the M.S. in Criminology, or permission of the instructor. Introduces research methodology in the context of understanding community social life. Covers surveys, ethnographic accounts, community indicators, comparative studies, and evaluation studies. Also instructs students in advanced skills of data analysis and presentation, report and grant writing.
Prerequisite: CRM 320 and SOC 301 or the equivalent, or admission to the M.S. in Criminology, or permission of the instructor. Explores the meanings and uses of historical and contemporary crime data.
Special attention is paid to the extraction, preparation and analysis of data available on the World Wide Web.CRM 597 Special Topics and Issues in Criminal Justice. 1- 3 credits
Prerequisite: permission of the instructor. A variable topic course examining issues of crime, its causes, as well as social and political responses to crime by various institutions including government, media, law enforcement, the courts, and corrections. May be repeated for a total of 6 credit hours if the topic changes.
CRM 610 Justice Administration. 3 credits.
This course analyzes the criminal justice system in the United States emphasizing the role of criminal law, police, courts, and corrections as parts of the societal response to crime. Significant attention is given to contemporary issues facing each component of the system and implications for agency administration.
CRM 620 Crime Theory and Policy. 3 credits.
Prerequisite: CRM 320 or equivalent, or admission to the M.S. in Criminology, or permission of the instructor. This course surveys various classical and contemporary theories of lawbreaking from a community-level sociological perspective. The relationship between criminological theory to justice system policy is emphasized.
CRM 625 Evaluating Criminal Justice Policy and Practice. 3 credits.
Covers methodological and technical approaches used to evaluate programs in criminal justice. Included are ethnographic techniques, unobtrusive research, secondary data sources, survey methods, and field experiments. Students acquire proficiency in understanding questions being posed about programs, and
developing appropriate research designs and strategies for providing answers to these questions. Emphasis is placed on graphic, text and oral presentation of reports.CRM 635 Historical and Cross-Cultural Comparative Criminology. 3 credits.
Provides an overview of crime and punishment with emphasis on the origin and evaluation of basic theories of crime-causation and community response as they arose in the 19th and 20th centuries. Coupled with this emphasis is a cross-cultural comparative view involving the systematic study of crime, law, and social control outside the United States.
CRM 650 Law Enforcement and Community. 3 credits.
Using a sociological perspective, this course addresses concerns and issues facing law enforcement agencies within a community context. Administrative implications of these subjects also will be addressed.
CRM 670 Correctional Theory and Practice. 3 credits.
This course examines social control responses to lawbreakers including the exploration of classical and contemporary theories and philosophies that have guided American correctional policy--both institutional and community based. Management implications related to policy are addressed.
CRM 690 Graduate Practicum in Criminology. 6 credits.
Prerequisite: Completion of 24 hours toward the M.S. in Criminology. Faculty supervised experience in a criminology-related agency. Students are expected to work 45 hours in the agency for each credit hour. The course also involves class meetings for academic reflection on practicum work.
CRM 696 Directed Readings in Criminology. 1-6 credits.
Prerequisite: Admission to the M.S. in Criminology, and permission from a graduate faculty member in CRM and the Department Head. Faculty supervised arranged program of readings for the individual student directed by a member of the department graduate faculty. May be repeated to a maximum of six hours when the topic varies.
CRM 699 Thesis. 1-6 credits.
Independent research and study connected with preparation of a thesis.
SOC 606 Advanced Social Research Methodology. 3 credits.
Prerequisite: SOC 302 or the equivalent, or admission to the M.S. in Criminology, or permission of the instructor. Introduces research methodology in the context of understanding community social life. Covers surveys, ethnographic accounts, community indicators, comparative studies, and evaluation studies. Also instructs students in advanced skills of data analysis and presentation, report and grant writing.