School of Criminology and Criminal Justice

CRIM 5201. Global Criminology. (4 Hours)

Examines how the processes of globalization influence crime and criminal justice around the globe. Analyzes globalization and recent developments in global crime, including global trends in policing and security. Explores the global applicability of dominant criminological theories and transferability of crime control policies. Offers students an opportunity to develop an understanding of international criminal justice, particularly as it pertains to war crimes, crimes against humanity, and the global protection of human rights.

Attribute(s): NUpath Interpreting Culture

CRIM 5203. Security in the 21st Century. (4 Hours)

Examines societal security concerns by drawing upon current work in the social sciences, humanities, and physical sciences, as well as research and policy initiatives from public, private, nongovernmental, and nonprofit organizations. Offers students an opportunity to review extensive work on the interconnected nature of different types of risk and on the development of integrated strategies to address threats to security and sustainable growth. Considers the continuing evolution of global social justice, values, and institutions that can support comprehensive security and sustainable growth strategies in the 21st century.

CRIM 5250. Victimology. (4 Hours)

Involves a scientific study of crime victims and public policy responses to them. Focuses on the nature and extent of criminal victimization, the dynamics of victim-offender relationships (e.g., incest and domestic violence), theories of victimization, a historical analysis of the victim’s role in the criminal justice process, the restorative justice model, and the contemporary victim rights and victim services movement.

CRIM 5264. Immigration and Crime. (4 Hours)

Focuses on crime and deviance (or lack thereof) among immigrant populations in the United States. Offers students an opportunity to develop an understanding of the historical relationship between patterns of immigration and patterns of crime, to examine the nature and extent of contemporary immigrant crime and victimization, and to assess the social and health consequences associated with crime among immigrant populations and within immigrant communities.

CRIM 5270. Crime Mapping. (4 Hours)

Offers students an opportunity to obtain an understanding of how crime mapping is used by law enforcement agencies. Designed as a practical and hands-on introduction to various crime mapping techniques. Employs a holistic approach to learning how to create and interpret maps, which seeks to provide a much deeper understanding of crime mapping and leave students with a solid foundation of skills that are transferable and scalable.

CRIM 5600. Illicit Flows and Criminal Networks. (4 Hours)

Reviews in-depth the extent, nature, victimization, causes, responses, and control of the problem of illegal trade in a variety of products. Focuses on medical supply chains and a wide variety of consumer goods. Examines the types of crimes committed, theoretical frameworks that can be used for the study of these types of misconduct, and the types of victimization associated with illicit flows and criminal networks. Investigates the social organization of illegal markets and networks. Studies techniques and technologies used for authentication, security, prevention, detection, investigation, and sanctioning of offenses, as well as disruption and mitigation strategies governance challenges.

CRIM 5601. Financial Crimes. (4 Hours)

Offers an in-depth review of the extent, nature, causes, and control of the problem of financial crimes. Through readings, group discussion, and research assignments, familiarizes students with financial crimes such as terrorism financing, money laundering, fraud, corruption, and banking scandals. Examines the nature and extent of offenses committed by corporations, professionals, and public officials in the course of their occupations. Investigates the social, economic, and physical costs of such misconduct. Proposes challenges, techniques, and approaches to effective prevention, detection, investigation, regulation, and sanctioning of financial crimes.

CRIM 5602. Crime, Place, and Community. (4 Hours)

Reviews in-depth the relationship between the characteristics of and social processes in communities and criminal behavior within those communities. Explores the nature of communities and crime through research-policy collaborations. Examines the complementary roles of “communities” and the “places” therein (i.e., individual properties) in shaping crime patterns. Examines how public safety agencies do their job through conversations with local practitioners. Investigates the design and execution of a research study on how community organizations and public agencies interface in addressing “problem properties.”.

CRIM 5900. Topics in Criminal Justice and Criminology. (4 Hours)

Offers an intensive study of a topic related to criminal justice selected by the instructor. May be repeated up to four times.

CRIM 6200. Criminology. (4 Hours)

Offers an overview of the current understanding of the causes of crime from an interdisciplinary perspective. Focuses on the historical and contemporary theories of crime and causation. Examines the connections between systemic racism, inequalities, and crime and the role of bias in the development of the field and criminological theories. Emphasizes integrating criminological theory and research, assessing the implications of this knowledge base for policies relating to crime control and prevention. Presents and discusses the most current data regarding the nature and extent of crime in the United States.

CRIM 6202. The Criminal Justice Process. (4 Hours)

Offers an overview of the criminal justice process and the important issues confronting the administration of justice, grounding these challenges in empirical research. Focuses on theories that explain the functioning of the justice system and predict its outcomes. Identifies changes in institutional responses to crime and justice issues over time and across cultural contexts. Traces the role of systemic racism and intersecting dimensions of oppression in the historical development of and current policies and practices in the criminal justice system.

CRIM 6232. Juvenile Law. (4 Hours)

Examines the legal relationship between the juvenile offender and the state. Covers case and statutory law as well as constitutional due process standards in juvenile proceedings. Topics include jurisdiction, prejudicial process, waiver of jurisdiction adjudication, disposition and postdispositional issues, as well as the right to treatment.

CRIM 6262. Evidence-Based Crime Policy. (4 Hours)

Introduces students to the evidence-based paradigm in crime policy. Presents the theory and methods of the evidence-based paradigm, which places systematic research at the center of the policymaking process. Offers students an opportunity to further develop skills in critically assessing leading research findings and policy initiatives in the field of criminology and criminal justice.

CRIM 6270. Crime and Community Context. (4 Hours)

Offers an overview of crime in the context of communities. Covers major theoretical perspectives and introduces students to both major quantitative and ethnographic work on communities. Examines sociological aspects of community context and contrasts aspects of community processes that are implicated in either the generation or the prevention of crime. Considers current criminal justice practices and crime prevention approaches intended to address crime within communities—especially as they interact with neighborhood social processes in ways that deter or facilitate community crime.

CRIM 6502. Policing for Crime Prevention. (4 Hours)

Examines contemporary issues in American policing as they relate to the prevention of crime and violence. Studies current policing strategies—such as traditional, reactive, community-based, problem-oriented, and evidence-based policing—as well as hot spots policing, broken windows policing, and pulling levers policing. Also examines leading research on the effectiveness and fairness of policing practices under these models and as applied in different contexts and to pressing crime and violence problems.

CRIM 6504. Policing in U.S. Communities. (4 Hours)

Studies the historical and contemporary issues regarding the purpose and function of police in U.S. communities. Focuses on understanding variation in crime-control strategies across ecological settings, which complicates police leaders' efforts to reach balance between appropriately responding to citizen calls for service and proactive policing. Highlights effective policing efforts, which routinely involve bringing officers and community residents together in the hope of solving problems. Critically assesses the role of systemic racism and contemporary police practices that impact police-community relationships.

CRIM 6701. Fundamentals of Crime Analysis and Knowledge Dissemination in ArcGIS Pro. (1 Hour)

Introduces the basic functionality of ArcGIS Pro, the industry standard in spatial analysis software. Explores the various ribbon panes and data portals that comprise the ArcGIS Pro interface, the theoretical and practical foundations of the crime analysis profession, and maps and other crime analysis products. Examines how to prepare ArcGIS Pro outputs for dissemination to wider audiences.

CRIM 6702. Geoprocessing and Data Integration in ArcGIS Pro. (1 Hour)

Addresses common geoprocessing and data integration approaches in ArcGIS Pro, the industry standard in spatial analysis software. Explores how to search for geoprocessing tools in the ArcGIS Pro toolbox, run common geoprocessing functions, create and edit GIS data layers, maximize the analytical value of feature attribute tables, and conduct queries of GIS data layers.

CRIM 6703. Hot Spot Tracking and Temporal Analysis in ArcGIS Pro. (1 Hour)

Addresses hot spot tracking and temporal analysis techniques in ArcGIS Pro, the industry standard in spatial analysis software. Explores how to create and edit raster data, calculate incident counts within vector features, conduct temporal forecasting, and map sequential phases of events.

CRIM 6704. Spatial Statistics and Automation in ArcGIS Pro. (1 Hour)

Addresses spatial statistics and analysis automation in ArcGIS Pro, the industry standard in spatial analysis software. Explores how to identify statistically significant incident clusters, calculate patterns of feature attribute values, conduct regression analysis, create task processes, and create models to automate geoprocessing workflows.

CRIM 6801. Fundamentals of Crime Analysis and Mapping. (4 Hours)

Introduces students to the field of crime analysis and conducting crime mapping in the ArcGIS Pro software suite. Offers lectures on theoretical and practical aspects of the crime analysis profession and hands-on exercises using real-world crime and public safety data. Students develop the skills necessary to critically assess crime patterns and potential crime prevention interventions, create crime maps and other crime analysis products, analyze and interpret geospatial and temporal crime data, create and edit GIS data layers, edit and join tables, and query and export GIS data.

CRIM 6802. Data Management for Social Scientists. (4 Hours)

Introduces data collection, cleaning, preparation, and documentation. Offers students an opportunity to apply hands-on exercises to data and transform them from their raw state to an analysis-ready dataset. Emphasizes the principles and practice of data management and the development of intuition and logic skills related to the preparation and analysis of data. Introduces readily available and open-source software packages including Microsoft Excel, Python, and R.

CRIM 6900. Topics in Criminal Justice and Criminology. (4 Hours)

Offers intensive study of a topic related to criminal justice, selected by the instructor. May be repeated up to four times.

CRIM 6954. Co-op Work Experience - Half-Time. (0 Hours)

Provides eligible students with an opportunity for work experience. May be repeated without limit.

CRIM 6955. Co-op Work Experience Abroad - Half-Time. (0 Hours)

Provides eligible students with an opportunity for work experience. May be repeated without limit.

CRIM 6962. Elective. (1-4 Hours)

Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. May be repeated without limit.

CRIM 6964. Co-op Work Experience. (0 Hours)

Provides eligible students with an opportunity for work experience. May be repeated without limit.

Corequisite(s): INSH 6864

CRIM 6965. Co-op Work Experience Abroad. (0 Hours)

Provides eligible students with an opportunity for work experience. May be repeated without limit.

CRIM 6966. Practicum. (1-4 Hours)

Provides eligible students with an opportunity for practical experience. May be repeated without limit.

CRIM 6984. Research. (1-4 Hours)

Offers an opportunity to conduct research under faculty supervision. May be repeated without limit.

CRIM 7001. PhD Pro-Seminar in Criminology and Justice Policy 1. (0 Hours)

Introduces first-year PhD students to the research of the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice's faculty. Offers students an opportunity to practice the key components of, and tools for, scholarly production, including formulating research questions and theses, conducting literature reviews and using databases, using citation software; time management and organizational strategies; and writing and presenting scholarship in the field, such as journal articles, conference presentations, and other scholarly outlets.

CRIM 7002. PhD Pro-Seminar in Criminology and Justice Policy 2. (0 Hours)

Continues and builds upon CRIM 7001. Introduces first-year PhD students to the research of the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice's faculty. Offers students an opportunity to practice the key components of, and tools for, scholarly production, including formulating research questions and theses, conducting literature reviews and using databases, using citation software; time management and organizational strategies; and writing and presenting scholarship in the field, such as journal articles, conference presentations, and other scholarly outlets.

CRIM 7203. Theories of Criminal Justice Process. (4 Hours)

Studies the theoretical and empirical foundations for fundamental criminal justice process theories. Organized around key theoretical frameworks that explain the activities and outputs of the criminal justice system. Identifies key elements of criminal justice process theories and examines how these components are defined, operationalized, and tested empirically. Offers students an opportunity to develop mastery of the administration of justice process by reviewing research critiquing justice system strategies, functioning, and effects. Students identify and consider changes in institutional responses to crime and justice issues that have occurred over time and across cultural contexts. Traces the role of systemic racism and intersecting dimensions of oppression in the historical development of and current policies and practices in the criminal justice system.

CRIM 7700. Practicum in Teaching. (0 Hours)

Provides weekly meetings for graduate student lecturers and faculty advisers to discuss common concerns and issues arising during the course of teaching. With input from the Center for Effective University Teaching, covers topics such as syllabus preparation, examination preparation and grading, classroom protocol, and student interaction. Required for all doctoral students teaching a class for the first time.

CRIM 7706. Practicum in Writing and Publishing. (2 Hours)

Offers students an opportunity to develop and improve their academic writing skills while preparing a sole-authored article for potential publication. Requires each student to present a paper in-progress and, through an iterative process of review and revision, have it ready to submit to a journal by the end of the semester. Students comment, orally and in writing, on the papers presented by the other students over the course of the semester. There are regular assignments from leading texts on mechanics and style in writing and reflections on the peer-review and publication processes from multiple perspectives. May be repeated once.

CRIM 7710. Criminology and Public Policy 1. (4 Hours)

Offers detailed coverage of theoretical criminology and its implications for public policy. Approaches the understanding of crime from an interdisciplinary perspective, focusing on recent theoretical developments. Studies the connections between systemic racism, inequalities, and crime and the role of bias in the development of the field and criminological theories. Emphasizes evaluating theory in light of empirical research, understanding the implications of theory and research for programs and policies of crime prevention and control, and evaluating current approaches to crime prevention and control.

CRIM 7711. Criminology and Public Policy 2. (4 Hours)

Covers theoretical criminology and its implications for public policy. Approaches the understanding of crime from an interdisciplinary perspective, with emphasis on recent theoretical developments. Analyzes the connections between systemic racism, inequalities, and crime and the role of bias in the development of the field and criminological theories. Emphasizes evaluating theory in light of empirical research, understanding the implications of theory and research for programs and policies of crime prevention and control, and evaluating current approaches to crime prevention and control.

Prerequisite(s): CRIM 7710 with a minimum grade of C-

CRIM 7715. Multivariate Analysis 1. (4 Hours)

Builds upon the concepts of correlation and inference to present analytic procedures involving several variables, including multiple regression, logistic regression, causal analysis, and multiway ANOVA. Emphasizes the application of these methods with criminal justice data sets using statistical software programs.

Prerequisite(s): INSH 5301 with a minimum grade of C or INSH 6500 with a minimum grade of C

CRIM 7716. Multivariate Analysis 2. (4 Hours)

Continues CRIM 7715. Covers more advanced multivariate analytic methods. Topics include principal components and factor analysis, discriminant analysis, MANOVA, time series, and cluster analysis. Emphasizes the application of these methods with criminal justice data sets using statistical software programs.

Prerequisite(s): CRIM 7715 with a minimum grade of C-

CRIM 7962. Elective. (1-4 Hours)

Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. May be repeated without limit.

CRIM 7976. Directed Study. (1-4 Hours)

Offers the student the opportunity to bring individual, concentrated attention to a particular topic as arranged and agreed upon in advance by a faculty member and the student. This option is generally recommended when the student desires a more intensive analysis of a particular subject. May be repeated without limit.

CRIM 7983. Topics in Criminal Justice and Criminology. (4 Hours)

Offers intensive study of a topic related to criminal justice, selected by the instructor. May be repeated up to four times.

CRIM 8960. Exam Preparation—Doctoral. (0 Hours)

Offers the student the opportunity to prepare, under faculty supervision, for the PhD qualifying examination. May be repeated three times.

CRIM 8984. Research. (1-4 Hours)

Offers an opportunity to conduct research under faculty supervision. May be repeated without limit.

CRIM 8986. Research. (0 Hours)

Offers an opportunity to conduct full-time research under faculty supervision. May be repeated without limit.

CRIM 9000. PhD Candidacy Achieved. (0 Hours)

Indicates successful completion of the doctoral comprehensive exam.

CRIM 9990. Dissertation Term 1. (0 Hours)

Provides the student with the opportunity, under close faculty guidance, to conduct an original investigation of a criminal justice issue. Each student identifies a faculty chair and two additional faculty members who comprise the student’s Dissertation Committee. While the student conducts research and develops a dissertation, the committee provides support and direction and, ultimately, approves the final research product.

Prerequisite(s): CRIM 9000 with a minimum grade of S

CRIM 9991. Dissertation Term 2. (0 Hours)

Offers dissertation supervision by members of the department.

Prerequisite(s): CRIM 9990 with a minimum grade of S

CRIM 9996. Dissertation Continuation. (0 Hours)

Offers continued thesis work conducted under the supervision of a departmental faculty.

Prerequisite(s): CRIM 9991 with a minimum grade of S or Dissertation Check with a score of REQ