College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Graduate Catalog

177 students may have previous interviewing experience. Students will learn: the basic structure of interviews, the distinction between hearing and listening, the efficacy of neuro-linguistic rapport, and the value of the cognitive approach in stimulating memory. Special techniques for interviewing children and using translators will be covered in depth. The desirability of detecting non-verbal, verbal and written deception will be introduced. The ramifications of challenges arising from differences in personality, age, gender, culture & language, as well as the necessity for recognizing dangerous behavior in interviewees will be established. The main difference between an interview and an interrogation will be briefly covered. CJI 0634 Animals in Criminal Justice (3 credits): This course discusses different service animals, e.g. K-9s, and their roles and limitations in the Criminal Justice System. This course will also discuss criminal animal neglect and abuse. This class will consider the role that law enforcement and the justice system plays in protecting animals. Students will also learn about animal rights activism in the context of domestic terrorism, undercover surveillance, and Constitutional rights. CJI 0635 Pre-Employment Investigations for Criminal Justice Professionals (3 credits): This course is designed to meet the contemporary needs of pre- employment screeners in criminal justice / public safety organizations. The course delivers the processes, techniques, and information sources that also have implications for many private sector organizations that conduct these types of investigations. The unique presentation provides complete guidance on the investigative, legal, procedural, organizational, and social issues that must be considered when completing the screening process of bringing new employees into the organizational fold. The course also addresses the required medical and psychological standards for these types of positions. The course will be of immense value to investigators, through and including the highest level criminal justice, human resource, and legal administrators. CJI 0700 Theories of Crime (3 credits) Theories of crime causation ranging through biological, psychological, sociological and cultural and political theories, giving close attention to the problems inherent in approaching the study of crime from a "cause of crime" perspective. Emphasis around the key concepts used in theories of crime (e.g. responsibility, rationalization) and the multidisciplinary source of these concepts, how they are applied to criminological theory and their importance for understanding the present state of criminological theory. CJI 0701 The Police and Society (3 credits) A social psychological examination of current issues and problems in municipal law enforcement, including topics such as the informal exercise of police authority, police role conflict, the relative significance of law enforcement and social services and interactional dynamics of police subculture. CJI 0702: Criminal Law (3 credits) The criminal justice system is based upon substantive and procedural criminal law, criminal procedures and criminal rights with emphasis on constitutional theory and practice. CJI 0703: Applied Statistics I (3 credits) This course will introduce concepts, and methods in descriptive and inferential statistics. The course is designed to provide students with the statistical background required for doctoral level applied research. Application of statistics educational and human service research will be emphasized. Areas of study will include estimation, probability, variables, normal distribution, t-distribution, chi- square distribution, F-distribution, confidence intervals, hypotheses testing, and correlation. This course will provide the skills necessary to properly apply descriptive and inferential statistics by helping students understand the role of statistics in scientific research. Further, the assignments were designed to help students identify and implement the correct statistical procedure for a research question through data analysis, using a microcomputer (e.g., SPSS). Students will gain the requisite knowledge necessary to learn more complex statistical/research procedures and become more critical of various statistical presentations in academic journals and the mass media. CJI 0704: Applied Statistics II (3 credits) The goal of this course is to prepare students to use advanced statistics. The course provides an introduction to some of the statistical tools commonly used. While students taking this class will have already taken a course in statistics, this course will place a much stronger emphasis on conceptually understanding the statistical methods. Since the course is targeted to students already familiar with mathematical concepts, we will not shy away from using the mathematical tools needed to develop the conceptual understanding. But the emphasis of the course will be on the conceptual understanding and application of the tools rather than on the math or the mechanics behind the tools. So for example, when studying hypothesis testing, we will place a heavier emphasis on what the test is doing, when to use it and how to interpret its results, than on mechanical repetitions of the calculations involved in conducting the test. (prerequisite HSHJ 703) CJI 0705: Qualitative Methods (3 credits) This course will 1) to suggest the kinds of phenomena for which qualitative approaches are most apt to be useful and 2) to equip students with the skills necessary in order to successfully conduct rigorous and ethical studies. The epistemological bases for such approaches and the complimentary aspects of qualitative approaches will be explored in great detail. The emphasis, however, will be on a hands-on approach