College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences 2015-2016 Catalog

204 organizational structure, criminal activities of gangs, girls and gangs, community impact, community based and national intervention strategies. The interaction of race, culture, class and gender in the criminal justice system will be infused throughout weekly discussions. Additionally, psychological and sociological dynamics will be explored. Furthermore, how to work with and treat children and adolescents as well as their families who have been associated with street gangs will be investigated. Along with this, students will also examine the short and long term goals of child and family protection, laws, as well as future relationships with regards to gang life. CJI 0624 Ethics in Law and Criminal Justice (3 credits) This course is an intense examination of the ethical considerations facing the criminal justice practitioner. Topics include determining moral behavior, developing moral and ethical behavior, legal ethics, ethics and law enforcement, ethics and the courts, ethics and corrections, the ethics of punishment, policy and management issues, professionalism, pride and ethics for practitioners CJI 0625 Child Sexual Abuse (3 credits) This course is designed to prepare students to identify factors and indicators associated with childhood sexual abuse, crisis assistance and intervention. Students will enhance their knowledge and skills required to assess and interview children, families, and offenders in child sexual abuse cases. Students will gain critical knowledge to assess the placement needs, make appropriate referrals, and prepare for the placement of the child, when indicated. Additionally, students will learn the l worker's role in a multidisciplinary team and be able to prepare agency workers to identify and become effective in handling child sexual abuse matters. CJI 0626 International Crime (3 credits) While most criminal justice academics, professionals, and researchers focus on problems related to domestic criminality, another type of serious criminality occurs at the international level. International crimes are violations of international criminal law, while transnational crimes refer to violations of the laws of more than one country. This course covers both types of law violations and seeks to familiarize the student with the distinct types of causation, victimization, and control problems the global community faces as nation states become increasingly interdependent. The growing interdependence of all members of the international community is manifested through wrongdoings and illicit enterprises that involve several countries at one time. References are constantly made through the media about international bodies seeking to resolve disputes that transcend national borders (e.g., the United Nations and the World Court). Offenders and victims are frequently located in different jurisdictions. Often we may look beyond our state or national frontiers in order to better understand the nature of even domestic crime and problems of its control. The causes of international and transnational crime may be traced to developments and policies in several nations. The only effective response to such problems requires close collaboration and coordination of efforts of all countries concerned. CJI 0627 Critical Issues in Corrections (3 credits) This course will address selected issues in the field of corrections from various theoretical perspectives including conventional and critical sociology perspectives. Topics addressed include the growing incarcerated population, the composition of this population and efforts to reduce this rate of incarceration. The course will also address the risk factors contributing to becoming an inmate and recidivating, correctional education and substance abuse treatment services, the corrections experience for inmates and corrections staff, privatization of prisons, community reentry and evidence-based corrections programs.