Catalog Descriptions of Graduate Criminal Justice Courses
CRJU-590: Seminar (3 credit hours)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing for students taking the course for
graduate credit
Concentrated study of specific topics related to American criminal justice.
CRJU-600: Survey of Criminal Justice (3 credit hours)
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
This course will provide an overview of Criminal Justice theory by providing
critical evaluation and discussion of research in the criminal justice field.
It will emphasize the seminal works over the past forty years, review current
research, and analyze the difference between applied and traditional research in
the field.
CRJU-610: Historical Perspectives in Criminal Justice
(3 credit hours)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
Traces the development of ideas about and institutions within the criminal
justice system, focusing especially on the United States and its roots in the
western tradition. Students will study some of the major works in the criminal
justice field.
CRJU-620: Judicial Behavior (3 credit hours)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
Survey of the American judiciary. Studies judicial self-perception, public
perception of the judiciary and specific judicial actions in sentencing and
court management.
CRJU-630: Organizational Theory (3 credit hours)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
A survey of current organizational theory as it relates to the public
sector. Emphasis on development of explanations of organizational behavior and
development of an understanding of individual behavior in complex public
organizations.
CRJU-635: Foundations of Law Enforcement (3 credit hours)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
This graduate course is designed to examine critical issues in policing.
Topics for discussion will include (but are not limited to): The Function of
Policing, Historical Perspectives, Strategies and Programs, The Nature of
Policing, Performing the Job, Ethics and Deviance, and Contemporary Issues
CRJU-638: Foundations of Corrections (3 credit hours)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
This is a graduate course intended to examine critical issues in
corrections. Topics for discussion will include (but are not limited to):
the evolution of contemporary correctional strategies, institutional and
community-based correctional alternatives, correctional ethics, and contemporary
policy issues.
CRJU-643: Social Awareness (3 credit hours)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
Examines the interrelationship of race, class and gender with the criminal
justice system, considering the experiences of racial and ethnic minority groups
and women.
CRJU-650: Criminal Justice Ethics (3 credit hours)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
Theories and practices in the areas of legality, morality, values, and
ethics within the criminal justice system.
CRJU-655: Constitutional Law and the Criminal Justice System (3
credit hours)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
Examination of constitutional civil liberties and impact upon criminal law
and field behavior.
CRJU-660: Issues in Criminal Justice (3 credit hours)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
Examination of current issues which impact criminal justice through an
analysis of formation, procedural influence and policy determination.
CRJU-670: Criminal Justice Research Methods (3 credit hours)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
Designed to provide advanced social science research skills and to allow
students to put those skills into practice with a required research project.
CRJU-671: Quantitative Methods in Criminal Justice Research (3
credit hours)
Prerequisite: CRJU-670
This course is intended to equip the student with the ability to calculate
and conduct statistical analyses for original research, and to ensure the
ability to interpret the results of statistical analysis and to apply those
results appropriately to real world situations.
CRJU-672: Applications in Crime Analysis (3 credit hours)
Prerequisites: CRJU-670 and CRJU-671
This course is an introduction to the quantitative skills used in tactical,
strategic, and administrative crime analysis.
CRJU-673: Crime Mapping (3 credit hours)
Prerequisites: CRJU-670; CRJU-671 is also recommended
This course expands on the quantitative principles and applications used in
tactical, strategic, and administrative crime analysis introduced in CRJU-672.
The primary focus of this course is geographic mapping of crime patterns.
CRJU-675: Studies in Criminological Theory (3 credit hours)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
Examines the theories of criminality ranging from classical explanations to
recent paradigms.
CRJU-676: Environmental Criminology (3 credit hours)
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
This course examines the spatial distribution of crime, focusing primarily
on theoretical explanations and their associated policy implications.
CRJU-684: Criminal Justice Graduate Internship (3
credit hours)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
An experimental learning program for criminal justice students to observe,
learn and participate in the daily functions and procedure of a specific
criminal justice agency. The course consists of not less than 16 hours per
week for 15 weeks and is graded on a pass/fail basis.
CRJU-690: Seminar (3 credit hours)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
Concentrated study of a specific issue or topic in criminal justice.
CRJU-691: Public Policy and Criminal Justice (3 credit
hours)
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
Intensive study of policy formulation process for American criminal justice
agencies. Attention to each of the major components of the American criminal
justice system: police, courts, corrections.
CRJU-698: Directed Study (1-4 credit hours)
Prerequisites: Approval of the advisor, department chair, and dean
of the Graduate College
Semi-autonomous, independent research on a topic of interest to the student
and the criminal justice system. Provides an opportunity to develop a high
degree of conceptual sophistication on a specific topic. (Refer to the current
Graduate Catalog for further information).
CRJU-699: Research and Thesis
(1-6 credit hours)
Hours and credit arranged with the approval of the student's thesis
supervisor, advisor and dean of the Graduate college. (Refer to the
current Graduate Catalog for further information).
CRJU-799: Continuous Enrollment
(1 credit hour)
All graduate students are required to be registered during the semester
they receive their degree from Radford University. Registration is required of
all graduate students when using University facilities and/or faculty time. The
minimum number of hours for registration is one. Registration allows use of
services such as library checkout, laboratories, and recreation facilities not
open to the public. Students who are not currently registered for any course
work, and who have completed all course work but have other outstanding degree
requirements (e.g., comprehensive examination, thesis, removal of an I or IP
grade), are required to register for a continuous enrollment course each
semester, excluding summer, until they have met the outstanding requirement(s).
This course carries no credit hour production and does not count twoard
graduation requirements. This course option is also available to those admitted
students who are not enrolled in a given semester but who wish to use University
facilities and services during that time.
