JUST 101 CRIMINOLOGY
Definitions of crime, the major theories of crime, the nature and extent of criminal behavior. Analysis of different types of crime, including juvenile delinquency, corporate crime, crimes against women, and crimes by police. Institutions of social control: police, courts, prisons. Meet the 1983 General Education Requirement (GER) – Social Science Topic Course.

JUST 200 PERSPECTIVES ON JUSTICE STUDIES I
An examination of issues, justice, and advocacy from the multidisciplinary perspectives of Legal Studies, Psychology, and Sociology. An exploration and analysis of the legal system with emphasis upon the rights and liberties of the individual as well as alternative forms of dispute resolution. Social behavior, group processes and individual differences. Controversies surrounding justice and injustice including the potential for differential treatment based upon race, gender, age, sexual orientation, and physical ability. Meets the University Writing Requirement for JUCA, JUEJ, JUJS, and JUPS majors.

JUST 201 PERSPECTIVES ON JUSTICE STUDIES II
Experiential study of (1) the judicial process; (2) work roles and careers; (3) institutions; and (4) related issues such as children's rights and dispute resolution within the criminal justice system. Emphasis on the relationship of theory to practice and on the contexts in which tasks are accomplished and roles are performed. Classroom issues are viewed from a real world perspective through field trips, site visits, supervised observations and field work, and integrated through journals, discussions and research.

JUST 203 ORGANIZED CRIME
Organized crime as a sociological phenomenon. The methods and goals of large-scale crime and its economic, political and social costs; popular attitudes towards organized crime; efforts of enforcement and investigation agencies to deal with the problem.

JUST 221 RESEARCH IN JUSTICE STUDIES: SOCIAL SCIENCE PERSPECTIVES
Introduction to the principles of empirical research and their application in the law and justice system. Examination of sampling, experimental methods, survey methods, and qualitative fieldwork and study of strengths and weaknesses of these methods. Attention to methods for program, family, and individual evaluation. A critical approach to understanding and using "facts" about levels of adult and juvenile crime, causes of crime, public perceptions of crime and punishment, victimization, policing, the courts, and corrections.
Prerequisite: Not open to freshmen.

JUST 223 ETHNOGRAPHY in JUSTICE SYSTEMS
The course will utilize case studies from justice systems settings to explore the process of doing ethnographic research from diverse theoretical perspectives. It will focus on the personal, political, ethical, moral, legal, and scientific dilemmas that researchers typically face attempting to gather fieldwork and interview data about the backstage regions of the subject’s world. Specific areas to be examined include the researcher’s role in the field, developing rapport and trust, emotions and fieldwork, age, race, sex, sexual orientation, and gender issues in research, the politics and ethics of research in applied and non-applied settings, and techniques of data collection in interviewing and participant observation.

JUST 230 FAMILY VIOLENCE
This course will take a life-course approach in examining the complex issues of family violence. It will utilize a multidisciplinary framework in analyzing the dynamics of abuse. Students will discuss the various forms of violence as well as the prevalence and incidence of violence in different stages of the lifespan. The relationship between child abuse, sibling abuse, partner abuse and elder abuse will be examined. Students will also explore family violence from a cultural perspective. They will review current social policy as it relates to the protection and treatment of the victims of family violence.

JUST 232 INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Do the three main sectors of the criminal justice system—the police, the courts, and corrections have an impact on crime, achieve justice, and constitute a system? This course will look at the historical development of each of these sectors, their relation to broader social forces, and their internal problems and dilemmas. Topics may include current controversies (police brutality; the death penalty and other sentencing trends; community policing; plea bargaining; parole) as well as the impact of broader issues like race, gender, and social class.

JUST/SOCI 240 STATISTICS FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH
Special fee. The use of statistics to summarize data, to show relationships among variables. Evaluating research reports based on statistics. Use of the computer to analyze data.

JUST 250 CURRENT ISSUES in POLICING
The course will examine current issues in policing from an interdisciplinary perspective. Subjects include racial and ethic profiling, policing a multi-cultural society, police use of force, police corruption, policing domestic violence, policing emotionally disturbed people, police management of terrorist threat, hostage negotiation, policing disasters (SWAT/Emergency Service – first responders) and relevant dimensions of police psychology.

JUST 310 THEORETICAL ISSUES in JUSTICE STUDIES
The purpose of this course is to explore justice-related issues of crime and punishment in both historical and contemporary settings – to examine, for instance, how and why some acts become defined as crimes and others do not, how and why these definitions change over time, and what factors (eg. race, class, and gender) influence and determine these changes.

JUST 314 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
The domain of this course is the role of social inequities, especially those of class and race, in the distribution of environmental risks in societies at the local, national, and global levels and includes study of legal remedies and public policy measures that address environmental injustices. Cross listed with Sociology, SOCI 314.

JUST 315 RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
Study of the mediation process and its evolution. Analysis of models and applications including: court-annexed, family, municipal court, community, peer, and victim offender mediation. Student participation in role plays, research, and observations of mediation process.
Prerequisite: A 200-level JUST course or Junior standing or departmental permission.

JUST 317 RACE & THE U.S. LEGAL SYSTEM
The course will examine the use of the law both to perpetuate and eradicate racial injustice in the United States from the inception and rise of slavery during the colonial period through the racial desegregation decision on the United States Supreme Court in Brown vs. Board of Education in 1954 to the present. The goals of the course are to achieve an understanding of the role of law in its social context, especially with regard to the use of legal institutions, and law in the creation and maintenance of systems of racial injustice and to examine the use of law (especially litigation) as a mechanism for social change.

JUST 318 ANIMALS & JUSTICE
The course will familiarize students with scholarship on the relationships between human and nonhuman animals from a multidisciplinary perspective including the ecological, environmental, cultural, economic, social, psychological, and health dimensions of these relationships. The course will situate nonhuman animals into a larger conception of social justice.

JUST 319 HATE CRIMES
The course will examine issues relating to how and why people hate; what constitutes a hate crime; whether and how society should legislate against hate crime; and how tolerance can be promoted in an ever-diverse and complex world. Course topics may include a historical perspective on hate; psychological and sociological theories a to why people hate; hate crime laws; enforcement issues relating to hate crime laws; constitutional challenges to hate laws; international hate crime; and new frontiers in hate and hate crime.

JUST 320 WOMEN & PRISON
This course will take a comprehensive view of the issues that bring women in contact with the criminal justice system and correctional institutions. Students will discuss the historical legacy of female incarceration in Europe and America. They will discover that the demographic intersections of gender, race, class and gender orientation play a major role in sentencing outcomes. Gender responsive programming as well as role model programs in the US, Canada and Europe will be discussed.

JUST 321 WHITE COLLAR CRIME
An examination of the nature, scope, forms and styles of occupational and business-related criminal activities in the U.S., as well as their social, political and economic implications.

JUST 322 JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND JUVENILE JUSTICE
This course will deal with the major sociological explanations of juvenile delinquency. The relationship between juvenile crime and justice and the socio-economic and institutional arrangements of the larger society will be the primary focus.
Prerequisite: One course in Justice Studies or departmental approval.

JUST 325 POLICE & SOCIETY
The course will examine the urban police organizations from diverse sociological perspectives. Subjects include media images of the police, police discretion, police use of force, police lying, police corruption, women in policing, ethnic minorities in policing, and researching the police.

JUST 326 DEATH PENALTY PERSPECTIVES
This course examines the specific legal issues inherent in capital punishment. Included will be detailed coverage of both substantive and procedural law of capital punishment as well as the roles of lawyers, judges, and juries within this legal system. This course will also focus upon empirical analyses of death penalty applications and will carefully explore its practical and philosophical underpinnings.

JUST 351 JURIES AND JUSTICE
An examination of the roots of the American jury system and the role of trials in the social construction of morality. Consideration of issues related to jury pools, selection, and representativeness. Examination of data from research on group processes within actual and mock juries, including communication and decision making in juries and juror bias. Students will also conduct field studies in local courts.

JUST 353 CORRECTIONS
Traces the historical development of corrections in the United States and examines present trends. Explores the sociopolitical nature of various correctional policies, with special emphasis on currrent trends and controversies. Analyzes prison life from the perspectives of administrators, correction officers, and inmates.

JUST 360 RIGHTS, LIBERTIES AND AMERICAN JUSTICE
An integrated approach to the study of individual rights, liberties, and American justice. The development of constitutional law in its social, political, and cultural contexts. The growth of the legal tradition and recent developments in relation to statutory law in shaping the principles of American liberty.

JUST 400 DRUGS & SOCIETY
This course will familiarize students with scholarship on the relationships between drugs and disparate treatments by race, class and gender from a multidisciplinary perspective. The course will situate drugs into a larger conception of social justice and will familiarize students with scholarship on the relationships between drugs and the larger structural elements of society.

JUST 401 SOCIAL JUSTICE & FAMILY POLICY
Students will examine historical and current social welfare policies within a social justice context and as they affect families through the lifecourse. They will analyze the conflicts and controversies that surround current policies and the role of the media in setting the social welfare agenda. Students will come to and understanding of the political forces and special interests that frame the rationale for social welfare policy and will decide what reforms, if any, are indicated.
Prerequisite: A 200-level JUST course or Junior standing or departmental permission.

JUST 496 PEER MENTORING FOR JUSTICE STUDIES
Advanced students serve as peer mentors in Justice Studies working with faculty and students to promote academic excellence and positive student culture. They will also solidify knowledge and gain organizational and leadership experience. This course may be repeated once for credit.
Prerequisite: Junior or Senior status and departmental permission; Justice Studies majors only.

JUST 497 SENIOR SEMINAR AND FIELD EXPERIENCE IN JUSTICE STUDIES (EXTERNSHIP)
Field placement experience. The required classroom seminar complements the experiential component and includes discussions of organizational models, conflict resolution, confidentiality, career options and resume writing. Discussion themes incorporate a multidisciplinary perspective.
Prerequisite: JUST 200 and JUST 201 and JUST 221 and JUST 312 and 18 credits in the student's concentration. A minimum grade of C- is required in JUST 221 and LSPR 312. Senior status and advisor's permission; Justice Studies majors only.

JUST 499 SELECTED TOPICS in JUSTICE STUDIES
Exploration of a timely and significant area of Justice Studies. The specific topic will be announced each time that the course is offered. May be repeated once for a maximum of 6.0 credits.