Criminal Justice (CRIM)

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CRIM 250  Introduction to Criminal Justice  3 Units  GE, USD  
Typically Offered: Spring only  
The history and philosophy of criminal justice in America; recapitulation of the system and how it disproportionately impacts different groups in America; identifying the various sub-systems, role expectations, and their interrelationships; theories of crime, punishment, and rehabilitation; ethics, education, and training for professionalism in the criminal justice system. 3 hours lecture.  (001563)  
General Education: Social Sciences (D)  
Grade Basis: Graded  
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units  
Course Attributes: Lower Division; US Diversity  
CRIM 257  Juvenile Justice Process  3 Units  
Typically Offered: Inquire at department  
This course provides an introduction to the juvenile justice system in the United States. Juvenile justice is a key component of the overall criminal justice system. The course highlights the activity in the main institutions of juvenile justice (the police, the courts, and corrections), examines past practice as well as concentrating on current policies, explores some of the reasons for treating juveniles differently from adults, and investigates future policy in juvenile justice. 3 hours lecture.  (007478)  
Grade Basis: Graded  
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units  
Course Attributes: Lower Division  
CRIM 259  Chico Police Service Learning Practicum  3 Units  
Typically Offered: Inquire at department  
This course examines criminal investigation techniques and includes a survey of a wide variety of topics in criminal investigation. Emphasis is placed on the practical application of education toward gaining employment and enhancing law enforcement careers. During the semester, students participate in a Chico community service learning project. 3 hours lecture.  (007479)  
Grade Basis: Graded  
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units  
Course Attributes: Lower Division  
CRIM 312  Issues in Criminal Justice  3 Units  
Prerequisite: CRIM 250 or concurrent enrollment.  
Typically Offered: Inquire at department  
This course is a seminar on selected topics in criminal justice. 3 hours lecture.  (020601)  
Grade Basis: Graded  
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 9 units  
Course Attributes: Upper Division  
CRIM 332  Criminal Justice Ethics  3 Units  
Typically Offered: Fall and spring  
An investigation of contemporary moral issues involved in police work and corrections, such as deadly force, entrapment, undercover work, corruption, and prisoners' rights. 3 hours seminar.  (007269)  
Grade Basis: Graded  
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units  
Course Attributes: Upper Division  
CRIM 352  Policing in America  3 Units  
Prerequisite: CRIM 250.  
Typically Offered: Fall and spring  
This course examines the history, philosophy, evolution, and legal obligations of the police and the roles, functions, and policy issues associated with policing in a democratic society. 3 hours lecture.  (007505)  
Grade Basis: Graded  
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units  
Course Attributes: Upper Division  
CRIM 353  Corrections  3 Units  
Prerequisite: CRIM 250.  
Typically Offered: Fall and spring  
This course surveys corrections in the United States, including the history, philosophy, and evolution of correctional systems; correctional institutions, community-based corrections, and correctional policy issues. 3 hours lecture.  (007506)  
Grade Basis: Graded  
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units  
Course Attributes: Upper Division  
CRIM 354  Community Corrections  3 Units  
Typically Offered: Inquire at department  
This course considers the historical development of probation and parole, addresses questions regarding how and why probation and parole have changed over time, and outlines how community corrections are influenced by the constraints of the criminal justice system and how it is affected by public perceptions of crime and criminals. Students assess the success and feasibility of community corrections given current resources and public sentiment. Finally, the course addresses the population of offenders that are on probation and parole, their likely backgrounds and futures. 3 hours lecture.  (007507)  
Grade Basis: Graded  
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units  
Course Attributes: Upper Division  
CRIM 363  Crime Prevention  3 Units  
Prerequisite: CRIM 250.  
Typically Offered: Inquire at department  
This course examines the situational, social, and legislative approaches to the prevention of crime and delinquency. The emphasis is on the theories of victimization and the extent to which victim demographics play a role in crime, and the implementation and consequences of various crime prevention policies and approaches and their differential effects on victims throughout various sectors of society. 3 hours lecture.  (021288)  
Grade Basis: Graded  
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units  
Course Attributes: Upper Division  
CRIM 364  Restorative Justice  3 Units  
Prerequisite: CRIM 250 (may be taken concurrently).  
Typically Offered: Inquire at department  
This course highlights the responsibilities and roles of all community members in accomplishing justice. In particular, it focuses on harms instead of crimes, the debt owed to victims and communities instead of to the state, and making the situation right through restoration and other methods instead of constructing deviancy. 3 hours lecture.  (021289)  
Grade Basis: Graded  
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units  
Course Attributes: Upper Division  
CRIM 384  Criminology  3 Units  
Typically Offered: Fall and spring  
The study of crime and criminal behavior as a social phenomenon. Adopting a sociological perspective, this course examines crime trends, types of crime, and social and personal factors related to criminal behavior. Special attention is paid to inequality in the criminal justice system, street and white-collar crimes, victimization and other social costs of crime and punishment. 3 hours lecture.  (009017)  
Cross listing(s): SOCI 384  
Grade Basis: Graded  
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units  
Course Attributes: Upper Division  
CRIM 415  Comparative Criminal Justice  3 Units  
Typically Offered: Inquire at department  
This course introduces students to different criminal justice systems around the world. After an introduction about the relevance of comparative research and methodological challenges that can arise when doing such work, students learn about the criminal justice systems of different countries in the world and their wider historical, cultural, political, and economic contexts. 3 hours lecture.  (022074)  
Grade Basis: Graded  
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units  
Course Attributes: Upper Division  
CRIM 416  Pop Culture and Criminal Justice  3 Units  
Typically Offered: Inquire at department  
This course encourages students to analyze the complexities of popular culture in greater focus and depth and to understand the ways in which criminal justice is represented in popular culture and, in some circumstances, may be influenced by popular culture. 3 hours lecture.  (022220)  
Grade Basis: Graded  
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units  
Course Attributes: Upper Division  
CRIM 417  Hate Crimes  3 Units  
Typically Offered: Inquire at department  
This course explores what hate crime is, how it is enforced, as well as the societal ramifications of and on hate crime. During this course, students examine what the different definitions of hate crime look like and how they have evolved over time, as well as how law enforcement agencies have reacted to this evolution. Students analyze what societal influences may impact the types and frequencies of hate crime commission, as well as how society has responded to bias-motivated crime in the policy arena and in media responses. 3 hours lecture.  (022368)  
Grade Basis: Graded  
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units  
Course Attributes: Upper Division  
CRIM 439W  Senior Seminar in Criminal Justice (W)  3 Units  W  
Typically Offered: Fall and spring  
This course involves an integrated and in-depth analysis of selected topics in criminal justice. It assess senior-level student's written and oral communication skills and their ability to critically evaluate information, theories, policies, and social issues. 3 hours seminar.  (007591)  
Grade Basis: Graded  
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units  
Course Attributes: Upper Division; Writing Course  
CRIM 476  Police Administration and Management  3 Units  
Typically Offered: Inquire at department  
This course introduces students to the organization of police departments and explores the history of policing and organizational theory. It further examines the role of the police executive as a public manager and as a leadership position. Topics for the course include departmental management, police operations, budgeting, discipline, promotion, external political factors, and public planning and research. By the end of the course, students should have a general knowledge of public organizations and specific knowledge about the operation and management of police departments. 3 hours lecture.  (007595)  
Grade Basis: Graded  
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units  
Course Attributes: Upper Division  
CRIM 489E  Internship in Criminal Justice  1-3 Units  
Prerequisite: Faculty permission.  
Typically Offered: Spring, summer, fall  
Field work with criminal justice agencies in the areas of policing, courts, and corrections. Work supervised by the faculty internship coordinator and the staff of the internship office. Directed readings and writings may be assigned. 0 hours independent study.  (007618)  
Grade Basis: Credit/No Credit  
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 15 units  
Course Attributes: Upper Division