Role and structure of prosecution, public defense, and the courts in the United States jurisprudence with emphasis upon criminal law, and problems in the administration of justice. Survey of research on the scope and nature of criminal activity and factors correlated with criminal behavior. Examines the issues of etiology, victimology, differential police enforcement, sentencing and correctional practices. Introduction to multivariate statistical techniques including multiple regression, logistic regression, discriminate analysis, multivariate analysis of variance, canonical correlation, factor analysis, cluster analysis and multidimensional scaling. A basic knowledge of criminology is assumed.
Emphasis is on analytical, critical evaluation, and the advancement of theory.
Directed readings designed to give the student flexibility in developing an area of specialization. Subject to action by the Board of Regents, The Texas State University System, and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. This course is needed to offer doctoral level students the option of registering for a multi-topic course. The student can take the course under various special topics being offered. Supervised training including special applications in information acquisition, storage, retrieval, analysis, and display in criminal justice.