Introduction to the administration of criminal justice in a democratic society with emphasis on the theoretical and historical development of law enforcement. Formerly CRIM 220. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs. Contemporary and emerging crimes and the response to them by criminal justice agencies.
Emphasis is on the emergence of new forms of crimes or criminals.
Introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics, graphical techniques, and the computer analysis of criminology and criminal justice data. Basic procedures of hypothesis testing, correlation and regression analysis, and the analysis of continuous and binary dependent variables. Emphasis upon the examination of research problems and issues in criminology and criminal justice. Law as one of the methods of social control. Behavioral and legal aspects of criminal acts.