Criminal Justice Program

CJD 2000 - Biblical Perspectives in Criminal Justice (3)
This course reflects Trevecca’s commitment, as a Christian liberal arts college, to nurturing an appreciation for Scripture as the basis for creative personal faith and human life in the modern world. The course reflects the history of criminal justice based on Judeo-Christian principles. It is designed to foster knowledge and understanding of the literature and history of the Bible, and to integrate faith, learning and living. (Meets Gen. Ed requirement for Communication & Humanities)

CJD 2600 – Law Enforcement and Society (3)
Introduction to research, theory and applications of the causes and consequences of police behavior. Community policing, problem-solving methods, police discretion, police misconduct, police crime prevention strategies, policing and restorative justice.  Also covers political controls on authority and jurisdiction, professionalization of the police, and the relationship between the police organization and the individual.

CJD 3300 – Theories of Crime and Deviance (3)
Brief historical overview of criminological theory up to the 1950s. Deviance, labeling, social control, routine activities, rational choice, life course, opportunity and self-control theories of crime.  Recent research in criminalistic subcultures, criminal persistence and desistance in criminal behavior and the debate on the age-crime curve and the arguments surround career criminals and criminal careers.

CJD 3310 – Juvenile Delinquency and Law Enforcement (3)
Juvenile delinquency in relation to the general problem of crime, analysis of factors underlying juvenile delinquency, treatment and prevention, its onset, prediction and desistence.  Organization and social responsibility of law enforcement.

CJD 3410 – Correctional Systems (3)
Introduction to the research and policy issues for community-based and institutional correctional programs, assessment and screening tools, management of convicted offenders and institutional overcrowding.  Research on prediction of recidivism, matching of treatment programs to offenders, management of correctional institutions and programs. 

CJD 3420 – Criminal Law: The Defense Side (3)
Procedure of the criminal courts from the defense viewpoint. ABA standards for defense attorneys, the handling of a case by the defense from arrest to appeal, and ethical problems posed for defense attorneys.  Attention given to defense by appointment and plea bargaining.

CJD 3430 – Criminal Justice System and Criminal Courts (3)
Introduction to research and theory in prosecution, plea-bargaining, sentencing principles and guidelines, and sentencing policies in practice. Mandatory minimum sentencing, “three strikes” laws, race, gender and class disparities, general and specific deterrent effect of sentencing, restitution and restorative justice, diversion and sentencing to treatment. 

CJD 3500 – Community Relations and Cultural Systems (3)
Analysis of public hostility toward police and current community relations projects, human relations, training and education of law enforcement officers; responsibilities of police administrators, including various organizational functions within agencies, causes of tension and conflict, dissent and disorder, positive and negative factors in the control of minority group hostilities; minority recruitment in law enforcement.

CJD 4100 – Contemporary Issues and Trends in Criminal Justice (3)
Development of Constitutional and procedural controls of the administration of criminal justice. Constitutional limits on law enforcement agencies, including the laws of arrest, search and seizure, admissions and confessions, and eavesdropping; on pre-trial and trial procedures, on post-conviction processes. Emphasis on current U.S. Supreme Court decisions. Also deals with planning, research and development in law enforcement.

CJD 4200 – Values and Ethics in Criminal Justice (3)
A study of ethical issues facing the criminal justice system. Problems confronting police, the courts and the juvenile and correctional systems are addressed. Moral issues and integrity building modules. Survey of major schools of ethics theory; sources of ethical and philosophical foundations for criminal justice functions; common quandaries confronting officers, supervisors and executives in criminal justice.

CJD 4400 – Criminal Investigations (3)
General investigative responsibilities and techniques, including administration, preparation, investigative jurisdiction and responsibility and the importance of substantive report writing.

CJD 4500 – Applied Data Analysis in Criminal Justice (3)
Overview of scientific research methods in criminal justice with emphasis on computer technology to conduct research and interpretation and analysis of various statistical data of your community, zone and/or precinct. 

*Proposed courses