See the SU Bulletin or SU Online for complete course descriptions of regularly offered courses.
Please note: We do not post flyers for all courses. Generally flyers are posted for upcoming new, special topics, and interdisciplinary courses. Below are flyers for upcoming courses:
Spring 2007
CRJS 308/SOCL 393: Behind Bars: The American Prison
Mike Williams
Former Deputy Warden
6:00-7:50pm T, Th
This course presents an overview of the history, philosophy,
and practices of the adult correctional system in America. Topics
will include: theory, ideology, and rationales of punishment;
the history of imprisonment; inmate adaptation to the prison environment;
correctional management and classification; the role of the correctional
officer; special problems of sex offenders, the mentally ill,
and the elderly inmates; gender differences in imprisonment; the
death penalty; prison overcrowding; offender rehabilitation; prison
programs; prisoners’ families; alternatives to imprisonment;
and the future of corrections in America. Prison tours, speaker
and inmate interaction will be offered to supplement in-class
learning and to provide students with a “real-life”
perspective of adult corrections.
Required Course Text: Silverman, I.J. (2001). Corrections: A
Comprehensive View.
St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Co.
CRJS 405: Gender, Race and Crime
7:45-9:50 am T, Th
Darlene Conley
Study of gender and race/ethnicity disparities and discriminatory
practices in criminal justice with attention to the ways in which
gender and race/ethnicity has been historically addressed in criminological
theory. Exploration of feminist and cultural perspectives in understanding
crime and its response. Comparisons in offending, police contact,
case processing, correctional supervision and confinement, capital
punishment, and social response and control of criminal behavior.
Topics include: Racial profiling, race and gender disparity versus
discrimination at different stages of the criminal justice process,
female offending, and male violence against women.
CRJS 430: Criminal Justice Organizations
Trisha King-Stargel
3:45-5:50 T, Th
Course Description:
Organizational analysis of criminal justice agencies. Study of
organizational theory as it applies to police, courts, and corrections.
Focus on structure, discretion and decision making at different
stages of the criminal justice process with attention to individual-organization-socio-cultural
dynamics.
Course Goals:
The successful student will be able to; identify prominent org.
theories and network spheres; develop knowledge about politics,
power, structure, and human resources;
Texts:
Stojkovic, S., et al, (2004). The Administration and Management
of Criminal Justice Organizations, 4th ed.; Henry, V.E. (2003).
The Compstat Paradigm.
CRJS 485: Forensic Science Lab
T (6-8:05) TH (6-9:05)
Lecture: Tuesdays 600 pm to 8:05 pm
Laboratory: Thursdays 6:00 pm to 9:05 pm
Instructor: Beverly Himick, Ph.D. (Washington State Patrol)
Part-Time Instructors: Kathy Geil, M.Sc.; Rick Wyant, M.Sc. (Washington
State Patrol)
Student Teaching Assistant: Danielle Mellot
COURSE GOALS:
1) To develop an understanding of the theories and terminologies
associated with current techniques in multiple forensic disciplines
used while processing criminal evidence.
2) To offer students a “hands on” opportunity to perform
many of the forensic tests and methodology currently used in the
forensic field.
3) To encourage the student to integrate both lecture and laboratory
information from multiple forensic disciplines and then apply
their knowledge to a simulated crime scene.
4) To demonstrate forensic lecture and laboratory topics by use
of true crime scene case studies.
5) To foster an inquisitive learning environment whereby the student
continually seeks answers to forensic questions by way of scientific
facts.
6) To understand the role of the forensic scientist as an expert
witness in court and as a liaison between law enforcement and
the court system.
REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS:
Lecture Textbook: Saferstein, R. (2004). Criminalistics An Introduction
to Forensic Science. Eighth Ed. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey:
Pearson Prentice Hall.
Laboratory Manual: A laboratory manual is not required for this
course. In place of a lab manual are hand-outs which will be provided
to students for each lab. These hand-outs outline current lab
techniques used in forensic analysis.
The following laboratory manual is suggested as a reference only
for several of the lab exercises: Meloan, C.E., James, R.E., Saferstein,
R. (2004). Lab Manual Criminalistics An Introduction to Forensic
Science. Eight Ed. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Prentice
Hall.
CRJS 493/593: Terrorism and Homeland Security
6:00-10:00 W
Special Agent in Charge
U.S. Secret Service
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is the study the issues commonly associated with the
events leading up to the terror attacks on 9-11, and those events
before and after that date leading to the developing concepts
and principles commonly associated with United States homeland
security. The course is designed to give the students real world
experience in researching, writing and briefing, or presenting,
a position paper.
COURSE TEXTS
Images of Terror: What We Can and Can’t Know About Terrorism
by Jenkins.
When Terrorism Strikes Home: Defending the United States by Fagan
Wallace Shields holds an MSSI (Master of Science in Strategic
Intelligence) from the Defense Intelligence Agency’s Joint
Military Intelligence College in Washington
