CJUS Courses''
Offered by Department of Criminal
Justice
College of Natural and Social Sciences
- CJUS 101GS - Introduction to Criminal Justice - 3 hours
- Prereq: none
This course is intended to provide a broad understanding of the functional components of
the criminal justice system and their interrelationship. It will also provide a basic
understanding of the American crime problem.
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- CJUS 201 - The Juvenile Justice System - 3 hours
- Prereq: CJUS 101GS
This course is intended to introduce various components that comprise the juvenile justice
system. Topics will include juvenile courts, role modeling, interaction between youth and
the juvenile justice system, and the future of the juvenile justice system.
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- CJUS 215 - Correctional Services and Systems - 3 hours
- Prereq: CJUS 101GS
This course covers the historical development of corrections leading to an analysis of our
correctional process and systems in contemporary America.
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- CJUS 230 - The Police Service - 3 hours
- Prereq: CJUS 101GS
This course is intended to introduce students to the major developments and problems in
policing. Topics will include rights and responsibilities of the uniformed officer, patrol
and manpower distribution theories, police unionism, ethics and corruption, community
relations, and the police subculture as a distinct value system.
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- CJUS 310 - Community Based Corrections - 3 hours
- Prereq: CJUS 101GS
This course is concerned with correctional theory and practice as they are applied in the
community setting. Specific areas of concern are probation, parole, diversion, and
nontraditional community correctional programs. The application of community resources and
responsibilities with the needs of offenders in the criminal justice system is a primary
focus of the course. Some contrasts and comparisons are made with the institutional
correctional setting.
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- CJUS 320 - Police Supervision - 3 hours
- Prereq: CJUS 101GS
A course intended to consider supervisory problems and concepts within police
organizations, and the equating of sound principles of human relations and supervisory
techniques to effective police performance.
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- CJUS 325 - Correctional Agency Administration - 3 hours
- Prereq: CJUS 101GS
This course is concerned with management theory and practice as they are applied to the
administration of correctional institutions, parole, probation and other correctional
agencies. Specific areas of emphasis are the impact of the political system on budget,
management concerns, organizational development, and the requirements for meeting
individual, group and organizational goals in a correctional agency.
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- CJUS 330 - Laws of Arrest, Search and Seizure - 3 hours
- Prereq: none
An examination of state and federal American law concerning arrest, search and seizure.
Emphasis on basic legal precedents developed by courts.
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- CJUS 340 - Criminal Evidence and Procedure - 3 hours
- Prereq: CJUS 101GS
The emphasis of this course will be on the concept of evidence and the rules governing its
admissibility. There will also be theoretical and pragmatic considerations of
constitutional requirements affecting evidence and procedure.
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- CJUS 345 - Criminal Law - 3 hours
- Prereq: CJUS 101GS
Examines the foundation and elements of criminal law. Special emphasis is placed upon the
definition of crime, criminal liability, defenses to criminal liability and the sanctions
for committing crime.
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- CJUS 350 - Organized Crime - 3 hours
- Prereq: none
Designed to examine the different organized criminal elements in American society. This
examination will include their economic effect on society, law enforcement efforts to
minimize that effect, the major criminal areas involved in their day-to-day operations,
and the historical development of the criminal groups as they exist today.
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- CJUS 353 - Crime Prevention and Security - 3 hours
- Prereq: none
Concerned with the security and safety of communities, businesses, and individuals. It
emphasizes the needs for citizen involvement, private industry
and business participation, educational programs, in cooperation
with criminal justice agencies.
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- CJUS 375 - Comparative Criminal Justice Systems - 3 hours
- Prereq: CJUS 101GS
An examination of selected non-American criminal justice systems. Specific areas of
comparison will include but not be limited to, the police, judiciary, and criminal
corrections, of selected foreign systems.
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- CJUS 380 - Minorities and Criminal Justice - 3 hours
- Prereq: CJUS 101GS
This course provides a survey of minority relations and criminal justice adjudication in
America (law enforcement, judicial processing and corrections). Particular attention is
focused on majority/minority relations and how these sentiments are reflected within the
criminal justice process. While many minority groups will be examined, three will be
emphasized: (1) racial minorities; (2) female victims and offenders; and (3) unique white
ethnic subcultures.
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- CJUS 390 - Criminal Investigation - 3 hours
- Prereq: CJUS 101GS
Deals with the following fundamental procedures of criminal investigation: Crime scene
search and recording; collection and preservation of physical evidence; scientific
evaluation; modus operandi; sources of information; interviews and interrogations; and
case preparation.
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- CJUS 401 - Issues in Criminal Justice - 3 hours
- Prereq: CJUS 101GS
Concerned with current issues and developments in the criminal justice field. Each
semester a topic will be chosen as the subject for inquiry. It is designed for students
who wish to explore current issues and broaden their exposure to important and timely
issues in criminal justice. This course may be repeated to a maximum of 6 hours with
permission of the Chair.
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- CJUS 411 - Readings in Criminal Justice - 1-3 hours
- Prereq: 9 hours of CJUS; permission of instructor
An independent study course intended to supplement students' understanding of the criminal
justice system through selected readings in the field.
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- CJUS 415 - Correctional Casework - 3 hour
- Prereq: CJUS 215*
Designed to develop knowledge of specific treatment programs and to help students learn
the role of correctional caseworkers as practiced in correctional agencies.
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- CJUS 420 - Police Organization and Management - 3 hours
- Prereq: CJUS 101GS
The emphasis of this course is on organization and administration of municipal police
functions. Concepts of organizational theory are presented in an effort to integrate
proven concepts into the police service.
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- CJUS 421 - Criminal Justice Planning and Research - 3 hours
- Prereq: CJUS 101GS
A course intended to give students some fundamentals in planning, research, and grant
writing for criminal justice subsystems. (Program planning and evaluation).
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- CJUS 425 - Court Administration - 3 hours
- Prereq: CJUS 101GS
A general overview of the management of American courts, and a specific examination of the
Nebraska courts, including case flow management and other measures necessary for court
efficiency.
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- CJUS 451 - Seminar in Criminal Justice - 3 hours
- Prereq: CJUS 101GS
A course intended to promote dialogue between students and practitioners in the different
areas of the criminal justice system in an effort to begin facilitating the concept of a
working system. Topics include, but are not limited to: Interaction among criminal justice
agencies, the individual agency's role in presentation, and system alternatives. This
course may be repeated to a maximum of 6 hours with permission of the Chair.
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- CJUS 471 - Monograph - 3 hours
- Prereq: Senior standing, permission of instructor and department chair
Each student submits a thesis-type research monograph on some significant phase of
criminal justice; student is assisted in selection of monograph topic by faculty who will
supervise techniques and methods of research and the writing of the monograph.
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- CJUS 475 - Internship - 6 or 9 hours
- Prereq: 9 hours of CJUS, permission of instructor and department chair
Designed to give students on-the-job exposure to their areas of interest within the
criminal justice system. Students must have a cumulative grade point average of 2.3.
Offered only as credit/no credit.
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- CJUS 499 - Independent Study - 3-6 hours
- Prereq: 9 hours of CJUS, permission of instructor and department chair
An examination in depth of specific areas of the criminal justice system, with emphasis on
the special roles of related agencies and disciplines. This course may be repeated to a
maximum of six hours with permission of the Chair.
* This course is the immediate prerequisite. Other preparation is
required prior to this immediate prerequisite.
11 May 2006
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