Criminal Justice Ph.D.
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SAMPLE SYLLABI: Fall 2002 - Spring 2004


Spring 2004


Fall 2003


Spring 2003

  • Dr. Bernard Cohen's class, Criminological Theory II (CRJ 706).

  • Dr. William Heffernan's class, The Foundations of Criminal Procedure (CRJ 708).

  • Dr. Barry Latzer and Dr. Evan Mandery's class, Philosophical and Ethical Issues in Criminal Justice: The Death Penalty (CRJ 810). Note: The professors would like to communicate to students their preference that they read the first assignment, Stuart Banner's history of the death penalty, BEFORE the first session on Jan. 28.

  • Dr. Adina Schwartz's class, Challenges to American Legal Traditions (CRJ 80700).

  • Dr. Louis Schelsinger's class, Forensic Psychology and Criminal Behavior for the CRJ Professional.

  • Dr. Karen Terry's class, Sex Crimes.

  • Dr. Ned Benton, Dr. Adina Schwartz, Dr. Marilyn Rubin and Dr. Richard Culp's class, Data and Information Retreival in Criminal Justice (CRJ 70400).

  • Dr. Maureen O’Connor's class, Psychology and Criminal Justice (CRJ 710).

  • Professor Barry Spunt's class, Drugs and Crime (CRJ 802).

  • Dr. Michael Jacobson's class, Criminology and Public Policy (CRJ 80500)

    This course will examine how criminological research influences the creation of public policy at the national, state and local levels. We will cover a variety of research (ethnographic, empirical and phenomenological) in the areas of policing, punishment and corrections (including the death penalty), criminal defense and prosecution, and the courts (including drug, community and reentry courts). Each of these areas has its own particular criminological tradition and history and research in these areas has had very different implications for the development of public policy. For instance, research on policing and domestic violence has been very influential on public policy in law enforcement while research on corrections and sentencing has made few inroads into U.S. corrections policy. The course will be broken down into these different areas and each will consist of reading the criminological literature as well as critical work on policy development and implementation. In addition, since the political dynamic and public discourse in each of these areas is so varied, we will examine polling data and several recent high profile cases and their implications for policy. Readings will include work by Jerome Skolnick, Jim Fyfe, Loic Wacquant, Franklin Zimring, Lawrence Sherman, Jack Katz, Terry Williams, George Kelling and Bernard Harcourt among others.



Fall 2002

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