2007-09 - Graduate School - The University of Alabama

Graduate Catalog: Section 6.7http://graduate.ua.edu/catalog/15700.htmlFocus on organized crime in the United States and examination of organized crime groups around the world.CJ504 Health and Crime (Three hours)The health consequences of social deviance and the impact of criminalization for individual and societal wellbeing.Seminar discussions cover the criminalization of mental and physical illness and illnesses arising from criminalbehavior and incarceration.CJ 510 Seminar in Community Corrections. Three hours.Development, organization, operation, and evaluation of community corrections systems as intermediate sanctionsand alternatives to incarceration.CJ 520 Seminar in Current Law Enforcement Problems. Three hours.Analysis of selected areas of law enforcement. Emphasis is on currently developing trends.CJ 530 Seminar in Criminal Justice Organization and Management. Three hours.Application of organizational and administrative principles in law enforcement, court, and correctional settings.Assessment of trends and theories.CJ 540 Seminar in Juvenile Delinquency. Three hours.The nature and extent of delinquency; competing explanatory models and theories. Evaluation of control andtreatment modalities.CJ 550 Seminar in the Judicial Process and Social Policy. Three hours.Examination of the American legal system from a political science and socio-legal perspective. Seminar covers the"rights revolution," the process of dispute settlement, judicial decision making, public opinion and the courts, and theUnited States Supreme Court.CJ 570 Seminar in Correctional Policy. Three hours.Examines the historical and contemporary policy trends in institutional and community corrections.CJ 581 Application of Statistics in Criminal Justice. Three hours.An evaluation of specific statistical methods for quantitative and nonquantitative analyses, concentrating on properapplications and interpretations in criminal justice settings.CJ 584 Seminar in Criminological Theory. Three hours.Examination of classical, neoclassical, positive, and social-defense theories of criminality and their interrelation withthe broader problems of crime control. Offered spring semester.CJ 586 Research in the Criminal Justice Process. Three hours.Prepares the student to develop and to implement basic research designs. Offered fall semester.CJ 590 Special Topics in Criminal Justice. Three hours.Offers an opportunity for faculty and students to explore in depth topics of contemporary interest that are notgenerally covered in the standard courses. Course content will vary from section to section.CJ 591 Practicum in Research and Program Evaluation. Three to six hours.Allows students to develop and implement an evaluation of an innovative or existing program in criminal justice, withfaculty guidance.CJ 592 Independent Study. Three hours.Research under faculty supervision in any area of interest to the student. Content may not relate to thesis or policyand practice project.CJ 598 Criminal Justice Policy and Practice. One to six hours. Pass/fail.Provides credit for a major written project completed under the supervision of two faculty members.Research may be directed by any member of the faculty who accepts responsibility for supervising the thesis.CJ 599 Thesis Research in Criminal Justice. One to six hours. Pass/fail.Research may be directed by any member of the faculty who accepts responsibility for supervising the thesis.THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA GRADUATE CATALOG:: TABLE OF CONTENTSThe Graduate School | UA Catalogs | Graduate Publications | Contact Update: Sep. 2007