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COURSES

 

Criminology (Crim)

1. General Administration of Justice (3)
Administration of criminal justice in the United States stressing factors that affect this administration.

2. Police Organization and Administration (3)
Fundamentals of police organization and administration applied to field operations; records and reports, patrol; traffic; investigation; vice, crime prevention; public relations; police ethics; allied problems.

4A-B. Basic Police Science (3-3)
Open only to criminology majors. (A) Field note taking and crime scene recording; beat patrol and observation; laws of arrest, search, and seizure; Penal Code and related laws; mechanics of arrest; control of crowds and public gatherings; jail practices and procedures. (B) Introduction to investigation; police procedures; elements of interrogation; juvenile procedures; report writing and descriptions; court appearance and testimony; public relations.

5. Police Traffic Activities (2)
Open only to criminology majors. Primary traffic functions of the police; traffic law enforcement; traffic direction; accident investigation.

7. Firearms (2)
Open only to criminology majors. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Use and care of firearms; explanation of situations warranting use of firearms; legal provisions and restrictions; policy covering use in performance of duty; safety precautions; nomenclature; dry firing and familiarization firing. (1 lecture, 3 range field hours)

8. Directed Policing (1)
Maximum total credit 8 units. Open only to criminology majors who are members of the College Student Police Unit. Prerequisite or concurrently: Crim 4A-B; permission of instructor; not open to freshmen and not required of women students. Supervised field experience in police work for interpreting theories developed in parallel criminology courses. Weekly conference with supervisor. (Minimum of 3 field hours per unit.)

10. Police Records (2)
Open only to criminology majors. Organization and installation of a police record system; types and functions of records; recording procedures.

105A-B. Criminal Law (2-2)
Theory of criminal law; corpus delecti of important specific offenses; laws of arrest, search and seizure; rules of evidence; criminal procedure; criminal evidence; juvenile law.

115A-B. Criminal Investigation and Identification (3-3)
Open only to criminology majors. Principles and techniques of criminal investigation; police photography in investigation; scientific crime detection methods; criminal identification systems.

116. Advanced Crime Scene Investigations (2) (Former Crim 115BF)
Open only to senior and graduate students. Prerequisites: Crim 113, permission of instructor. Investigation of assigned crime scene problems; crime scene recording; reports; descriptions of persons and property; modus operandi; preparation for trial; court appearance and conduct.

120. Crime Prevention and Juvenile Delinquency (3)
Prerequisite: Psych 7 or 10, Soc 1A or equivalent. Organization and function of crime prevention agencies; police techniques in the prevention of delinquency and crime; case work; the policewoman; consolidation of community resources in preventing crime and delinquency.

123. Workshop an Children and Youth (1-2) Summer only
Maximum total credit 2 units. Deviant and aberrational behavior of children and youth.

129. Detection of Deception (2)
Open only to criminology majors. Prerequisite: Psych 7 or 10. Devices for measuring emotional responses to verbal stimuli; psychology and physiology of deception; analysis of detection of deception techniques; laboratory performance investigations; application to police investigations.

132. Criminology (3)
Prerequisite: Psych 7 or 10, Soc IA or equivalent Crime and criminals from the social and cultural viewpoint; knowledge and practice in the field of criminology.

133. Institutional Treatment of Offenders (3)
Prerequisite: Crim 132 or equivalent. Modern philosophy and methods in the treatment of adult offenders and juvenile delinquents in correctional institutions.

135. Probation and Parole (3)
Principles and practices in probation and parole.

153. Psychology of the Criminal (3)
Prerequisite: Psych 7 or 10, Soc 1A or equivalent. Psychological bases of crime; motivation, alcoholism, economic and cultural pressures; forms of crime; criminal careers.

165. Industrial Security (2)
Open only to criminology majors. Prerequisites: Crim. 113, permission of instructor. Prevention of losses to private enterprises and government establishments from sabotage, other crimes, and accidents; problems related to national defense, organization and operation of security forces, and use of protective devices.

180. Training in Public Service
(1-2)

Open only to senior and graduate students without occupational experience. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Planned and supervised experience or study in a field of occupational specialization. Weekly conference with field supervisor. (Minimum of 3 field hours per unit)

181. Directed Correctional Work Experience (1-3)
Open only to senior criminology majors without correctional work experience. Not open to students with credit in Crim 180. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Observation of and participation in the operations of principal agencies dealing with prevention, control, and treatment of crime and delinquency. Weekly conference with field supervisor. (Minimum of 3 field hours per unit)

190. Independent Study (1-5)
See Regulations and Procedures -- Independent Study.


GRADUATE COURSES

(See Course Numbering System.)



Criminology (Crim)

200. Research Methods -- Criminology (3)
Techniques of research, preparation and handling of materials in criminology and related fields.

201. Seminar in Criminology (3)
Prerequisite: Crim 132 or permission of instructor. Theories and research in the etiology of juvenile delinquency and criminal behavior.

204. Seminar in Criminal Law (3; max total 6)
Prerequisite: Crim 105A-B or permission of instructor. Inquiry into principal concepts and contemporary issues involved in selected legal aspects of criminology. Topics vary with each offering.

208. Seminar in Administration (3; max total 6)
Prerequisite: Crim 102 or Pol Sc 164A; or permission of instructor. Analysis of selected theories of organization, administration, and management of agencies concerned with criminal justice. Topics vary with each offering.

225A-B. Seminar in Institutional Treatment of Offenders (2-2)
Prerequisite: Crim. 133. Constructive use of the institutional setting; impact of institutional life on the individual; social structure of the institution; programs and experiments in institutional treatment; institutional problem; preparation for release.

227. Seminar in Crime and Delinquency Prevention Programs (3)
Prerequisite: Crim 200, 201, 202, and 203. Policies and programs for prevention and control of delinquency and crime; evaluation of specific programs; principles of prevention and control.

229. Seminar in Techniques in Probation and Parole Work (2)
Prerequisite: Crim. 135. Policies and skills in probation and parole investigations, and in supervising probationers and parolees: differential services required for juvenile and adult offenders.

250A-B. Seminar in Crime Investigation (2-2)
Open only to criminology majors. Prerequisites: Crim. 115A-B. Theories and principles in investigation of crimes; methods in selected criminal offenses; conbection and preservation of evidence; identification techniques; interrogation procedures; methods in investigation.

254. Seminar in Police Science (2)
Open only to criminology majors. Prerequisites: Crim. 2, 102, 113. Analysis of selected problems in police science, methods, and techniques.

281. Field Work (1-6)
Open only to criminology majors. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Work experience in law enforcement or correctional work.

290. Independent Study (1-5)
See Academic Placement -- Independent Study.

299. Thesis (2-4)
Prerequisites: Crim 200, 201, 202, and 203. See Criteria for Thesis and Project. Preparation, completion, and submission of an acceptable thesis for the master's degree.

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