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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.

4. Basic Police Problems (2)
Open only to criminology majors. Control of crowds and public gatherings, civil disturbance control; techniques and mechanics of arrest; transportation of offenders; jail practices and procedures.

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. (1 lecture, 2 field hours)

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

72. Report Writing (3)
(See Engl 72)

102. Field Tactics and Procedures (3) (Former Crim. 101)
Open only to criminology majors. Beat patrol and observation; how to handle complaints, services and reports of most frequent occurrence; general techniques and methods applicable to specific offenses; attitude and responsibility of the officer.

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.

121. Practice in Youth Supervision (2)
Limited enrollment subject to approval of instructor and agency. Open only to criminology majors. Prerequisites: Crim. 120, senior standing. Recommended: Sociol. 120A. Observation and participation in supervision of youth committed to a forestry camp of the California Youth Authority.

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

124. Fundamentals of Interviewing (3)
(See Sociol 124)

127. Community Welfare Organization (3)
(See Sociol 127)

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.

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)


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