Criminology Courses
CCJ 2020 Introduction to Criminal Justice
Credits: 3.
Overview and general understanding of the structure and processes of the United States criminal justice system. Course covers historical, philosophical, sociological, psychological and legal aspects of crime, law and justice.
CCJ 3024 Advanced Principles of Criminal Justice
Credits: 3.
Advanced overview of criminal law, criminal procedure and criminological theory. Emphasis on the components of the criminal justice system: the police, the prosecutorial and defense functions, the judiciary and the field of corrections. This course is required of all majors. (S)
Credits: 3.
A critical examination of the philosophies, practices and procedures employed in corrections in the United States. Topics include correctional philosophies and ideologies, the history of punishment and corrections, jails, types of prisons, models of incarceration, probation, intermediate sanctions, parole, characteristics of prisoners, the subculture of prison, the death penalty and the future of corrections.
Credits: 3; Prereq: 3LS or 4LS major.
Examines the relationships between gender, race, age, social class and crime. Explores theoretical explanations, empirical research and patterns in criminal behavior and the criminal justice system.
CCJ 3701 Research Methods in Criminology
Credits: 4; Prereq: CCJ 3024 and 3LS or 4LS major.
Advanced research design and data analysis. Study of experimental and non-experimental research designs; probability and nonprobability sampling techniques; construction of scales; and indexes and methods of bivariate and multivariate data analysis. Previous completion of an introductory course in statistics is recommended but not required. (S) (WR)
Credits: 3; Prereq: CCJ 3024 and 3LS or 4LS major.
Advanced study and critical appraisal of various theories of crime causation, including an examination of biological, psychological, economic and sociological perspectives on the etiology of crime.
Credits: 3; Prereq: CCJ 3024 and 3LS or 4LS major.
Application of behavioral science research and practice to the legal system. Topics include psychologists and the legal system; lawyers' socialization, training and ethics; legality, morality and justice; forensic assessment; the insanity defense; competence in the legal system; eyewitness identification; jury selection; theories of crime; and punishment and sentencing.
CCJ 4058 History of Criminal Justice in America
Credits: 3; Prereq: CCJ 3024 and 3LS or 4LS major.
An examination of the historical development of crime and criminal justice in America. Special attention is devoted to the development of the modern prison, police and organized crime in America. (S)
Credits: 3; Prereq: CCJ 3024 and 3LS or 4LS major.
An examination of the philosophical, legal and scientific modes of inquiry central to the study of law. Students apply the appropriate method of inquiry to the social-policy question presented so that the law and its effectiveness can be evaluated. Previous completion of CCJ 3701 is recommended but not required. (S) (WR)
Credits: 3.
Examines the historical roots of American violence with particular attention to the history of racial, ethnic and domestic violence.
Credits: 3; Prereq: CCJ 3024 and 3LS or 4LS major.
An examination of individual criminality in the course of one's occupation and the crimes of organizations and corporations. Course will study the societal reaction to these upper class illegalities. (S) (WR)
Credits: 3; Prereq: 3LS or 4LS major.
Examines the factors that increase the risk for intimate violence, the effects of violence on victims, interventions to prevent and treat violence, and public policies. Topics include child physical and sexual abuse, domestic violence and sexual assault. Law, social science and feminist scholarship will be used to examine current controversies in these fields.
Credits: 3; Prereq: CCJ 3024 and 3LS or 4LS major.
Trends and developments in the regulation of drugs in America. Emphasizes study of the origins and impact of drug control, the evolution of drug treatment and drug law enforcement.
Credits: 1 to 3; Prereq: CCJ 3024, 3LS or 4LS major, and instructor permission.
Qualified students and the instructor will develop a course of study or investigation designed to extend available course work. A formal written report is required. Course can be repeated, but no more than three credits earned in CCJ 4905 may be applied to the major or to minimum degree requirements established by the university.
CCJ 4934 Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice
Credits: 3; can be repeated with change in content up to 12 credits. Prereq: CCJ 3024 and 3LS or 4LS major.
A variable topic seminar that examines current issues, techniques and problems in criminal justice.
Credits: 1 to 3; Prereq: CCJ 3024, 3LS or 4LS major, and instructor permission.
Supervised experience in a criminal justice agency. Course can be repeated, but no more than three credits earned in CCJ 4905 may be applied to the major or to minimum degree requirements established by the university. (S-U)
Credits: 1 to 15; can be repeated with change in content up to 15 credits. Prereq: undergraduate adviser permission.
A variable topic course that provides a mechanism by which course work taken as part of an approved study abroad program can be recorded on the transcript and counted toward UF graduation.
Credits: 3; Prereq: CCJ 3024 and director permission.
Qualified students submit a formal research proposal, carry out individual research under the supervision of a faculty member and prepare a formal written report of the research to a faculty committee. Course can be repeated, but no more than six credits earned in CCJ 4905 may be applied to the major or to minimum degree requirements established by the university.
Credits: 3; Coreq: CCJ 3024 and 3LS or 4LS major.
An introduction to the field of penology and corrections. Consideration is given to conflicting philosophies of punishment; criminological theory as it applies to the field of corrections; the selectivity of the process through which offenders move before their involvement in correctional programs; alternative correctional placements; and empirical assessments of the short-term and long-term consequences of involvement in correctional programs. (S)
CJE 3114 Introduction to Law Enforcement
Credits: 3; Coreq: CCJ 3024 and 3LS or 4LS major.
The role of the police in the criminal justice system of a democratic society. Topics include the organization of police work, discretion and the role of law enforcement in a socio-legal context.
Credits: 3; Prereq: CCJ 3024, CJE 3114 and 3LS or 4LS major.
An advanced assessment of poverty, minority groups, social class and cultural differences as they impact the police and police interactions with other segments of the criminal justice system. Emphasis on problems regarding police training and education, career development and community relations.
CJE 4116 Analysis of Police Organizations
Credits: 3; Prereq: CCJ 3024, CJE 3114 and 3LS or 4LS major.
In-depth examination of current applications of organizational theory and research in modern police organizations.
Credits: 3; Prereq: 3LS or 4LS major.
Understanding the role of private security in the prevention of crime. Examines deviance against the assets of formal organizations and their employees, such as business corporations, retail stores and educational institutions.
Credits: 3; Prereq: 2LS or 3LS major.
An examination of the development, change and operation of the American juvenile justice system. Emphasis on the nature of juvenile law and the methods of dealing with youthful offenders. (S)
Credits: 3.
Understanding the law as it relates to everyday encounters with the legal system. Actual legal cases may be studied to analyze how disputes are resolved by application of legal principles to factual situations, whether justice was served by the decision and the potential implications of the decision on future cases. (S)
Credits: 3.
Introduction to the scholarly study of law from a multidisciplinary, liberal arts perspective. Examines legal ideas, legal institutions and the legal process with emphasis on the study of criminal behavior and the American criminal justice process.
Credits: 3; Prereq: 3LS or 4LS major.
This course will use scholarship in psychology and law to examine relationships and conflicts between the state, children and families. Issues will include child abuse and neglect, reproductive rights of adolescents, juvenile delinquency and child custody. The developing psychological capacities of children will be evaluated in light of their legal rights and responsibilities.
Credits: 3; 3LS or 4LS major.
A study of civil liability for damages caused by a breach of an imposed duty. Topics pursued include negligence, absolute liability, intentional torts, defamation, economic torts, products liability and damages.
Credits: 3; Prereq: CCJ 3024 and 3LS or 4LS major.
Examines the juvenile justice system, including delinquency, dependency and laws that apply especially to juveniles. Studies operation of the Florida juvenile code and the relationship between children and society.
Credits: 3; 3LS or 4LS major.
A study of substantive criminal law, including historical development, the tension between social and legal definitions of crime, the basic dimensions of criminality, the specific elements of major crimes and the nature of criminal sanctions. (S)
Credits: 3; Prereq: CCJ 3024 and 3LS or 4LS major.
Study of constitutional rights of the accused in criminal proceedings. Focuses on analysis of case materials involving the law of arrest, search and seizure, the use of confessions, fair trial and the prohibition of cruel and unusual punishments.
Credits: 3.
An examination of the philosophical, legal and scientific modes of inquiry central to the study of law. Students apply the appropriate method of inquiry to the social-policy question presented so that the law and its effectiveness can be evaluated. Previous completion of CCJ 3701 is recommended but not required.
Sociology Courses
SYA 4110 Development of Sociological Thought
Credits: 4; Prereq: nine hours of sociology.
Comparative study of the principal contributors to the development of sociology. Emphasizes relevance of these ideas to contemporary social thought and current social issues.
Credits: 4; Prereq: four hours of sociology, STA 2023 and STA 3024.
Introduction to the scientific method and its application to social science research. Includes research design, data collection and computer data analysis and interpretation.
Credits: 3; Prereq: sociology majors only.
Will help sociology majors improve the quality of writing professional sociological reports.
Credits: 3; Prereq: nine hours of sociology.
Intensive advanced theoretical study of the general principles of sociology, sociological concepts and social issues. Emphasizes classical and/or contemporary schools of sociological thought.
Credits: 1 to 4; can be repeated with change in content up to 8 credits. Prereq: nine hours of sociology and department permission.
Students examine topics/areas/issues not covered in regularly scheduled courses.
Credits: 3; can be repeated with change in content up to 12 credits. Prereq: nine hours of sociology .
Various specialized topics/areas/issues not covered in regularly scheduled courses.
Credits: 3.
SYA 4941 Internship in Applied Sociology
Credits: 3; can be repeated with department permission and a different field placement. Prereq: six hours of sociology and department permission.
Supervised individual sociology practicum/internship in a social services organization.
Credits: 3; Prereq: SYG 2000 or department permission.
The development of cities and their spatial and social structure. Critical problems and solutions. Integration of people in the social setting. Social implications of city planning. (N and S) (WR)
Credits: 3.
Latin American culture and social structure. Historical, geographical, economic, social and population characteristics of Latin American nations. Spanish, Portuguese, English and American exploitation of Latin America. (N and S)
Credits: 3.
Sociological analysis of the structure, social processes and efforts to effect change of racial, ethnic and religious minorities. (D and S) (WR)
Credits: 3.
An examination of gender differences and similarities in health and illness in the United States. Uses a broad focus on health and illness across the life course and integrates social and biomedical determinants of health.
Credits: 3.
Characteristics and trends in the populations of the contemporary world. Historical and current growth patterns related to resource conservation, food production and modernization in various regions of the world. (N and S)
Credits: 3.
Introduction to major issues related to U.S. population size, growth and composition. Covers historical and contemporary population issues and introduces basic demographic measures and sources of data.
Credits: 3.
Social foundations of environmental problems and social responses to environmental issues, including contestation, conflicts and movements.
SYD 4512 Social Institutions and Environment
Credits: 3; Prereq: SYG 2000 or instructor permission.
The promise and limitations of new social institutions associated with environmental improvement, such as fair trade, corporate social responsibility and eco-labeling schemes. (S)
SYD 4701 Nationalism and Ethnicity in Europe
Credits: 3.
Comparative study of the roles played by nationalism and ethnic identity in modern Europe. (N and S)
Credits: 3.
Examines the social construction of gender in everyday life; how gender structures social institutions such as the economy and mass media; and how gender shapes the distribution of resources, power and privilege in ways that benefit men over women. (D and S)
Credits: 3.
Examination of contemporary reproductive issues in the U.S.: How culture and social structures shape the reproductive realm and how the social psychology of individuals' influence their reproductive experiences. (D and S)
Credits: 3; Prereq: SYG 2000 or SYG 2430.
An examination of the gender-based system of social stratification that exists in Western societies. Focuses on social institutions such as education, family, religion and economy. (D and S)
Credits: 3.
Focuses on issues related to traditional and emerging images of masculinity in the past, present and future. Emphasizes relationships between social forces and males' everyday life experiences across the life-span. (D and S)
Credits: 3.
Introduction to sociology as a social science and analysis of American society. Culture, socialization, deviance, bureaucracy, population, urbanization, social stratification, minorities and other topics. (S) (WR)
SYG 2004 Principles of Sociology (Honors)
Credits: 3.
Available only to students in the UF Honors Program. This course covers topics that parallel those covered in SYG 2000. (WR)
Credits: 3.
The development, analysis and treatment of social problems. Crime, poverty, prejudice and discrimination, pollution and environmental despoliation, drug abuse and mental illness. Emphasizes factors in U.S. society that cause social problems. (S) (WR)
Credits: 3.
Development of masculine and feminine roles. Recent changes in premarital interaction, such as dating, sexual involvement, coed dorm living, living together. Mutual adjustment and parenthood. Alternative family structures. (D and S) (WR)
Credits: 3; can be repeated with change in content up to 6 hours
Students examine topics/areas/issues not covered in regularly scheduled courses.
Credits: 1 to 18; can be repeated with change in content up to 18 credits. Prereq: undergraduate adviser permission.
Variable topics course that provides a mechanism by which courses taken as part of an approved study-abroad program can be recorded on the transcript and counted toward UF graduation.
Credits: 3; Prereq: SYG 2000.
The social, cultural, economic, political and psychological implications of being poor. Sources of poverty in the structure and operation of society and the consequences of poverty for society. Current and feasible policies for easing the problem in the contemporary United States with reference to its past and to other nations, both developed and underdeveloped.
Credits: 3; Prereq: SYG 2000.
The impact of rapid social changes upon families, including race, class and ethnic variations. The liberation of women and changing family roles. Alternative life styles and the futures of families.
Credits: 3; Prereq: SYG 2000.
Focuses on the overlapping worlds of work and family. Examines unpaid work that takes place in or around the home as well as paid labor performed in the workplace with an emphasis on the female labor force.
Credits: 3; Prereq: SYG 2000.
The sociological perspective on religions, including religious ideologies and rituals. Social aspects of the religious and religious aspects of the social. Organized religions and religions. (N and S) (WR)
Credits: 3; Prereq: SYG 2000.
Applies sociological analysis to political themes in a comparative context. (S)
SYO 4352 Consumption, Economy and Society
Credits: 3; Prereq: SYG 2000 or instructor permission.
Introduces the field of economic sociology, defined as the study of economic life using the sociological imagination. (S)
Credits: 3; Prereq: refer to the department.
Effects of group characteristics in the causation, amelioration and prevention of mental and physical illness and social influences in medical education, medical practice and hospital administration.
Credits: 3; Prereq: SYG 2000.
The unequal distribution among individuals and groups of wealth, power and prestige; the effect of class systems upon society; the effect of class membership on individuals; social mobility. (D and S)
Credits: 3; Prereq: 12 hours of sociology or the equivalent foundations in education administration, industrial and systems engineering, management or political science.
The behavior of individuals and systems in formal organizations and bureaucratic models: government, hospitals, churches, schools, industry as manifestations of a common principle.
Credits: 3; Prereq: SYG 2000.
Relation of the individual to the social environment with special reference to person perception, self formation, self disclosure, attitude formation and change, and group structure and processes. Social forces that shape the lives of individuals and how individuals adjust to modern society. (S) (WR)
Credits: 3.
An introduction to the sociology of deviance: the definition of deviance; types of deviant behavior such as suicide, drugs and alcohol abuse, sexual deviance, deviant subcultures and violence; differential labeling and institutional processing; and implications of social control. (S) (WR)
Credits: 3; Prereq: SYG 2000.
Theoretical and conceptual issues, empirical research and social policies germane to human sexuality in the U.S. Topics include sexual identity and orientation; sexual behavior; social control of sexuality; social implications of STDs and HIV/AIDS; and the relationship between sexuality and the socio-political process.
Credits: 3; Prereq: SYG 2000.
Nature and causes of crime, criminality and criminal careers. Research in crime and delinquency. Sociological analysis of criminal law, criminal justice, rehabilitation, punishment, prevention and deterrence.
Credits: 3.
Overview of alcohol and drug use and abuse in modern society. Emphasis on social characteristics, social processes, policy and programs in socially accepted and deviant use.
SYP 4730 Sociology of Aging and Life Course
Credits: 3.
Social and personal conditions of post-retirement years; family and housing patterns; income, leisure, health and group processes; evaluating institutional care for the aged. (D and S)