3.00 Credits
CJ 303. Victimology. 3(3,0). A comprehensive study of victimization, the crime victim and related criminal justice research. The following topics will be examined: the history and development of the victims rights movement, the legal, social psychological, economic, and physical impacts of crime on the victim, victim assistance and victim compensation programs, issues and controversies surrounding victims rights; implications of the victims rights movement for process, procedure, and policy in the criminal civil, and juvenile justice systems. Students will be required to participate in a service-learning project for this course. Prerequisites: CJ 201-Introduction to Criminal Justice minimum grade of Cminimum grade of C and/or SOC 250-Introduction to Sociology minimum grade of C or PSY 250-General Psychology minimum grade of C or EPSY 204-Educational Psychology minimum grade of Cminimum grade of C.