CRJ 320 - Criminology and Public Policy in Criminal Justice

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Overview of problems conducting research and policy evaluation in criminal justice agencies, including history of policy research and the emergence of evidence-based criminal justice research on issues such as deterrence, rehabilitation, gun control, sex offenders, drug use/prevention, sentencing practices, mass incarceration, community based-corrections and democratic policing.
Prerequisite(s): CRJ 100 and 200.