Course Descriptions
ADJ500: Research Methods
Students explore various research techniques and then apply that knowledge to an analysis of existing research and to designing and implementing their own research projects. The course includes preparation of a literature review, qualitative and quantitative approaches, triangulation methods, research designs, threats to internal and external validity, sampling techniques, data collection methods, and ethical considerations. Note: This course must be taken in the first year of graduate studies. Available online.
ADJ504: Social and Ethical Issues: A Global Perspective
With the explosion of worldwide communications, the globalization of the economy, and the increase of international conflicts, this course takes a global perspective on major ethical issues impacting our daily lives as members of a world community. From business to law enforcement to world politics, students will examine enduring ethical concepts. Case studies will be used to explore contemporary applications to such concerns as armed conflict, overpopulation, global degradation, homeland security, and education and literacy. This course will encourage students to seek solutions to improve the world in which we live.
ADJ505: Constitutional Issues in Law Enforcement: Constitutional Law and Civil Liability
Students undertake an in-depth study of decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court and other appellate courts that affect rights of criminal suspects from the time of investigation to trial. Available online.
ADJ506: Theories of Justice
This course examines the nature of justice through careful reading of selected texts in the classical and modern traditions. The importance of justice to the administration of law is emphasized.
ADJ518: Public Policy and the Justice System
Using case analysis and personal experimentation, students explore aspects of government decision making, factors that influence the decisions, and their impact on the justice system.
ADJ521: Management Issues in Law Enforcement
Students examine issues facing law enforcement from a management perspective, with an emphasis on structure, policies, discipline, budgetary problems, public relations and civil liabilities. Available online.
ADJ540: Correctional Administration I
The concepts of this course and the other courses in Correctional Administration are derived from aspects of correctional theories and practices. Correctional Administration and the process of correctional practice are perhaps the least understood by both the public and those who work in criminal justice. One of the goals of this particular course is to investigate the ideas of punishment and social control held by early reformers, what place they may have in the various theories of management and in the aspects of leadership as practiced at the time of writing and their influences on current practices.
INR534: Environmental Justice
Examines the practice of natural resources utilization and its impact on environmental and human integrity. Is there a balance between derived benefits of resource utilization and the cost associated with it? Are the benefits and costs distributed equally between regions and states and between all users in a region or state? Does the use of resources by some entail only costs for others? Overall, is there a balance between considerations of economic order and environmental justice? Available online.
INR552: Terrorism and Transnational Crime
This course examines the sources, activities and legal implications of international terrorism and globalized crime. It analyzes strategies and processes of responding and combating criminal networks and activities across borders and evaluates the impact such strategies and processes have on human and civil rights. Available online.
INR571: International Human Rights
Examines the conceptual evolution of human rights and evaluates existing systems and instruments for the protection and promotion of human rights in the world. It also explores the fundamental relationship between state and cultural sovereignty and the application of rights worldwide. Available online.
INR572: Complex Humanitarian Emergencies: Prevention and Responses
Focusing on complex humanitarian emergencies (CHEs), this course addresses the capacity to govern in the face of violence, turmoil, and conflict. The course will examine public policy challenges of developing and implementing the necessary systems to monitor, anticipate and react to critical response incidents and natural disasters. As such, the course will evaluate early warning methodologies and review the scientific research and competing approaches to preventing and mitigating complex humanitarian emergencies. Available online.
ADJ575: Comparative Justice Systems
U.S. Law enforcement has, in many respects, become internationalized with the prevalence of world crime. This course presents a comparative analysis of criminal justice systems in several states, with a specific focus on police, courts, and corrections. Students examine different state processes and institutions of criminal justice and try to understand reasons for their variation.
ADJ576: High Technology Crime
This course studies the response of law enforcement and information systems scientists to the use of computers and related technologies for criminal purposes. While no prior computer knowledge is required, students will use computers as a part of this class. Major policy issues surrounding this area will also be discussed.
ADJ581: Special Topics
Theoretical and procedural topics of interest to justice studies are offered periodically. Recent topics have included: The Philosophy of Police, Psychological Profiling in the Justice System, Advanced Community Policing, Racially Biased Policing, Organized Crime, Contemporary Issues in Undercover Operations, Homeland Security: History of Homeland Security: Incident Command System, Homeland Security: Grant Writing, and Leadership in Law Enforcement.
ADJ590: Thesis (6 credits)
The decision to write a thesis and the selection of a topic must be approved by the program committee prior to registration for this course. Those who choose the thesis option are required to defend their work orally before a faculty group.
ADJ591: Independent Study (1-3 credits)
A focused study on a subject outside the graduate catalogue. An Independent study provides opportunity for original and in-depth research on a specific topic or regional issue of the candidate’s interest and professional focus. It is an important part of the curriculum and should be used to supplement existing coursework. A student selects a topic of research from a single field of learning or one which is interdisciplinary and prepares a research paper to be submitted at the end of the semester (minimum of 20 pages). The quality of the research paper should be a publication-ready document. A list of preliminary reading and/or assignments and a means of assessment/evaluation are clearly defined in advance of the study.
Prerequisite: A minimum GPA of 3.2 is required (see guidelines and appropriate forms located on graduate website).
ADJ598: Internship I (3 credits)
Individual work experience or project in an organization (normally off-campus) under the supervision of a practicing professional and structured by a Salve Regina University faculty member. Although the specific nature of the internship varies with the student’s academic interest, there should be a close relationship between the program of study and the non-academic setting. The internship is a supervised learning experience for academic credit typically consisting of a minimum of 240 hours (80/credit) of on-the-job experience occurring within a semester. The number of hours may be reduced if the internship involves significantly more writing as required by the faculty (see guidelines and appropriate forms located on University web-site, Registrar link).
ADJ599: Internship II (3 credits)
Individual work experience or project in an organization (normally off-campus) under the supervision of a practicing professional and structured by a Salve Regina University faculty member. Although the specific nature of internship II varies with the student’s academic interest, there should be a close relationship between the program of study and the non-academic setting. The non-academic setting or project must be different than the one established for 598. The internship II is a supervised learning experience for academic credit typically consisting of a minimum of 240 hours (80/credit) of on-the-job experience occurring within a semester. The number of hours may be reduced if the internship involves significantly more writing as required by the faculty (see guidelines and appropriate forms located on University web-site, Registrar link).
