The Criminal Justice program posts its syllabi online as part of the Sul Ross State University syllabus archive. The syllabi include such helpful information as which textbooks will be required for current and upcoming courses.
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CJ Department syllabi will be posted as far ahead as possible. Students should not expect a syllabus for a future class to appear more than 2 weeks before a class starts - in many cases the syllabus may not be posted here until the class has actually begun. Any syllabus posted in the archive before the beginning of a course may be subject to modification. Beginning with the first day of classes, the syllabus will no longer be subject to modification.
Book Information
Books to be used in forthcoming Criminal Justice courses will be posted here as that information becomes available. Each course that will be offered through the CJ department in the next semester will be listed below - some courses may not require a book - those courses will be listed anyway, but will indicate "no book required". Any course for which a book has not yet been chosen will be listed and will indicate "information forthcoming". Students may therefore have to check back at a later time. Book information is only available 1 semester ahead.
Midwinter 2010
CJ 5331 W01 Special Topic: Fourth Amendment and Police Dr. Raymond Kessler
(1) The Evolution of the Fourth Amendment
Thomas N. McInnis
Lexington Books
ISBN: 978-0739129760 (Electronic: 978-0739129784)
Spring 2010
CJ 1301 Introduction to Criminal Justice All sections
Criminal Justice Today – An Introductory Text for the 21st Century
Frank Schmalleger, Ph.D.
10th Edition
Pearson/Prentice Hall
ISBN: 978-0135130308
CJ 1305 Crime in America Ms. Gloria Priddy
Ethics in Crime and Justice
Joycelyn Pollock
4th Edition
Wadsworth Publishing
ISBN: 978-0534563493
CJ 2304 Police Systems and Practices Mr. Russell Scown
Introduction to Policing
Dempsey
4th Edition
Cengage
ISBN: 978-095095453
CJ 3303 Criminal Justice in the Movies Dr. Raymond Kessler
Shots in the Mirror
Nicole Rafter
2nd Edition
Oxford U. Press, 2006 (paper)
ISBN: 978-019-517506 6
CJ 3304 Wildlife Law Enforcement Mr. Russell Scown
NO BOOK REQUIRED
CJ 3307 Organized Crime Ms. Gloria Priddy
Organized Crime in Our Times
Jay Albanese
Anderson Publishing
ISBN: 978-1593455095
CJ 4302 Crime Scene Forensics Dr. Robert Hunter
Criminal Investigation – A method for reconstructing the past
James W. Osterburg
4th Edition
Anderson Publishing
ISBN: 978-1593454296
CJ 4302 Juvenile Delinquency Dr. Lorie Rubenser
Delinquency and Justice
Mary Jackson, Paul Knepper
Allyn & Bacon (2002)
ISBN: 978-0801333071
CJ 4302 Homeland Security Dr. Lorie Rubenser
Homeland Security: An Introduction
Richard H. Ward, Kathleen L. Kiernan and Daniel Mabrey
Lexis/Nexis (2006)
ISBN: 978-1593453046
CJ 4309 Senior Seminar Dr. Robert Hunter
NO BOOK REQUIRED
CJ 5303 Program and Policy Dr. Raymond Kessler
(1) Understanding Public Policy
T. R. Dye
12th ed.
Pearson-Prentice Hall, 2008
ISBN: 978-0136131472
(2) Crime Control in America: What works?
J. L. Worrall
Pearson Educaton, Inc.
ISBN: 978-0205593392
CJ 5311 Advanced Law Enforcement Admin. Dr. Lorie Rubenser
(1) Current Issues and Controversies in Policing
Michael D. White
Allyn & Bacon
ISBN: 978-0205470051
(2) Controversies in Policing
Quint C. Thurman and Andrew Giacomazzi
LexisNexis
ISBN: 978-1583605523
CJ 5323 Homeland Security Dr. Lorie Rubenser
(1) Defending the Homeland: Domestic Intelligence, Law Enforcement and Security
White, Jonathan R.
Wadsworth. (2004)
ISBN: 978-0534621698
(2) (2008) Annual Editions: Homeland Security
Tom Badey
2nd Edition
McGraw Hill
ASIN: B002T8K41Q
(3) Homeland Security for Policing
Willard M. Oliver
Pearson, Prentice Hall
ISBN: 978-0131534667
CJ 5325 Graduate Seminar Dr. Raymond Kessler
(1) Criminological Theory
F. P. Williams, & M. McShane
5th Edition
Pearson Education
ISBN: 978-0135154618
(2) Essentials of Research Methods in Criminal Justice and Criminology
Frank E. Hagan
2nd Edition
Pearson/Allyn & Bacon
ISBN: 978-0205507559
(3) Critical Issues in Police Civil Liability
Victor E. Kappeler
4th Edition
Waveland Press
ISBN: 978-1577664413
(4) Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
6th Edition
American Psychological Association, (Spiral bound)
ISBN: 978-1433805622
CJ 5331 Women and Crime Dr. Lorie Rubenser
(2) It’s a Crime: Women and Justice
Roslyn Muraskin
4th Edition
Prentice Hall
ISBN: 978-0132193498
CJ 5331 Social Deviance Dr. Heath Dingwell
Constructions of Deviance: Social Power, Context, and Interaction
Adler and Adler
6th Edition
Wadsworth/Cengage
ISBN: 978-0495504290
CJ 5334 Legal Research and Analysis in CJ Dr. Raymond Kessler
(1) Judicial Process
W. L. Reynolds
3rd Edition
Thomson-West
ISBN: 978-0314144218
(2) Legal Research Illustrated
R. M. Mersky
9th Edition
Foundation Press
ISBN: 978-1599413358
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