This course provides an introduction to the basic methods, techniques, and procedures of social science research. Qualitative and quantitative methods, such as survey research, experiments, observational/field work, program evaluation, and interview approaches appropriate to the study of criminal justice are also examined.

Crime statistics provide a statistical measure of the level, or amount, of crime that is prevalent in societies. This course provides you with a deep understanding of statistical methods that would help them analyze the situations in different criminal acts.

The course provides an introduction to the criminal justice system. In this course, you will examine the policies and practices of law enforcement. The topics of this course include the role of the criminal justice system in social control, courts and corrections, and criminal justice reform.

There are two actors within a criminal act - the perpetrator and the victim - and the victim is often forgotten. This course takes a critical view of the victim's relationship with the perpetrator and the criminal justice system, and the media's and society's varied reactions to victims.

Special topics in Criminal Justice explores various responses to crime, and victims, from informal to formal legislative measures of social control and crime prevention, and examines the way in which the criminal justice system works - from policing through to imprisonment.