Spring 2026 COURSES
Listed below are all the undergraduate and graduate courses the department is offering in Spring 2026.
ANTHROPOLOGY (CAMDEN CAMPUS)
50:070:308 Childhood and Culture (3) The study of childhood in various societies with attention to the socialization process in a variety of cultural contexts (e.g., family, peer groups, and social or religious institutions). Cynthia Saltzman
50:070:317 Anthropology of Religion (3) Introduction to the basic theoretical approaches anthropologists bring to the study of religious institutions, symbols, and practices. Ethnographic case studies of religious groups in the United States and around the world used to explore how these groups adapt to and explain their larger social worlds, especially in the current era of transnational migration and economic change. Patrick McCarty
50:070:340 Women, Men, and Culture (3) Sex roles compared in various societies, from hunting-and-gathering to modernizing and industrialized societies, including economic, political, and domestic roles; social status; personality; and sexuality. Cynthia Saltzman
50:070:346 Applied Anthropology (3) Familiarizes students with the field of applied anthropology, its broadening sphere of influence in anthropology and research, and its unique methodological and conceptual contributions to practical issues. Students explore applied anthropology through readings and a hands-on project for a nonprofit community organization. Asiyah Kurtz
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (CAMDEN CAMPUS)
50:202:101 Introduction to Criminal Justice (3) American crime and criminal justice agencies, i.e., police, courts, and correctional agencies. Emphasis on criminal justice as a system and the processing of persons accused of a crime from the point of arrest to post conviction and release. Ross Allen
50:202:202 Police and Policing (3) Explores the role of the police officer in the criminal justice system as well as the function of law enforcement in the United States. Includes historical foundations, trends, organizational structures, strategies, and issues concerning American police and policing. Prerequisite: 50:202:101 or 50:202:201. Daniel Howard
50:202:204 Criminal Courts (3) Structures and functions of American courts and law. Courtroom work group; roles of attorneys, judges, and other court personnel; trial, trial outcomes, and appellate courts. Ross Allen
50:202:302 Statistics for Criminal Justice (3) A course in statistical methods with emphasis on criminal justice applications. Covers descriptive statistics, including levels of measurement, measures of central tendency, and measures of variability. Introduces the student to inferential statistics, including correlation, chi-square, the normal curve, and hypothesis testing. Gail Caputo
50:202:322 Juvenile Justice (3) Juvenile offenders and the changing perception of juvenile crime; the legal status of juvenile offenders and the role of the family court in preventing delinquency. Prerequisite: 50:202:101. Kayla Preito-Hodge
50:202:342 Domestic Violence (3) offers an in-depth examination of domestic violence, focusing on intimate partner violence (IPV), family violence, and how the criminal justice system responds to these complex social issues. The course explores the psychological, social, and legal dimensions of domestic violence, with particular emphasis on the lived experiences of survivors and the motivations of perpetrators. Through a mix of first-person narratives and scholarly literature, students will understand the dynamics of control, manipulation and violence in domestic settings. Students will also explore how the criminal justice system—including law enforcement, courts, and corrections—addresses domestic violence, the legal frameworks for protecting victims, and the challenges involved in prosecuting and preventing abuse. The course will critically evaluate policy responses, the role of protective orders, shelter systems, and rehabilitation programs for offenders. Alexa Garvey
50:202:354 Special Topics in CJ: Gangs of New York (3) This course explores the intersections of crime and vice, law and order in 19th-century urban America. We will cover topics including the changes in law enforcement and imprisonment over time; the intersections of crime, poverty, and emerging industrialization; the development of organized policing; social reform movements; and the origins of the modern carceral state. We will read the stories of gamblers, prostitutes, pickpockets, thieves, conmen, and corrupt politicians, while considering the various social, political, economic, and cultural factors that encouraged their criminal activities. In addition, we will examine various responses by the state to control the urban underworld, including enacting legislation, establishing police forces, and launching reform efforts. Students will be asked to examine various primary and secondary sources, actively engage in class discussion, and write both short and long responses to the questions raised. Wendy Woloson
50:202:355 Special Topics in CJ: Sociology of Deviance (3) Explanations for deviance and conformity. Emphasis on varieties of deviance; social reactions to deviance, including moral panics; and sociological theories. Prerequisite: 50:202:101 or 50:202:201, or 50:902:101 or 50:920:207.50:920:346. Sarah Tosh
50:202:375 Criminal Justice Learning Abroad: Comparative Criminal Justice in U.K. (G) (3) A course focusing on crime and justice of a foreign country. Includes regular class meetings, required readings, and written assignments, as well as a short-term learning/service experience in a foreign country. Ross Allen
50:202:405 Criminal Investigation Practicum I (3) Under instructor supervision, students provide investigative services for actual legal cases. Through seminars and field experience, students learn investigative techniques such as reviewing discovery, locating and interviewing witnesses, obtaining records, and testifying and writing detailed reports. Course may be repeated for 6 credits (only 3 credits can be counted toward electives for criminal justice majors). Kevin Murphy
50:202:406 Criminal Investigation Practicum II (3) Applied course in which students utilize skills learned in 202:405 on real-world cases. Permission of instructor required. Kevin Murphy
50:202:449 Ethics and Policy in Criminal Justice (3) The development, implementation, and evaluation of criminal justice policy. Ethics of law enforcement, court processes, and corrections. Evaluation of research on topics such as race, class, and gender disparities; capital punishment; gun control; drug policy; pornography; and gambling. Prerequisites: Senior status. 50:202:101 and 50:920:301. Christopher Thomas
SOCIOLOGY (CAMDEN CAMPUS)
50:920:101 Introduction to Sociology (3) Introduction to the study of social groups and societies. Basic sociological methods and theoretical perspectives. Survey of basic subfields of sociology, such as socialization, family, religion, inequality, race and ethnicity, politics, deviance, and social change. The department recommends that students wishing to take advanced courses begin with Introduction to Sociology. Julio Alicea
50:920:217 Drugs and Society (3) Use and abuse of controlled substances in American society; public health and medical considerations; addiction and treatment; illegal markets; and drug control policy. Sarah Tosh
50:920:301 Methods and Techniques of Social Research (3) Introduces basic methods and techniques of social research, including formulating research design and utilizing appropriate data-gathering techniques. Prerequisite: 50:920:101 or 50:920:207 or 50:202:101 or 50:202:201. Kayla Preito-Hodge
50:920:313 Theories of Crime and Delinquency (3) Explanation of crime and delinquency in American society. Topics include deterrence theory, biological explanations for crime, sociological theories, and conflict-based theories. Emphasis on social causes of crime. Prerequisite: 50:920:101 or 50:920:207 or 50:202:101 or 50:202:201. Courtney Harding
50:920:314 Masculinities (3) This course is an introduction to the interdisciplinary study of masculinities. Moving past the conception of gender as a fixed biological category, the course addresses the emergence and representations of multiple masculinities in American culture along intersections with race, class, sexuality, and other areas of difference. It examines the ways diverse formations of masculinities function at the individual and collective level in various domains, such as in sports, family, relationships, subcultures, work and other social and physical sites. It addresses issues including the body, female and queer masculinities, maleness, boyhood, and violence. The course is interdisciplinary and will offer various contexts for exploring masculinities, such as academic and popular literature, film, and music. Gail Caputo
50:920:316 Race and Ethnicity (3) The social construction of race and ethnicity in the United States and around the globe. The formation of racial and ethnic identities and the varieties of group interaction, including prejudice, discrimination, assimilation, institutional domination, and change. Changing concepts, boundaries, and interrelationships within a global context. Julio Alicea
50:920:332 Inequality in the United States (3) Analyzes class inequality and the class structure in U.S. society, with particular attention to the processes which generate, reproduce, and change social and economic inequalities, as well as the consequences of inequality. When offered with a lab, this course has a mandatory engaged civic learning component (ECL), included in a 0-credit lab section. In those circumstances, all students must register for the course and one lab section, and the 0-credit lab section is a corequisite. Joan Mazelis
50:920:344 Sociology of Deviance (3) Explanations for deviance and conformity. Emphasis on varieties of deviance; social reactions to deviance, including moral panics; and sociological theories. Prerequisite: 50:202:101 or 50:202:201, or 50:902:101 or 50:920:207.50:920:346. Sarah Tosh
50:920:346 Special Topics in Sociology: Gangs of New York (3) This course explores the intersections of crime and vice, law and order in 19th-century urban America. We will cover topics including the changes in law enforcement and imprisonment over time; the intersections of crime, poverty, and emerging industrialization; the development of organized policing; social reform movements; and the origins of the modern carceral state.
We will read the stories of gamblers, prostitutes, pickpockets, thieves, conmen, and corrupt politicians, while considering the various social, political, economic, and cultural factors that encouraged their criminal activities. In addition, we will examine various responses by the state to control the urban underworld, including enacting legislation, establishing police forces, and launching reform efforts. Students will be asked to examine various primary and secondary sources, actively engage in class discussion, and write both short and long responses to the questions raised. Wendy Woloson
50:920:348 Special Topics in Sociology: Sex Discrimination and Title IX (3) This course examines sexual discrimination and sexual misconduct relevant to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Title IX protects people from sex discrimination and sexual misconduct based on sex in education programs or activities that receive Federal financial assistance. Using academic and policy literature, victimization and other statistics, government regulations, and case examples, this course explores sexual harassment and other forms of sexual misconduct, including assault, sexual exploitation, and intimate partner violence in various settings with a focus on the college campus. Marlo Rossi
50:920:348 Special Topics in Sociology: Race, Gender, and Social Justice (3) This course analyzes multiple forms of social oppression and inequality based on race (and color), sex (and gender), sexual orientation, and class in the United States. It will examine systemic aspects of social oppression in different periods and contexts and the ways that systems of social oppression manifest themselves on individual, cultural, institutional, and/or global levels thus becoming self-perpetuating but not wholly unaltered structures. Individual and group agency, strategies of resistance, and visions for change will also be studied. Kelle Carbone
50:920:445 Special Topics in Sociology: Health Disparities in Society (3) This course examines health disparities through a sociological lens, focusing on how social structures, institutions, and inequalities shape health outcomes in the United States. Students explore how race, class, gender, place, and environment intersect to produce unequal access to health care, resources, and wellness. Drawing on theories of the sociological imagination, the social determinants of health, and environmental justice, the course critically analyzes historical and contemporary cases of health inequality and policy-driven inequities. Christina Jackson
50:920:446 Special Topics in Sociology: Black Ethnicities and Indigeneities (3) is a course designed to introduce students to the breadth of definitions and heterogeneity within the concept of Blackness. In the United States, Blackness has historically been a totalizing identity, obscuring intragroup variety. This course aids students in broadening their understanding of Blackness through sociological, legal, and historical inquiry of communities and changing dynamics across the Western Hemisphere. Michaela Jenkins
CAMDEN COUNTY COLLEGE – BLACKWOOD CAMPUS
50:202:312 Constitutional Issues in Law Enforcement (3) Legal study of constitutional issues related to the administration of criminal justice as well as due process protections in the Bill of Rights. Basic constitutional principles of law enforcement as applied to issues such as search and seizure, interrogation, and arrest procedures. Jason Timmerman
50:202:449 Ethics and Policy in Criminal Justice (3) The development, implementation, and evaluation of criminal justice policy. Ethics of law enforcement, court processes, and corrections. Evaluation of research on topics such as race, class, and gender disparities; capital punishment; gun control; drug policy; pornography; and gambling. Prerequisites: Senior status. 50:202:101 or 50:202:201 and 50:920:301. Ross Allen
50:920:301 Methods and Techniques of Social Research (3) Introduces basic methods and techniques of social research, including formulating research design and utilizing appropriate data-gathering techniques. Tracy Swan
ATLANTIC CAPE COMMUNITY COLLEGE – MAYS LANDING CAMPUS
50:202:356 Special Topic in Criminal Justice: Disabilities & Mental Health Issues in CJ (3) This course will explore historical and contemporary social responses to persons who have intellectual or developmental disabilities or mental illnesses or issues. Best practices and model responses to individuals which come to the attention of the criminal justice system are discussed. Options for diversion and challenges for reentry back into the community are discussed. Changes in the legal code governing patient rights, affirming the right of persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities or mental illnesses or issues to live in the community include the American with Disabilities Act (1994) which entitles individuals with disabilities to the same services as provided to others; ADA application to criminal justice policy will be addressed. The role of the police, courts, and corrections in relating to and addressing citizens who are challenged with intellectual or developmental disabilities or mental illnesses or issues, including diversion and collaborative efforts to provide alternatives to incarceration will be scrutinized. Dean Wyks
50:920:313 Theories of Crime and Delinquency (3) Explanation of crime and delinquency in American society. Topics include deterrence theory, biological explanations for crime, sociological theories, and conflict-based theories. Emphasis on social causes of crime. Prerequisite: 50:920:101 or 50:920:207 or 50:202:101 or 50:202:201. Joseph Dagrossa
50:920:316 Race and Ethnicity (3) The social construction of race and ethnicity in the United States and around the globe. The formation of racial and ethnic identities and the varieties of group interaction, including prejudice, discrimination, assimilation, institutional domination, and change. Changing concepts, boundaries, and interrelationships within a global context. Augustine Isamah
OFF CAMPUS/ONLINE ONLY
50:070:101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3) Introduces the student to the study of culture. Topics include the nature and diversity of culture among different peoples; the fieldwork process; cultural change; political, economic, and social organizations; worldview and values; socialization; social and religious movements; and applications of anthropology to the contemporary world. Patrick McCarty (online only)
50:202:202 Police and Policing (3) Explores the role of the police officer in the criminal justice system as well as the function of law enforcement in the United States. Includes historical foundations, trends, organizational structures, strategies, and issues concerning American police and policing. Prerequisite: 50:202:101. Brenna Stone (online only)
50:202:356 Special Topic in Criminal Justice: Innovative Policing Strategies (3) This course is a discussion of recent innovations in policing strategies, including the notion of defunding or abolishing police. This class has three goals: 1. To make sure students understand the standard model of policing, and the problems with it. 2. To make sure students understand the basic principles behind some of the more common or effective innovations in policing that aim to fix some of the problems with the standard model. 3. To make sure students have the knowledge to evaluate for themselves what makes a good policing strategy, and thus whether an innovation in policing is likely to be beneficial. Walter Campbell (online only)
CRIMINAL JUSTICE GRADUATE PROGRAM
56:202:500 Policy Analysis in Criminal Justice (3) A research- and writing-oriented seminar that will prepare students for conducting criminal justice policy analysis. Topics include the role of interest groups and organizational participants in the policy process, types of policies, and models of policy research. Examined are current criminal justice policies using analysis that considers the development, implementation, and evaluation of policy (i.e., what has occurred in policy, why, and at what benefits or costs). Also covered is policy formulation, which involves the development of new policy options to remedy public problems. Nathan Link
56:202:516 Criminal Investigation Practicum I (3) Under instructor supervision, students provide investigative services for actual legal cases. Through seminars and field experience, students learn investigative techniques such as reviewing discovery, locating and interviewing witnesses, obtaining records, and testifying and writing detailed reports. Course may be repeated for 6 credits (only 3 credits can be counted toward electives for criminal justice majors). Kevin Murphy
56:202:517 Criminal Investigation Practicum II (3) Applied course in which students utilize skills learned in 202:405 on real-world cases. Permission of instructor required. Kevin Murphy
56:202:601 Data Analysis in Criminal Justice (3) This course provides students with a grounding in the basic tools used in quantitative analysis in the field of criminal justice along with an introduction to the statistical issues involved in the design and logic of research. Students learn to use various nonparametric measures of association as well as parametric tests of significance and are introduced to the fundamentals of correlation, regression, and hypothesis testing. Prerequisite: Undergraduate course in statistics. Richard Stansfield
56:202:673 Special Topics in Criminal Justice: Harm Reduction & Criminal Justice: Responding to the Opioid Crisis (3) provides an in-depth exploration of harm reduction strategies within the context of the opioid crisis, with a focus on the United States and the United Kingdom’s drug laws and policies. This course examines the evolution of drug policies, from the punitive measures of the War on Drugs to the emerging public health frameworks emphasizing harm reduction. Students will analyze the socio-political factors that have shaped drug laws, policies, and enforcement practices, particularly in how these responses impact criminal justice systems and vulnerable populations, including people who use drugs. Alexa Garvey
56:202:674 Special Topics in Criminal Justice: Contemporary Issues at the Intersection of Health and Justice (3) This online, graduate-level course will explore topics at the intersection of health and justice. Each week, we will focus on a specific issue at this intersection – like an emerging trend, a new policy decision, a growing population or problem, or a new approach to treatment – and discuss it in detail, and from different perspectives. Specifically, topics will include the state of healthcare in prison and jail, infectious disease in carceral institutions, family relationships and gender-specific health issues, vulnerable populations like “frequent cyclers”, juvenile health and healthcare, the aging of incarcerated populations and interventions for health at the time of reentry. Students will dissect an academic journal article each week, review media like videos or podcasts, and exchange ideas with their peers to gain a better understanding of how health and justice system involvement interact in the United States. We will also briefly touch on how the U.S. compares to other similar countries on health characteristics and healthcare opportunities for justice-involved people. At the end of this course, graduate students should be knowledgeable about the many ways in which health impacts criminal behavior, the implications of involvement in the justice system (directly or indirectly) for individual and community health, and what we have done (and should do) to address this multifaceted issue. Courtney Harding
56:202:675 Special Topics in Criminal Justice: Criminal Justice Learning Abroad: Comparative Criminal Justice in U.K. (3) A course focusing on crime and justice of a foreign country. Includes regular class meetings, required readings, and written assignments, as well as a short-term learning/service experience in a foreign country. Ross Allen