Community Justice emphasizes the need for collaborative efforts between criminal legal agencies and community partners to enhance informal social control with the goal of stabilizing communities and reducing crime. Specific strategies include community organizing, different aspects of crime prevention, private-public partnerships, and justice initiatives.
Students in the Community Justice Concentration will be required to register for 2 Criminology courses from the list below, one of which must be at the 300-level:
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Choose two of the following: | 8 | |
| GANGS IN SOCIETY | ||
| COMMUNITIES AND CRIME | ||
| CRIME PREVENTION | ||
| COMMUNITY NON-VIOLENCE | ||
| SCHOOL VIOLENCE, DISCIPLINE AND JUSTICE | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS | ||
| DRUGS AND SOCIETY | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS | ||
In addition, students in the Community Justice Concentration will be required to choose 3 elective courses from the list below:
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Choose three of the following: | 12 | |
| CRIME AND THE MEDIA | ||
| CRIMINOLOGY GOES TO THE MOVIES | ||
| CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS | ||
| LAW ENFORCEMENT MANAGEMENT | ||
| LATINOS AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM | ||
| CRIME AND PUNISHMENT | ||
| JUVENILE JUSTICE | ||
| CRIMES OF THE STATE | ||
| HATE/BIAS CRIMES | ||
| FORENSIC SCIENCE | ||
| DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM | ||
| CYBERCRIME AND CYBERTERRORISM | ||
| COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS | ||
| FOUNDATIONS OF JUSTICE | ||
| FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES | ||
| 21ST CENTURY POLICING | ||
| WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS | ||
| US POLITICAL PRISONERS AND CRIMES OF CONSCIENCE | ||
| REHABILITATION, REINTEGRATION AND REENTRY | ||
| WHITE COLLAR AND CORPORATE CRIME | ||
| CRITICAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT | ||
| RESTORATIVE JUSTICE: ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PRISON | ||
| LAW AND POLITICS: PRISON POLICIES AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE | ||
| GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS I: DIGITAL MAPPING | ||
| HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL LAW | ||
| CONSTRUCTING LATINO COMMUNITIES | ||
| LATINO COMMUNITIES AND SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT | ||
| LATINO COMMUNITIES IN CHICAGO | ||
| SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT AND LATINO FAMILIES | ||
| COMMUNITIES WORKING FOR SUSTAINABLE JUSTICE AND PEACE: SERVICE IN CHICAGO AND THE U.S. | ||
| CONFLICT: STORYTELLING, INTERVENTION, NEGOTIATION | ||
| TOPICS IN NONVIOLENCE | ||
| TOPICS IN CONFLICT INTERVENTION | ||
| RIGHTS-BASED SOCIAL MOVEMENTS | ||
| COMMUNITY AND SOCIETY | ||
| URBAN SOCIOLOGY | ||
| CLASS, POWER AND DECISION MAKING IN THE CITY | ||
| TRANSFORMATIVE JUSTICE: THEORY AND PRACTICE | ||