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 Criminology and Law

 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

 Graduate Faculty 2006-2007
 Chair: L. Lanza-Kaduce. Graduate Coordinator: K. F. Parker.
 Professors: J. Adler; R. Akers; C. Frazier; R. Hollinger;
 L. Lanza-Kaduce; P. Magnarella; A. Piquero. Associate
 Professors: A. Gover; J. Lane; K. Parker; F. Shenkman; J.
 Spillane. Assistant Professors: E. M. Brank; L. M. Levett; N.
 Piquero; B. Stults.

 Criminology, Law, and Society is an interdisciplinary
 department that offers a Master of Arts (M.A.) degree with both
 a thesis and nonthesis option, a joint M.A./J.D. degree program,
 and the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree. Complete descrip-
 tions of the requirements for the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees are
 provided in the General Information section of this catalog.
 The graduate program in criminology and law has two areas
 of special emphasis: crime and justice, and law and society. The
 degree programs are research based and prepare students to
 conduct original exploration into relevant problems, issues, and
 policies. Students planning to apply for admission should take
 the Graduate Record Examination at the earliest possible date.
 Admission is made on a competitive basis. More information
 about this program can be found by examining the website
 (http://web.crim.ufl.edu/), reviewing information published
 by the Graduate School (http://gradschool.rgp.ufl.edu/) and
 by written request to Criminology, Law, and Society, ATTN:
 Graduate Secretary, P.O. Box 115950, University of Florida,
 Gainesville, FL 32611-5950).
 M.A. degree program: Admission to the master's degree
 program requires a bachelor's degree from a criminology/
 criminal justice or relevant social science or humanities program
 (e.g., political science, sociology, anthropology, psychology,
 philosophy, history, women's studies, etc.). Qualified students
 may enter the master's program as undergraduates through the
 combined B.A./M.A. program. Both the thesis and nonthesis
 M.A. options require satisfactory completion of at least 36 credit
 hours. In addition to graduate courses in the major, a statistics
 course (STA 6126: Statistical Methods in Social Research I or its
 equivalent) is required for the M.A. degree.
 Ph.D. degree program: The Doctor of Philosophy program
 includes a minimum of 90 semester hours of credit beyond
 the B.A. Students with a criminology or closely related M.A.
 received within the last seven years from an accredited U.S.
 university may request that up to 30 hours credit from their
 M.A. work be counted toward this total. Those with an M.A.
 from this department may apply 36 hours. The Department
 requires Ph.D. students to complete at least 66 hours of course
 work (excluding research credits), including the M.A. hours.
 Qualifying examinations take place at the end of a student's
 course work.
 Criminology, Law and Society/Law joint degree programs:
 The Department of Criminology, Law and Society (CLS) and
 the College of Law offer a joint degree program leading to an
 M.A. or a Ph.D. in Criminology, Law and Society and a J.D. in
 law. The joint degree programs enable students to earn both the
 degrees (the J.D. and the M.A. or the J.D. and the Ph.D.) in less
 time than would be required to earn both degrees consecutively.
 Students wishing to pursue the joint program must be admitted
 to both the Graduate School and the College of Law. These


requirements include both the LSAT and GRE. Admission to
one may precede the other. Students are encouraged to announce
their intent to seek a joint degree as soon as possible. CLS allows
12 hours of appropriate law school courses to be credited toward
the CLS degree. The 12 credits selected from the law curriculum
must be approved by the graduate coordinator upon the recom-
mendation of the student's supervisory committee. The College
of Law will permit 12 hours of credit earned in graduate courses
to be credited toward the J.D.
CCJ 5934: Contemporary Issues in Criminology and Law (3;
max: 12) Variety of policy, theory, and research issues in crime,
criminal justice, and law.
CCJ 6001: Proseminar in Crime, Law, and Justice(3)
Interdisciplinary examination of relationship between legal
and social orders. Focus on various functions of law, different
forms of legal thought, development of law, and impact of law/
sanctions on society.
CCJ 6038: Law and Society(3) Interdisciplinary examination
of relationship between legal and social orders. Focus on various
functions of law, different forms of legal thought, development
of law, and impact of law/sanctions on society.
CCJ 6092: Drugs, Crime, and Policy(3) Interdisciplinary intro-
duction to study of drugs, drug use, and drug control.
CCJ 6285: Criminal Justice Process(3) Police, courts, and
correction system.
CCJ 6619: Crime and the Life Course(3) Intensive examination
of crime and life course, or more generally how criminal activity
is patterned over time.
CCJ 6643: White Collar Crime(3) White collar and corporate
crime.
CCJ 6657: Alcohol, Drugs, and Crime (3) Research and per-
spectives on drug and alcohol use.
CCJ 6669: Race and Crime(3) Research and theoretical per-
spectives on relationship between race and crime.
CCJ 6705: Research Methods in Crime, Law, and Justice(3)
Research issues (qualitative, quantitative, and historical)
associated with crime, law, and justice, including skills to
become consumers and producers of research.
CCJ 6708: Research Issues in Crime and Deviance(3)
Overview of data sources and research methods applied to study
of delinquency, crime, and deviance.
CCJ 6905: Independent Study(I-3; max: 6) Reading or
research areas in criminology, law, and society. Topics not
available in current courses.
CCJ 6910: Supervised Research(I-3; max: 3) S/U.
CCJ 6920: Seminar in Criminology(3) Classic and contempo-
rary explanations of criminal activity.
CCJ 6971: Research for Master's Thesis(I-9) S/U.
CCJ 6712: Evaluation Research (3) Provides skills for
evaluating criminology and criminal justice programs.
CCJ 7742: Research Methods in Crime, Law, and Justice 11(3)
Prereq: CCJ 6705. Both quantitative and qualitative methods.
CCJ 7921: Professional Development in Criminology, Law,
and Society(3) Professional aspects of research, teaching, and
service activities in areas of crime, justice, law, and society. S/U.
CCJ 7979: Advanced Research(I-12) Research for doctoral
students before admission to candidacy. Designed for students
with a master's degree in the field of study or for students who
have been accepted for a doctoral program. Not appropriate for
students who have been admitted to candidacy. S/U.
CCJ 7980: Research for Doctoral Dissertation(I-15) S/U.
CJC 6120: Corrections and Public Policy(3) Issues associated