Summer 2009 Course Offerings

Session I-A

CJA 4496-190 (W): History of Mass Murder in the U.S. 

Dr. Thornsley.  May 18, 2009 to June 25, 2009.  Online. 

All students are granted an automatic "incomplete" until Monday, Aug. 3.  Requirements include: (1) a 10 page paper on a mass murderer of your choice, (2) construction of a Power Point presentation on your mass murderer, (3) view select videos from YouTube.com, (4) respond to essay questions from Duwe's textbook, (5) respond to general questions on mass murder, and (6) annotated bibliography on mass murder after 1965.  Can be taken Pass/Fail.

Textbooks:

1. "A History of Mass murder in the U.S."  2007.  Grant Duwe, McFarland.  ISBN# 978-0-7864-3150-2

CJA 4496-191 (W): The BTK Strangler. 

Dr. Thornsley.  May 18, 2009 to June 25, 2009.  Online.

All students are granted an automatic "incomplete" until Monday, Aug. 3.  Requirements include: (1) a 10 page paper on Dennis Rader, the BTK Strangler, (2) construction of a Power Point presentation on Dennis Rader, (3) essay questions taken from "The State's Summary of the Evidence," (4) essay questions from the books "Inside the Mind of BTK," and "Bind, Torture, Kill," (5) ask and answer your own questions from Robert Beattie's book 'Nightmare in Wichita."  Can be taken Pass/Fail.

Textbooks:

1. "Inside the Mind of BTK"  John Douglas.  2007.  Jossey-Bass.  ISBN# 978-0-7879-8484-7
2. "Bind, Torture, Kill"  Roy Wentzel, et al.  2007.  Harper Collins.  ISBN# 978-0-06-124650-0
3. "Nightmare in Wichita"  Robert Beattie.  2005.  New American Library.  ISBN# 0-451-21738-1

Session I-B

CJA 4496-01: Native American Justice. 

Dr. Robarge.  May 18, 2009 to June 4, 2009.  Classroom.  8:30-11:55 a.m.  M-Th.

Requirements include: (1) class participation/attendance, (2) written assignments, (3) a class log book, and (4) an assignment journal.

Textbooks:

1. "American Indian, American Justice."  Vine Deloria and Clifford Lytle.  2002.
2. "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Native American History."  Walter Fleming,  2003.
3. "Neither Wolf Nor Dog"  Kent Neuburn.  2002.

Session II

CJA 4475-190 (W;I): Serial Murder. 

Dr. Thornsley.  June 29, 2009 to July 31 2009. Online.

All students are granted an automatic "incomplete" until Monday, Aug. 21. Requirements include: (1) 2 book reviews, (2) reviewing and constructing notes on a lecture (via Internet) featuring former FBI Profiler Robert Ressler, (3) constructing a Power Point presentation on the serial killer of your choice, (4) constructing an annotated bibliography on serial murder, (5) respond to essay questions taken from your textbook, and (6) prepare notes for any 5 videos on serial killers viewed on TV or YouTube.com.  Can be taken Pass/Fail.

Textbooks:

1. "Serial Murderers & Their Victims" Eric W. Hickey.  2006.  Thomson Wadsworth.  ISBN# 0-534-63018-9
2. "Mindhunter"  John Douglas, 1995.
3. "Whoever Fights Monsters"  Robert Ressler.  1992.  St. Martin's Paperbacks.  ISBN# 0-312-95044-6

CJA 4496-192 (W): The Green River Killer. 

Dr. Thornsley.  June 29, 2009 to July 31 2009.  Internet-based.

All students are granted an automatic "incomplete" until Monday, Aug. 21, 2008.  Requirements include: (1) Essay questions from your textbook "Serial Killers," (2) essay questions from the book "Defending Gary," (3) essay questions from "The Prosecutor's Summary of the Evidence," (4) book review of "Defending Gary," and (5) construction of a Power Point presentation on Gary Leon Ridgeway, the Green River Killer.  Can be taken Pass/Fail.

Textooks:

1. "Defending Gary"  Mark Prothero.  2006.  Jossey-Bass.  ISBN# 0-7879-8106-0
2. "Serial Killers: Issues Explored Through the Green River Murders"  Tomas Guillam. 2007. Prentice-Hall.  ISBN# 0-13-152966-8

Wednesday March 25, 2009

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