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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
(3) This course will provide an examination and analysis of views regarding the phenomena of organized crime and efforts to control it. Attention will be paid to criminal organizations, including but not limited to government agencies, corporations, and corrupt individuals.
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3.00 Credits
(3) This course examines the operation of contemporary criminal justice systems under various cultural contexts. Of particular concern will be social, economic, political, and ideological forces which have impacted the various justice systems in place in the world today. Potential areas of conflict and cooperation between and among systems will be examined.
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3.00 Credits
(3) The student will receive an understanding of proactive factors impacting security planning. The difference between proactive and reactive involvement is key to the student's comparison of public and private sectors and means of controlling crime, such as arrest, rehabilitation, anticipation of risk through management. Uses of qualitative and quantitative data in the management decision making process will emphasize the importance of documentation in reduction of criminal opportunity. Requisites: PR, JUS 101 or PERM.
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3.00 Credits
(3) This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the people, systems, practices, and problems of the law enforcement community in the United States. American law enforcement communities are the most visible representatives of our system of criminal justice. Students are provided with a basic understanding of the entire law enforcement occupation, which includes law enforcement at the local, state, and federal levels and are further provided an in-depth examination of the art of police work and the difficulties and problems officers face as they go about their complex duties. Further analysis includes the discussion of management, police-community relations, contemporary problems and an examination of the history and future of law enforcement.
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3.00 Credits
(3) This course will provide an examination and analysis of law enforcement responses to crime, including the differences between urban, rural, and suburban areas. Special attention will be given to gender and racial concerns, as well as theory and practices in the contemporary community policing model.
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3.00 Credits
(3) Provides an examination of criminal law and emphasizes the nature and organization of the American justice system, its history and development, problematic system elements, policy considerations, and helps the student develop a working understanding and knowledge of Constitutional limitations on substantive criminal laws as well as the elements of various criminal laws in America. Classification of criminal laws explored and discussed include those in the areas of inchoate offenses, offenses against persons, offenses against property, offenses against public morality, alcohol and drug offenses, white-collar and organized crime, offenses against public health and the environment, offenses against public order and safety, and offenses against justice and public administration. Students will also study concepts of criminal responsibility and various defenses.
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3.00 Credits
(3) Provides an examination and analysis of the growing importance of issues related to civil liability as it pertains to the criminal system. Of paramount importance will be an understanding of the Civil Rights Act and the effects of Title 42 provisions on the contemporary justice system and its personnel. Special attention will be paid to the historical development of civil liability parameters as they exist.
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3.00 Credits
(3) The treatment of criminal offenders in America: prisons, recidivism, state and federal penal systems, state and federal probation and parole agencies, and duties of correctional personnel.
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3.00 Credits
(3) This course will provide a review of probation, parole, and community corrections. Topics discussed will be individual histories and organizational structures, the nature and effects of the process by which offenders are handled, as well as the dynamics and trends toward change in the three areas. A singular, systematic perspective will be used for purposes of comparison as well as thematic discussions about probation, parole, and community corrections.
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3.00 Credits
(3) The course explores aspects of the drug and alcohol issue. These include, but are not limited to, the impact of drugs on our society, the history of drug use, the policy implications of drugs, and the criminal justice system response to drug use. Emphasis is placed on the interdisciplinary and forensic use of knowledge from the medical and social sciences. Requisites: PR, JUS 101.
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