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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course is a discussion and analysis of crisis intervention as a therapeutic tool in community mental health. Emphasis will be on suicide, telephone crisis lines, telephone counseling, and hostile interactions.
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3.00 Credits
Research consists of all investigations, studies, or systematic efforts designed to increase our knowledge about events and their occurrence. The present course focuses on research in the fields of criminology and criminal justice and includes developing a theoretical explanation for why problems exist, collecting information that will verify or refute the explanation of problems, and then analyzing, presenting and interpreting this information. Specific techniques for data collection, analysis, and presentation will be covered in the course.
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3.00 Credits
The course examines community-oriented policing, which represents a significant departure from the traditional, centralized model of policing. Topics covered in the course include the growth of networking, online crime reporting, computer police report retrieval, crime mapping, the development of the COMPSTAT process, the development of intranets within police organizations, police web pages, e-commerce transactions, and the opening of doors to new levels of police-citizen communications.
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3.00 Credits
The rules of evidence will be examined including examination of witnesses; impeachment; real, direct, and circumstantial evidence. Special emphasis will be given to relevancy, hearsay and its exceptions, privileges, presumptions and inferences, burden of proof, judicial notice, and the parole evidence rule.
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3.00 Credits
Probable cause is defined as a requisite element of a valid search and seizure or arrest, consisting of the existence of facts and circumstances within one's knowledge and of which one has reasonably trustworthy information, sufficient in themselves to warrant a person of reasonable caution to believe that a crime has been committed, is being committed, or will be committed. The course introduces students to the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments and how the legal system revolves around those particular amendments. Class discussion centers on searches and seizures, search/arrest warrants, detention and custody issues, juvenile issues, and more recent Supreme Court decisions that affect these issues.
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3.00 Credits
Content of the course focuses on the felonious violent offender in which physical injury is inflicted against one or more others, including, but not limited to criminal homicide, aggravated assault, forcible rape, armed robbery, or attempts to inflict other physical injuries. Typologies of violent offenders are reviewed examining such factors as motives, facilitation and situational aspects of the crime, selection of victims, criminal careers, group support for violent behavior, etc. Special types of violent offenders such as mass murderers, serial murderers, child murderers, domestic murderers, etc. are discussed in the class.
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3.00 Credits
The course examines the theory and practice of correctional institutions and functions; the history of the prison as a total institution; types of correctional facilities; problems of rehabilitation in correctional institutions; crimes in prisons; adjusting to prison life; the inmate culture; and the future of correctional institutions. Attention is also devoted to high-tech innovations in prisons; proactive approaches for reducing crowding, controlling inmates, and managing stress; and what works in correctional treatment.
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3.00 Credits
The course familiarizes students with the field of security and crime prevention helping them to understand the complexities of security in such diverse environments as manufacturing, commerce, finance, healthcare, o defense, government, etc. All of these environments have an inherent requirement for crime prevention, security, and assets protection. In particular, the field of private security is explored by analyzing both historical as well as contemporary materials and research. Private security is one of the fastest growing professions in the United States. Issues such as education, training, industry specific security guidelines, and the impact of security technology on the field are also addressed in the course.
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3.00 Credits
This seminar concerns basic constitutional law and in-depth analysis of Supreme Court decisions decided during recent terms of court with a special emphasis on trends in constitutional law and criminal procedure.
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3.00 Credits
This course concerns history of the police; changing roles and public expectation of police officers; stress and the police; family life; and social behavior.
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