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4.00 Credits
This introductory course will survey international and domestic terrorism essentially from the theoretical/conceptual perspectives of criminal justice and criminology, with additional insights from other social sciences. Modern and postmodern forms will be investigated. The origins, preconditions, dynamics, and structure of terrorist activities and their sponsor organizations will be examined. Key case studies will be explored, including the al Qaeda attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. Faculty: D. EMMONS 4.000 Credit hours 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Social & Behavioral Sciences Division Criminal Justice Department
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4.00 Credits
The course will provide a comprehensive examination of criminal behavior. This will include the nature, extent and causes of specific types of criminal behaviors, such as violent crimes, property crimes, public order crimes, white collar crimes, organized crimes and corporate crimes. Faculty: J. JOSEPH 4.000 Credit hours 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Social & Behavioral Sciences Division Criminal Justice Department
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4.00 Credits
This course explores the nature and problems of organized crime including its historic roots; causal factors in American life and society; activities; the problems of corruption and graft; the economic impact of the criminal activities; and development of strategies to control and prosecute these criminals. Faculty: STAFF 4.000 Credit hours 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Social & Behavioral Sciences Division Criminal Justice Department
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4.00 Credits
Not open to students with credit for CRIM 3150. An examination of classic and contemporary views of white collar crime with particular emphasis on recent efforts to explore the subject. Business, professional, and political crimes will be covered. Particular issues to be treated include: the problem of defining and assessing the extent of white collar crimes; descriptions of the actors in the white collar crime arena; interrelationships among white collar crime, the criminal justice system, and society; and the successes and failures of past and present containment efforts. Faculty: STAFF 4.000 Credit hours 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Social & Behavioral Sciences Division Criminal Justice Department
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4.00 Credits
CRIM 1100 and CRIM 2130. The course will examine prisoners' rights issues through judicial case study, selected readings and current topical examples. Areas to be studied include visitation and association, use of the mail, religion, parole and the death penalty. Faculty: STAFF 4.000 Credit hours 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Social & Behavioral Sciences Division Criminal Justice Department
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4.00 Credits
A survey of State and Federal Law as it impinges on the family, including marriage, divorce, child custody, child neglect and abuse, spouse abuse, property, adoption, non-marital families and children, constitutional law, tax welfare and social insurance. Faculty: STAFF 4.000 Credit hours 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Social & Behavioral Sciences Division Criminal Justice Department
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4.00 Credits
This is a course on crime and the media. The main aim of the course is to analyze and understand the picture of crime and the criminal justice system that is portrayed by the major mass media in the US. Crime movies, television crime dramas, television and newspaper crime news and advertising are analyzed for their portrayal of crime and the government's struggle with the crime problem. A central concern of the course is exploring the discrepancy between media versions of the crime and its reality, as we can best document it. Faculty: D. EMMONS 4.000 Credit hours 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Social & Behavioral Sciences Division Criminal Justice Department
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4.00 Credits
One course in ANTH, BIOL or CRIM. (Same as ANTH and BIOL 2400.) This course is an introduction to the study of human bones with an emphasis on their use in archaeological analyses and criminal investigation. Laboratory work will focus on bone identification and the identification of information useful in these investigations (e.g., age, sex, pathology). Cultural factors affecting the spread of disease and the appearance of bones will be compared and contrasted with anthropological and biological concepts. Field techniques used by archaeologists, physical anthropologists and forensic scientists will be studied. Finally, the application of forensic osteology to human rights issues will be examined. Faculty: M. LEWIS 4.000 Credit hours 4.000 Lecture hours 3.000 Lab hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Social & Behavioral Sciences Division Criminal Justice Department
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4.00 Credits
CRIM 1100.Not open to students with credit for CRIM 3210. This course will provide a comprehensive application of forensic science to the investigation of crime. The proper collection of physical evidence from the crime scene, their storage, laboratory processing (including trace evidence to DNA), final report and presentation at the criminal trial will be discussed in detail. Faculty: R. SIMLOT 4.000 Credit hours 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Social & Behavioral Sciences Division Criminal Justice Department
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4.00 Credits
CRIM 1100. Not open to students with credit for CRIM 3636. Current and controversial issues in policing are analyzed. Discussions of deadly force, corruption, stress, police-community relations, and women in policing are central to the course. Faculty: STAFF 4.000 Credit hours 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Seminar Social & Behavioral Sciences Division Criminal Justice Department
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