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3.00 Credits
Baccalaureate Degree from Accredited Institution. This course deals with the criminal mind, particularly of violent and repeat offenders. The course will examine the etiology of abnormality, the use of psychological knowledge in profiling which will aid in apprehension of suspects, and the treatment modalities appropriate to various types of offenders. Ethics of testifying as an 'expert witness' will also be addressed. Faculty: J. WHITE, J. DUNTLEY 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture Graduate Studies Division Criminal Justice Department
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Course meeting off campus. Driving required. This course examines the many types of mental disorders with specific emphasis on their impact on the criminal justice system. Practical considerations will be given to the etiology, manifestations, and dynamics involved in maladaptive and abnormal behaviors that are most often seen by police, courts, and corrections. Mental processes that allow people in our society to plan mass murders, various types of serial crimes, and commit less spectacular forms of deviant behavior will also be addressed. Faculty: STAFF 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Other hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Seminar Graduate Studies Division Master of Arts Criminal Justic Department
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Baccalaureate degree from regionally accredited institution. This course examines techniques employed by police to investigate sex crimes and arrest sexual criminals and the assessment and treatment of sexual offenders by mental health professionals. While the investigation of sex crimes and the treatment of sexual offenders may appear to use different types of information and theories, there are many commonalities. Professionals in both fields can gain a plethora of useful information that can be used in their respective areas of expertise. Faculty: J. WHITE 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture Graduate Studies Division Criminal Justice Department
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3.00 Credits
This graduate seminar examines the art of crime reconstruction from a criminal psychological perspective. Students will learn etiology, incidence, and components of violent criminal behavior and utilize skills in psychological profiling combined with forensic science to discern patterns and motives behind criminal behavior. Deductive and inductive techniques of criminal profiling will also be delineated. Faculty: J. WHITE 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Other hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Seminar Graduate Studies Division Master of Arts Criminal Justic Department
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3.00 Credits
Degree from fully accredited undergraduate institution. This course explores how human motivations interact with social pressures and contexts to produce criminal behaviors. It will examine how motivations can be shaped and organized for the purpose of inflicting costs on others. Research on motivational processes that influence criminal behavior will be discussed. Faculty: J. DUNTLEY 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Seminar Graduate Studies Division Criminal Justice Department
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Degree from fully accredited undergraduate institution. This course will trace the evolution of terrorism from both an international and a domestic perspective. The evolution of ideological beliefs will be examined as they pertain to the development of terrorists. Faculty: J. WHITE 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Seminar Graduate Studies Division Criminal Justice Department
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Degree from fully accredited undergraduate institution. This course will address topics in policing that have a psychological component to either the completion of assignments or their aftermath. Specific topics include selection of police candidates, hostage and crisis negotiations, post shooting trauma, mental health of the first responder, physiological and mental responses to domestic violence, injuries to children, response to terrorism, police chases, police corruption, and police stress in general. Policies and procedures will also be addressed. Faculty: J. WHITE 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Seminar Graduate Studies Division Criminal Justice Department
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3.00 Credits
Degree from fully accredited undergraduate insitution. This course will examine the relationships between psychology and the processes of the American courtroom. Issues to be explored include: jury selection, jury decision-making, eyewitness testimony, characteristics of individuals in courtroom processes that influence juries, courtroom persuasion tactics, and patterns of sentencing based on the preceding. Faculty: J. DUNTLEY 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Seminar Graduate Studies Division Criminal Justice Department
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3.00 Credits
Forensic psychology track. Elective for generalist students. The essential skills for crime mapping will be taught using current resources and technology. Students will apply these techniques to explore current problems/issues in the field. The importance of a theoretical framework to support such technologies and enhance their meaning will be a focus of the course. Faculty: M. LEVY 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture Graduate Studies Division Master of Arts Criminal Justic Department
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3.00 Credits
Degree from fully accredited undergraduate institution. This course examines the forensic science procedures that are used to investigate sexual homicide, rape, child molestation, and other interpersonal, violent crimes that may or may not be serial in nature. In order to determine psychological motivations at crime scenes, physical evidence must be diligently extrapolated and accurately interpreted. This course teaches future police investigators and forensic psychologists involved in police investigations the types of physical evidence to look for at interpersonally violent crime scenes. Linking of physical evidence in serial crimes is also examined. Faculty: STAFF 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture Social & Behavioral Sciences Division Criminal Justice Department
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