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  • 3.00 Credits

    Description: This course will focus on interviewing skills and techniques, both from a practical and legal perspective. Primary attention will be given to what needs to be done to satisfy the legal standards of voluntariness of admissions and confessions. Fifth and Sixth Amendment law will be thoroughly reviewed and discussed. The course will prepare students to conduct effective interrogations, and document the interrogation in a manner that will withstand later legal challenges. Prerequisites: CJ101 AND CJ225 AND PL200 Credit Hours: 3 CR.HR.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Description: This course covers both private and public investigations as well as the practice and application to criminal investigations. It stresses the professionalism and modern investigation tools as it covers established investigation policies, procedures, and techniques for the law enforcement officer. Recent court cases and investigations are integrated throughout the course to update the students on significant happenings throughout the world. Prerequisites: CJ101 Credit Hours: 3 CR.HR.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Description: This course is used to recognize prior work and educational experience translatable through a portfolio preparation process for college credit. The standardized process identifies those areas where the student's learnings are adequate and where additional learnings are needed. Learnings documented in the portfolio are measurable, both theoretical and applied, and generalized for future applicability. Students who have acquired a minimum of two year's of professional work experience within a criminal justice agency are eligible to seek award of college credits. Eligible individuals may choose a maximum of five courses within an Associate Degree program and ten courses within a Bachelor's Degree program which seem to equate to work responsibilities and corollary learnings.Prerequisites: Instructor's permission Credit Hours: 0 CR.HR.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Description: This course is intended to introduce and review the basic theoretical, cultural and practical applications of criminal justice systems in other parts of the world. American criminal law and procedure will be discussed to provide a comparative reference point for the variations in systems and practices across differing cultures in other nations. Additionally, the course will provide students with an understanding of the roles of social control mechanisms such as police, judiciary and correctional institutions outside of the U.S. Prerequisites: CJ101 AND CJ225 AND HY201 Credit Hours: 3 CR.HR.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Description: This course will provide students with a historical overview and current trends in civil litigation against law enforcement as well as describing the varying types of liability that exist under the law. Students will study the defenses to liability claims made against law enforcement. Liability claims will also be examined from the administrator's point of view including claims of failure to train and failure to supervise. Use of force and section 1983 claims will be examined in detail as the main claims against law enforcement. Prerequisites: CJ101 Credit Hours: 3 CR.HR.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Description: This course introduces domestic violence law from an interdisciplinary perspective and offers a contemporary view of the criminal justice experience with diverse populations and forms of violence. Topics will include violence perpetrated in a variety of age and gender relationships including: dating violence, sibling abuse, rape and incest, child and elder abuse and neglect, male battering, violence within the lesbian and gay communities, and violence against women. Students will also be expected to master current State of Maine and federal statutes relating to domestic violence. Prerequisites: PL100 OR CJ101 Credit Hours: 3 CR.HR.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Description: This course is intended to introduce and explore the structure and psychology of totalistic cultic organizations. Students will examine the key differences between conventional religious movements, splinter sects and cults to better understand the differences among varied faith-based organizations. Cults will be viewed both from historical and contemporary viewpoints in regard to recruiting practices, thought reform and control, personal and social consequences of cult membership, and the unique challenges that such groups pose for law enforcement. Additionally, students will review the clinical precursors which may predispose an individual to cultic persuasion and indoctrination, as well as the psychological consequences of membership. The course will rely heavily upon a detailed case study format which will scrutinize selected cult leaders/groups and allow students to apply theoretical knowledge to particular historical events and figures. Prerequisites: PY332 Credit Hours: 3 CR.HR.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Description: This course is intended to introduce several works of classical and modern literature which have incorporated the use of crime or criminality as a central theme. Students will be required to read from works of short fiction and novels as a means of preparing for discussion and analysis of core elements. Additionally, the various experiences of the individual criminal will be considered in light of those factors which may have an impact on the development of crime as a situational or social phenomenon. Required sources may include, but not remain limited to: Ernest Hemingway, Arthur Miller, William Faulkner and Truman Capote. Prerequisites: EH200 Credit Hours: 3 CR.HR.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Description: This course will focus on the forgotten member of the criminal dyad: the victim. The purpose of this course is to introduce students to these developments and to alert them to ongoing victim-related issues. The goals of the course will include: Introducing the student to the development of the field of victimology; Delineating the conceptual boundaries of victimology; Familiarizing the student with basic concepts and literature within various sub-areas of victimology; Exploring policy developments and practical applications that stem from this concern over victims; and Assessing the progress away from a criminal justice system towards achieving a victim justice system. Prerequisites: CJ235 Credit Hours: 3 CR.HR.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Description: In this practicum based course, students will establish partnerships with relevant community members to identify problems related to the incidence of crime and social disorder. Students will engage in a collaborative problem solving exercise which will illustrate the enhanced ability of communities to prevent crime and disorder through cooperative and reciprocal relationships between police and citizens. Prerequisites: CJ307 Credit Hours: 3 CR.HR.
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