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3.00 Credits
3 Credits, 3 Hours This course will examine how the rules of evidence, historically rooted in the Bill of Rights and the Anglo-American adversarial judicial system, serve to protect the fundamental rights of persons accused of crimes as well as to promote effective fact finding. Through studying actual criminal cases, students will examine the value of these rules in terms of rapid technological and social change.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits, 3 Hours Proactive police management provides a review, analysis and synthesis of the various approaches to police management. Traditional scientific management, the behavioral systems approach and the human relations approach will be examined as will the future of proactive police management. A thorough look at police organization and management styles, beginning with a historical perspective, modern management approaches, and a glimpse at the future direction of police management.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits, 3 Hours To provide an introduction to the American Correctional System. A review of the history, current conditions and problems of corrections today. A discussion of strategies and practices to help us to better understand the agencies' responsibilities for processing and supervising criminal offenses and the legal and moral boundaries that constrain them will be discussed.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits, 3 Hours A complete revolution in the security industry has occurred in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Government involvement in the private security industry as evidenced in the Airport Security Officer Employment Standards Act of 2002 indicates major changes in the United States government's involvement in the security industry. Today's security industry is also responding to the threat of world terrorism, protection of information and other supports for the business community. The relationship between government and private security with traditional public policing will be explored as well as new technology developments.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours, 3 credits. Prerequisites: None. This course provides a broad philosophical foundation to explore a wider range of criminal justice issues related to police ethics and corruption. The course will cover ethical issues on policing, courts, corrections, crime control policy and research. An ethical framework for the future of the law enforcement function in the 21st century will also be explored. Not offered every semester.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours, 3 credits. Prerequisite: None. The focus of this course is to recognize the many special and unique issues confronting contemporary society that require a response from the law enforcement community. Students will explore unique topics, consider their impact on society and explore ways to address these concerns. Often these special topics create a profound impact on our legal system, the economy and culture. Not offered every semester.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours, 3 credits. Prerequisite: None. This course will seek to place recent acts of terrorism in context: historical, military, geopolitical and religious. It will examine the motivations, organization and tactics of various terrorist organizations as well as the force multipliers of technology, media and religion. Specific focus will be placed on the impact of terrorism on intelligence agencies, law enforcement and other security forces. The significant threat posed by trying to balance the need to maintain the safety and security of citizens with the threats to civil liberties posed by increases in the exercise of governmental power will be addressed. Not offered every semester.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours, 3 credits. No prerequisites. This course provides the student with an international perspective of how justice and legal standards have developed in a variety of countries. The focus on international legal standards is an emerging issue as countries are confronted with cross border crime, international organized criminal behavior and different standards as to what constitutes justice in a variety of legal systems utilized by individual countries. Not offered every semester.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours, 3 credits. Prerequisite: None. This course is an introduction to the history, philosophy and practices of probation and parole. The philosophy of community treatment is explained and procedures and processes of supervision as they pertain to the offender are examined. Not offered every semester.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours, 3 credits. Prerequisites: CRJ 101, 103 and 201 or permission of the instructor. Students observe and participate in the everyday functions of several criminal justice agencies under the direct supervision of a field practitioner. This course enables the student to evaluate all areas of criminal justice and gain an understanding of the goals and philosophies of specific agencies.
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