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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
A study of corrections, imprisonment and other forms of punishment, to include the social organization of penitentiaries, jails, and reformatories; problems and issues, and the recruitment, training and careers of corrections officers Credit, 3 semester hours. Prerequisite: CRJ 2000.
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3.00 Credits
Historical and contemporary theories of criminal behavior are examined, with emphasis on the sources of information on crime and the application of the scientific method to the explanation of crime. Credit, 3 semester hours.
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3.00 Credits
Legal and philosophical basis for a separate juvenile justice system, with a focus on juvenile rights and will include such topics as due process, venue, adjudication and dispositions, commitments, and alternatives to incarceration. Credit, 3 semester hours. Prerequisite: CRJ 2000 or 2400.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the essential terminology, definitions, elements of crimes, key vocabulary, and basic legal concepts of American Criminal Law. Includes an overview of the historical development of substantive criminal law and criminal liability. Credit, 3 semester hours.
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3.00 Credits
This course teaches practical skills and the theories behind them for interviewing and recording of interviews in legally and emotionally sensitive areas, such as knowledge about criminal conduct and victimization, child, domestic and substance abuse. Systems theory is applied to the selection of techniques to be used in different interviewing circumstances, recognizing such critical status distinctions as victim, witness, or suspect. The course employs lecture, discussion, readings, interviewing assignments, simulations, role-playing, audio-visual taping, and documentation exercises. Credit, 3 semester hours.
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3.00 Credits
An analysis of the substantive criminal law studied from the development of the common law tradition to the present. The origins, nature, and consequences of societal reactions to crime are examined. Emphasis will be placed on social and political factors active in the creation of substantive criminal law, with particular emphasis on law as an instrument of social control. Credit, 3 semester hours. Prerequisite: CRJ 2000.
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3.00 Credits
An introductory survey of the security field. Included will be private, corporate, industrial, and retail applications. Comparisons between private and public policing will be made. Credit, 3 semester hours.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the methodology relating to the study of crime. Emphasis will be placed more on the theoretical than the applied issues. An emphasis will be placed on the developing 'high technology'relating to criminal investigation. Credit, 3 semester hours. Prerequisite: CRJ 2100.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the duties of administrators and managers in a criminal justice agency by studying the formal nature of bureaucratic organizations, the processes of leadership, management, decision- making, organizational communications, staffing, training, planning, budgeting, evaluation, organizational development and controlled change; and acquaints students with historical developments, applications of managerial and organizational theories, principles and practices and problems of administering and managing criminal justice organizations. Credit, 3 semester hours. Prerequisite: CRJ 2000.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the American judicial system, including sociology of law, changing concepts of justice, courts and other legal organizations. The activities of lawyers, judges, and related occupations and professions are stressed. Credit, 3 semester hours. Prerequisite: CRJ 2000.
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