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3.00 Credits
4890. Judicial Administration. Court management examined in light of structure, judicial responsibility, and inherent power of courts. Case flow, case management, automation, and judicial staffing. Portfolios and resumes prepared, assessment exam. Prereq.: CRJS 3715 and CRJS 3719 and senior standing in criminal justice or permission of chairperson. 3 s.h.
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3.00 Credits
5802. Corrections Law and Liability. Analysis and examination of legal mandates and restrictions affecting the field of corrections. History of the development of offender rights, current issues surrounding offender rights, and future concerns in this area. Jail and prison standards, accreditation standards, case law, and liability concerns. Prereq.: CRJS 3702 or CRJS 3719. 3 s.h.
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3.00 Credits
5820. Advanced Legal Research. Advanced techniques in conducting legal research using standard reference tools as well as automated on-line services and the Internet. Analysis of findings of legal issues related to criminal justice, report and memoranda writing utilizing the Harvard University System of Citations, legal forms and terminology. Prereq.: CRJS 3720 or approval of instructor. 3 s.h.
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3.00 Credits
5825. Criminal Procedures and Constitutional Issues. Constitutional foundations of the American criminal justice process with special emphasis on recent Supreme Court decisions. Legal and practical applications of the laws of arrest, criminal procedure, search and seizure, court structures, and federal civil rights. Prereq.: CRJS 3719 and must be a criminal justice major or have permission of chairperson. 3 s.h.
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3.00 Credits
5831. Violence in America. Analysis of violence in America including official and unofficial statistics, types and levels of violence, research findings, and profiles of offenders. Case analysis of domestic violence, juvenile violence, gangs, and other forms of violence. Prereq.: CRJS 3735. 3 s.h.
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3.00 Credits
5840. Critical Incidents and Homeland Security. This course provides an overview of emergency planning at all stages from the initial development of an emergency plan to the management of crisis situations to the evaluation of the response. The course culminates in the creation of an emergency preparedness plan for jurisdiction or agency of the student's choosing, and the student is encouraged to select a situation consist with present work or long-term career plans. Prereq.: CRJS 1500, PHLT 1531, OR graduate student status. 3 s.h.
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3.00 Credits
5841. Terrorism and Countersurveillance. The course provides an introduction to terrorism and counter-terrorism techniques. Generally, the course material is divided into two parts. First, the course offers a description of terrorist and anti-government groups. Topics covered include the background and history of terrorist and anti-government groups as well as the tactics of these groups. Second, the course takes the perspective of homeland security and law enforcement agencies proactively counteracting the threats to public safety that they groups may pose. Prereq.: CRJS 1500, PHLT 1531, OR graduate student status. 3 s.h.
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3.00 Credits
5865. Gathering and Using Information in Criminal Justice. Specialized communication skills to prepare criminal justice practitioners in information-gathering techniques, written presentation techniques, verbal and nonverbal communication skills within constitutional guidelines. Prereq.: CRJS 3712 or CRJS 3765. 3 s.h.
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3.00 Credits
5872. Drugs and Crime. This course will cover the drug-crime connection. In doing so, a wide variety of topics will be highlighted from a history of criminal justice policies on various drugs to ways to prevent and treat substance abuse. The three learning objectives (LO) that will be pursued in this course are: 1) explain the context of the criminal justice approaches to specific types of drugs; 2) apply criminal justice (CJ) theories on drug use and abuse; and 3) analyze and assess drug-control policies and criminal justice intervention/management strategies. These three course objectives relate to the overall CJ degree learning outcomes in fostering critical thinking relative to CJ policies, literature review development, and the inter-relationships within the CJ system. 3 s.h.
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3.00 Credits
5875. Juvenile Justice System. In-depth analysis of the specialized agencies and procedures developed to deal with problems of juveniles from a historical and philosophical perspective. Consideration of the juvenile court, community-based programs, institutionalization. Prereq.: Senior standing. 3 s.h.
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