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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: CJS 105, CJS 308; CJS 320 recommendedAddresses problems and issues pertaining to youth offenders and howthey are processed by the police, courts, and corrections. Features theinterrelatedness of theory, policies and practices, as well as assessmentof their long-range impact on procedures. Focuses on the intakeand court process; nominal and conditional sanctions to includecommunity-based intervention; diversion; probation; and custodialsanctions through juvenile correctional systems.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: CJS 105, CJS 201An overview of criminal investigative techniques. This course willexplore the lawful reconstruction and successful investigation of acrime using three primary sources of information: physical evidence,records, and people. Areas of study include: investigating crimesagainst persons and property, crime scene evidence, witness interviews and interrogations, case preparation, and the role of the investigatorin the judicial process.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: CJS 105, CJS 308A historical overview of the ways in which people have been punishedfor their crimes. Special focus will be given to the theoreticalfoundations of punishment, methods of punishment, famouscriminals, and the death penalty.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: CJS 105, CJS 308This course will cover all aspects of terrorism. It will explore antiandcounter-terrorism methods in depth. Topics will include theorganization and operation of terrorists, their goals, financing,exploration and the role of the media. An in-depth examination ofthe most violent terrorist acts will allow students to gain insightand knowledge of how the acts occurred as well as the errors madethat could have prevented them. It will include acts of domesticterrorism including the Bombing of the World Trade Center, MurrahFederal Building, and the violence that is occurring in schools. Theclass will follow events as they occur and examine the predictions ofexperts.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: CJS 105, CJS 106Social Justice investigates the relationships among and between socialpolicy, the concept of justice and the practice of the criminal justicesystem. This course examines how social policy pursues differentpotential visions of social justice and how those visions are defined.Race, ethnicity, gender, power and marginalization issues will beaddressed, particularly with regard to how those realities are affectedby and how they affect the criminal justice system. Inequality andthe relatively new concept of restorative justice will be examined asa means of addressing both real and perceived inequities within thecriminal justice system.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Senior standing or permission of the instructor. This course iscross-listed with LS 420.This is a Capstone course for the justice studies major. Studentsintegrate knowledge of theoretical concepts and practical applicationof research methods, writing for the legal and criminal justiceprofessions, and selected specialty areas in the law and criminaljustice through assigned readings, seminar discussion, and thecompletion of assigned projects.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: CJS 105, CJS 106, CJS 308 or consent of instructorCritical analysis of homeland security perspectives, practices, andstrategies through a broad review of systemic social (dis)organizationincluding the criminal justice role, education/training, media, andcommunity processes.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: CJS 105, CJS 106, CJS 308, CJS 424, or consent of the instructorReview of the best international practices employed in managingdisaster and providing relief from terrorist or other criminal attacks.Scientifically informed approaches toward individual and communityresponse, and government/law enforcement challenges and successeswill be examined.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: CJS 105, CJS 308 or permission of instructorThis course is intended to give students a foundation in core issuesrelated to the topic of youth gangs in the United States. The coursewill provide students with a historical perspective of gangs; identify the challenges associated with defining gangs, and the relatedchallenges with measuring the prevalence of gangs and gang crime inthe United States. The course will also cover theoretical explanationsfor the causes of gangs and the effectiveness of different systemresponses intended to prevent gangs.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: CJS 105, CJS 254This course will examine the theoretical basis and application of crimeprevention techniques, with an emphasis on routine activity theory,rational choice, crime patterns, defensible space, crime preventionthrough experimental design and situational crime prevention. Awide range of problems and potential solutions will be explored. Thestrengths, weaknesses, and ethics of crime prevention approaches willalso be assessed.
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