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3.00 Credits
This is a practicum opportunity associated with the School of Law clinic. Students work with law students and faculty to prepare, play a role, and present in a mock trial. CR/F grading mandatory.
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1.00 - 10.00 Credits
Hands-on experience conducting crime and justice-related research. Involvement in all phases of the research process - literature review, research design, contacting agencies, data collection and analysis, and preparation of a paper for presentation at an academic and/or professional conference. Students may develop an original project or may assist a faculty member with ongoing research. CR/F grading mandatory. Prerequisites: CRJS 301 and CRJS 302, junior or senior standing, and instructor permission.
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5.00 Credits
Overview of skeletal biology and its application to medico-legal death investigation. Study of the human skeleton including the individual bones, the major anatomical landmarks, and the range of human variation. Focus on the human skeleton in a medico-legal context including locating covert burials, processing outdoor scenes, determination of biological profile, trauma analysis, cause and manner of death, postmortem interval and methods of positive identification. The course is not designed to make students forensic anthropologists but rather to impart an overall understanding of the discipline and an appreciation for its contributions to forensic science. Cross-listed with ANTH 460. Recommended Prerequisites: BIOL 200, BIOL 210.
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5.00 Credits
In-depth look into crime scene and medico-legal death investigation. The manners, mechanisms, causes of death, and post-mortem changes, and wound interpretation are explored. The student will learn how to apply postmortem conditions to criminal investigations to confirm or refute evidence of wrongful deaths. The course will emphasize crime scene search, recognition of physical evidence, techniques and methods for collection, preservation and transmission for laboratory analysis of evidence, and the courtroom presentation of investigators' actions at the crime scene. A component of this course will involve development of/participation in a mock crime scene investigation. Recommended Prerequisites: CRJS 320, CRJS 480.
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3.00 Credits
Criminal Justice Honors Directed Reading
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3.00 Credits
Criminal Justice Honors Directed Study
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3.00 Credits
Criminal Justice Honors Thesis Supervision
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3.00 - 5.00 Credits
Study of the application of science to law and the criminal justice system. Overview of disciplines, theories, techniques and practices of which the field of forensic science is comprised. Fulfills Interdisciplinary Core Requirement. Cross-listed with CHEM 480.
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3.00 - 5.00 Credits
Examination of the relationship between crime, criminal justice, and popular culture with attention to the criminogenic and cathartic effects of film and media depictions of violent crime, specifically murder. Focus on the dynamics of moral panics and copycat crime, the reflexive relationship between media and crime, and the individual-social-cultural effects of violent images and artifacts. Fulfills Interdisciplinary Core Requirement.
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3.00 - 5.00 Credits
Title and content may change each term.
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