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Course Criteria
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4.50 Credits
This course presents an overview and analysis of the American criminal justice system. The concept of crime and the roles of police, courts, defense attorneys, prosecuting attorneys and corrections are considered. In addition, an overview of the causes of crime, the problems associated with the measurement of crime, and the concept of "justice" in the American criminalsystem are examined. Quarter Credit Hours 4.5
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4.50 Credits
This course is an examination of the problems, policies and practices of the criminal court system with emphasis placed on the structure and organization of the court system. The role of the courts, from arrest to conviction and appeal, is explored. Quarter Credit Hours 4.5
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4.50 Credits
This course is a survey of law enforcement agencies, their role, history, and development within the field of Criminal Justice. Emphasis is placed on police administration, organization, management culture, relations with the community and technology. (PT) Quarter Credit Hours 4.5
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4.50 Credits
This is an introductory course with emphasis placed on hotel and restaurant issues. Topics include sources of law, court systems, jurisdiction, contracts, negligence, the innkeeper-guest relationship, and liability arising from the service of food and alcoholic beverages. Quarter Credit Hours 4.5
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4.50 Credits
This course introduces Paralegal Studies students to the law of agency and the various forms of business organizations. Sole proprietorship, partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships, limited liability limited partnerships, and joint ventures are introduced to the student. Emphasis is placed on the advantages and disadvantages of each form along with the process involved in creating the various forms. The student is introduced to and drafts the forms used to create the various forms. (PT) Quarter Credit Hours 4.5
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4.50 Credits
This course is an introduction to corrections. It presents an historical look at punishment through the ages. Justification for punishment is explored including retribution, deterrence, incapacitation and rehabilitation. Various dispositions of prisoners are presented from capital punishment, corporal punishment, transportation, galley slavery, and the eventual development of the prison. The evolution of prisons and acceptable conditions are discussed along with the advent of the prisoner rights movement. (PT) Quarter Credit Hours 4.5
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3.00 Credits
This course is an overview of the study of criminal behavior. Major theories of the causes of crime are explored through an interdisciplinary approach emphasizing the sociological, psychological, scientific, medical, biological, psychiatric, psychoanalytic, economic, political, cultural, and other social and behavioral approaches. Prerequisite: SOC2001 or SOC2901. (WI) Quarter Credit Hours 4.5
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3.00 Credits
This course presents an analysis of the historical development of the juvenile justice system in the United States. The student is introduced to the changing view of juveniles from early America, when children were treated as little adults, through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries where they came to be considered as children and adolescents that had to be protected from abusive families and their environment. Socializing agents such as the family, schools and peers are studied as to their influence on the development of delinquency. Youth are studied as victims of crime, as perpetrators of crime, and their likelihood to become involved with gangs. Additionally, law enforcement, the courts and corrections are studied to show their impact on delinquency. Prerequisite: Sophomore status. (PT) Quarter Credit Hours 4.5
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4.50 Credits
This course presents an overview, analysis and critique of American Criminal Procedure in the context of the U.S. Constitution with special emphasis on the Fourth Amendment with respect to search and seizure, stop and frisk, arrest, evidence, interrogations, confessions, identification, and remedies such as the exclusionary rule. Other Constitutional issues relevant to the foregoing, including the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments' due process and equal protection doctrines, shall be examined. (WI) Quarter Credit Hours 4.5
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4.50 Credits
This course is an introduction to the basic elements of, and defenses to, criminal liability. Topics include the basic crimes against the person (homicide, assault, battery, rape, etc.), the basic crimes against property (larceny, fraud, embezzlement, burglary, etc.), and the basic defenses and justifications (diminished capacity, self-defense, mistake, etc.). (PT) Quarter Credit Hours 4.5
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