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3.00 Credits
Examination of the processes, theories, and investigative techniques of cold case investigations. Operative and sequential procedures that lead to successful closure of cold cases are also examined. Topics include: development of cold case units, solvability factors, review and evaluation of evidence, and the basic and advanced technological methods employed by cold case squads. Prerequisites: CJAD 101, CJAD 203, and CJAD 405, and a declared Criminal Justice or Forensic Science major.
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Analysis of why certain testimony, objects and materials should be admitted or rejected as evidence in criminal trials. Topics include the evolution of the laws of evidence, the trial process, privileges, hearsay, confessions and admissions, pretrial investigation and identification procedures, expert and lay opinion, scientific evidence, character evidence, presumptions, and evidence collection and preservation. Prerequisites: CJAD 101 and junior standing.
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Examination of the role and function of expert and scientific evidence in the legal system, and critical evaluation of the standards governing the integration of law and science. Topics include the Frye, Daubert and other standards governing scientific evidence; ethical issues concerning expert testimony; the interface between the scientific, legal and law enforcement communities; and particularized conservation of evidentiary issues connected with specific scientific techniques. Prerequisites: CJAD 101 and junior standing.
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Comprehensive examination of the interaction between drug abuse and the criminal justice system. Examines drug pharmacology, drug laws, public policy, and the roles of police. Prerequisite: CJAD 101.
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A practical-oriented class on the techniques and methods of identifying and interpreting blood spatter evidence. Topics include fundamentals of bloodstain evidence, low-velocity impact and angular bloodstains, medium and high velocity bloodstains, significance of partially dried, clotted, aged, and physically altered bloodstains, and others. Prerequisite: CJAD 101.
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Detailed examination of the procedures utilized in the criminal justice system as they relate to criminal law and the administration of justice. Emphasis is placed on court decisions involving the 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Prerequisite: junior standing.
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Analysis of current and controversial legal issues in the criminal justice system. Topics may include current Supreme Court issues, hate crime, domestic violence, gun control, the death penalty, police civil liability, privacy rights, wrongful conviction and public policy, plea bargaining, specialty courts, reforms to the justice system, and law enforcement counter-terrorism activities. Prerequisites: CJAD 101 and junior standing.
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Provides the student with a realistic concept and understanding of the problem of organized criminal activity in the United States. Focuses on theories and the evolution of traditional organized crime in America as well as examining the many new and emerging Organized Crime groups attempting to acquire a stronghold on domestic criminal enterprises. Prerequisites: CJAD 101 and junior standing.
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3.00 Credits
Application of systems and methods of legal research to problems and issues in the Justice system. Prerequisite: junior standing.
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Analysis of system and methods of determining time, cause, and means of death in criminal investigations and trials. Prerequisites: CJAD 101 and junior standing.
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