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4.00 Credits
4 Credits This course covers the theoretical explanations for white-collar crime committed by individual offenders and corporations. Areas of study include fraud, money laundering, embezzlement, bribery, insurance and healthcare fraud, identity theft, internet crimes, terrorism, and software piracy. Students study the extent and costs of these crimes, victim and offender profiles, and corporate liability.
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4.00 Credits
4 Credits The course examines the patterns, causes, and consequences of crime, and the ways in which the criminal justice system attempts to deal with the crime problem in the United States. Topics include characteristics of offenders, patterns of criminal behavior, theories of crime causation, and social forces affecting crime and criminal justice.
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4.00 Credits
4 Credits This course is designed to provide the student with an in-depth exposure to the principles and practices of effective crisis intervention. The student examines the theory and methods of crisis intervention. Particular attention is given to the various contemporary techniques of intervention and resolution. Assessment techniques used in the intervention process are explored. Topics include characteristics of crises, intervention strategies, specific techniques for intervening in various crisis situations, and community crisis support services.
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4.00 Credits
4 Credits This course examines the many duties of a criminal investigator at a death scene that will lead to a successful completion of a criminal investigation. The student will develop an understanding of the legal responsibilities and requirements of a death scene investigator, how to secure a crime scene, identification and collection of evidence, identification of the victim, identification of the cause and manner of death, methods for interviewing witnesses, procedures for establishing time of death, techniques for obtaining statements and confessions, procedures for following up of leads, and case preparation procedures for trial.
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4.00 Credits
4 Credits This course will familiarize students with the various techniques for "detecting deception." Topics will include verbal and non-verbalcommunications, physiological responses, multiple suspect elimination, the interrogation process and legal aspects associated with admissions, confessions, and written, audio and video statements.
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4.00 Credits
4 Credits This course explores contemporary management theory and practice in the context of management of police organizations. Emphasis is placed on command of emergent field operations and management of crime scenes. Analysis will include the police organization as a dynamic social system and the behavior and social skills required of a police commander to deal effectively with a rapidly changing investigation or situation.
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4.00 Credits
4 Credits This course is designed to be a comprehensive overview of police operations in the United States. The history of police administration and the evolution of policing as a profession will be thoroughly explored. Current and future trends in law enforcement will be discussed in detail. Emphasis will be placed on police personnel issues and the leadership skills required to manage a professional police organization. Topics include principles of organization and management in terms of line, staff, and auxiliary functions, organization of police services, administrative services, operational services, and auxiliary services.
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4.00 Credits
4 Credits This course is designed to provide the student with the opportunity to apply theory to practice and obtain practical experience with an approved criminal justice agency that is arranged for the student by his/her faculty advisor. Students must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 to be eligible for an internship. The process is begun by the student meeting with the faculty advisor.
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4.00 Credits
4 Credits This course provides for directed research and study on an individual basis of a topic of specific interest to the student and in conjunction with a full-time faculty member. Selected topics are explored in conjunction with the guidance and direction of this fulltime faculty member. Students interested in conducting such a study must have a minimum of a 2.75 cumulative GPA and must begin the process by meeting with their faculty advisor. Independent Studies may be completed for 1, 2, or (3 Credits).
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4.00 Credits
4 Credits This is the capstone course for the Criminal Justice Studies Program. The purpose of this course is to integrate all academic criminal justice learning, knowledge, and skills in order to provide a total understanding of the criminal justice system and how it applies to the future of the students. Students will demonstrate their abilities to conduct scholarly academic research, employ critical thinking skills, use deductive reasoning. Students will address current issues in criminal justice using analytical skills to frame problems and suggest solutions will be stressed. Oral and written presentations in class will emphasize problem solving techniques and analysis. Ethical, political and social issues that impact criminal justice research will also be examined.
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