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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
4 semester hours This course examines the role of corrections (jails, probation, intermediate sanctions, prisons and parole) in the criminal justice system. Topics include operations and management issues of correctional institutions; custody and discipline, recidivism, alternatives to incarceration, treatment, rehabilitation and reentry of offenders, capital punishment, and current and future trends in corrections. The completion of "field experiences" outside the classroom will be expected, as ameans to enhance and apply course material. Prerequisite: CRJ1010.
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3.00 Credits
3 semester hours Structures and legal concepts underlying the American criminal court process, including theoretical framework and functional and dysfunctional aspects of courts of limited and general jurisdiction. Prerequisite: CRJ1010.
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3.00 Credits
3 semester hours Cross-listed with CRJ2300. For description see CRJ2300.
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3.00 Credits
3 semester hours Ideas and practices unique to the juvenile justice system, including differences based on established values and laws. Basic development concepts of delinquency are related to methods of delinquency control, roles of peace officers, court personnel, and correctional staff in the juvenile justice system. Prerequisite: CRJ1010.
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4.00 Credits
4 semester hours The course will provide students with an understanding in the substantive criminal law. Topics will include the general principles of criminal liability, such as the elements of actus reus and mens rea; justifications and excuses; vicarious liability and inchoate crimes; and specific analysis of crimes against persons, property and public order. As part of a "field experience," students will be expected to observea criminal court proceeding. Prerequisite: CRJ1010.
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4.00 Credits
4 semester hours This course will examine the policing occupation historically and as it has evolved in the United States. Traditional law enforcement practices will be compared with contemporary policing and the uses of modern technology. Students will be expected to conduct "field experiences" outside of the classroom that may becompleted individually or within groups. Prerequisite: CRJ1010.
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3.00 Credits
3 semester hours Examines the conception of law and justice in Western and Eastern societies, including the cultural foundations of legal systems and how these legal systems are sometimes used as instruments of cultural and social change. Interpretations of ideological and developmental differences and similarities to identify differences and similarities among legal systems. Patterns in laws, crimes, corrections, and law enforcement practices of selected Western and Eastern societies. No prerequisites.
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3.00 Credits
3 semester hours Organization and operation of probation and parole systems in the United States, including history, law, ideologies, varieties of practice, evaluation, contemporary problems, and future trends in probation and parole. Prerequisite: CRJ1010.
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4.00 Credits
4 semester hours The case method is utilized to analyze the principles of the American Constitution. Topics include presidential, congressional and Supreme Court power, equal protection of the law and race, gender, sexual orientation, implied fundamental rights to abortion choice and education, free speech and religion, and modern constitutional theories. Prerequisite: PSC2110.
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3.00 Credits
3 semester hours Theories and practices of fundamental procedures: crime scene searching and recording; collection and preservation of physical evidence; scientific evaluation; methods of operations; sources of information; interviews and interrogation; and case preparation. Prerequisite: CRJ1010.
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