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3.00 Credits
This course offers students an overview of the entire field of criminal justice. Students are introduced to: elements of criminal law, profiles of offenders, profiles of victims of crime, the prevalence of crime, the enforcers of law, and the punishment of criminals. The course also includes information about the prevention of criminal activity.
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3.00 Credits
This course involves a study of the juvenile justice system. Areas of focus include: types of offenders, the extent of the juvenile delinquency problem, historical developments in the handling of juvenile offenders, and the current structure, objectives, responsibilities, and functions of the juvenile justice system.
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3.00 Credits
Study of the factors that cause crime and criminal behavior, organization of criminal behavior, theories and practices of criminal control and rehabilitation. Prerequisite: CJ/SOC 113.
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3.00 Credits
This course emphasizes the prevention of criminal activity. This includes strategies to help prevent oneself from becoming a victim, and to protect one's property. Students learn about a variety of crime prevention programs used by police from all over the country. Special emphasis will focus on identifying problems, stopping criminal activity, and preventing future criminal activity. Prerequisite: CJ/SOC 220.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on institutions of corrections, particularly jails and prisons. It includes the changing nature of institutions of incarceration, and current problems faced by wardens, guards, and inmates, and on the changing nature of the inmate population. Attention will also be given to alternatives to incarceration. Prerequisite: CJ/SOC 220.
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys the nature, structure and current state of the profession of formal social control agencies in the United States. Students are exposed to the operation of law enforcement at the local, state, and federal levels, as well as specialized policing agencies such as private police, railroad police, airport police, and sea port police. A significant amount of time will be spent on current topics in policing, such as racially biased policing, police corruption and misconduct, public cooperation, public perception of police, police administration and police and news media.
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3.00 Credits
Criminal law is the body of law defining crimes. Cases and statutes describing the essential elements of substantial criminal law will be analyzed. Crimes prohibited by Acts of Congress and triable in federal court as well as those prohibited under state law and triable in state courts will be among the topics studied. Juniors/Seniors Only.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a survey of physical geology from the perspective of human interaction with the environment. Topics covered in the two credits of weekly lectures include: Plate Tectonics, volcanoes, earthquakes, mountain building, the rock cycle, weathering and erosion, mass wasting, stream landscapes and flooding, wind processes, shoreline erosion and deposition. The weekly laboratory includes the study of typical rocks and minerals, topographic maps and survey systems, and an introduction to aerial photographic interpretation.
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4.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to classical physics. It covers Kinematics: force, motion, energy, momentum and rotational motion. It also treats fluids, heat, and sound. Lab fee. Prerequisite: MTH 125, or permission of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
This course is a sequel to Physics 121. It studies electricity and magnetism, light and optics, and it briefly sketches some selected topics in Modern Physics. Lab fee. Prerequisite: ESS 121, MTH 125, or permission of instructor.
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