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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to acquaint students with the continuing relevance of ancient texts and concepts from the classical Greek and Roman worlds, and the Judeo-Christian tradition, to to-day's society. Students will also examine multiple genres, disciplines and themes to understand how ?great works? remain in dialogue with one another over time and how the legacy of western thought can be understood through the prism of contemporary literatur e. Prerequisit e: CORE 250
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The senior-year capstone experience course in the Core Curriculum. Relying on the American heritage of concern for the rights and dignity of the individual, coupled with the Franciscan belief in the transcendent value and communal under-standing of the person, this course fosters a sense of service informed by these traditions. This course also aims to deepen civic responsibil-ity and an understanding of the Franciscan tradi-tion while empowering students through direct involvement with a wide array of persons, includ-ing health care workers, business persons, politi-cians, educators, clergy, social workers, children, elderly persons, physically challenged individuals, homeless persons, community leaders and public officials. Students meet weekly in a seminar set-ting to share their respective off-campus service experiences in light of assigned readings and keep journals reflecting upon their service work in dialogue with course content. Prerequisite: CORE 300
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This course introduces students to the field of Criminal Justice through an interdisciplinary treatment of criminal justice agencies and their roles, the history of the criminal justice system, and differing theoretical, legal and philosophical understandings of the concept of criminal justice - from the rehabilitative and punitive, through discussions of more recent work on restorative justice. (every fall and summer)
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This course is designed to provide an over-view of the issues and topic relevant to the study of crime, criminals, and the criminal justice system as a continuation of CRIM I. The course will be broken into the numerous ?subsections? of the CJS, including police, courts, and corrections, in more detail. In ad-dition, students will learn about rights of the accused, problems of the court system, posi-tive and negative aspects of alternatives to incarceration as well as the effects of incarce-ration and expectations for the future of the Criminal Justice System. (every spring)
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce students to the relationship between policing, unders-tood as the most visible component of Amer-ican society's control apparatus, and criminal justice through a survey of the historical, so-ciological, psychological and philosophical and practical dimensions of policing and law enforcement, generally. (every spring, or as needed)
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide students with an overview of the fundamentals of criminal investigation and to introduce a va-riety of investigative techniques and proce-dures. Students will also learn about the na-ture of evidence; the collection of evidence; the handling and preservation of evidence and trace materials, and; the basic steps involved in a criminal investigation: information, inter-rogation, and instrumentation. (every fall, or as needed)
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to criminal law and the theo-ries, principles and practical applications of the body of substantive criminal law. Students will be introduced to key concepts in United States criminal law, such as social harm. (every spring, or as needed)
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide an over-view of the issues and topic relevant to the study of victims. It will include theoretical, empirical, and legal information on the rela-tionship between victims, offenders and the criminal justice system. The emotional effects of crime will also be examined in detail as well as specific types of victimization including: Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Stalking, Child Abuse and School Violence. (every spring, or as needed)
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3.00 Credits
This course will introduce the student to the major components of the Juvenile Justice Sys-tem and how they interrelate. Patterns of de-linquent behavior among youth are examined as well as the definition and measurement of delinquency. Family, educational institutions, peers, and drugs, are some of the major influ-ences examined and processing of juveniles through the ?informal? and ?formal? systems is explained. (every fall, or as needed
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine the possible use and expansion of community supervision and al-ternatives to incarceration techniques in order to alleviate jail/prison overcrowding. It will examine the history, background, logic, and criticisms which have been leveled at the use of community correctional alternatives from both a pre-and post-trial perspective. (every spring, or as needed) CRIM/ SOC 251 Family Abuse/Domestic Violence (3 credits) This course is an introductory survey into the topic of abuse in families. It will include a syn-thesis and an assessment of the major theories regarding the different types of fami-ly/domestic abuse as well as an analysis of the causes, nature and types of abuse occurring in families. (every spring, or as needed) CRIM/ SOC 312 Criminology (3 credits) An examination of the study of society's reac-tion to lawbreaking behaviors, including the theories that explain the causes and outcomes of criminality, law making and crime preven-tion strategies. (every fall and spring as needed) Prerequisite: SOC 101 CRIM/ SOC 315 Terrorism and Political Violence (3 credits) This course raises essential historical, philo-sophical, sociological and legal questions about the nature of political terrorism and political violence enacted against civilian pop-ulations by state and non-state agents. Stu-dents will study essential readings in the histo-ry of terrorism and consider media accounts of terrorism from multiple perspectives. (every fall, or as needed) Prerequisite: SOC 101
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