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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an overview of the private security and loss prevention industry. The industrial, philosophical, and legal bases of security are examined. The role of security in industry, government, and society at large is explored. The principles of loss prevention are reviewed and critiqued. The course examines private security as it related to the criminal justice system and global environment.
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3.00 Credits
Principles of criminal investigation are studied. The crime scene search, the interview and interrogation, surveillance and records are stressed. The techniques used in special investigations, collection, and preservation of evidence and preparation for the police case in court are also covered.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an overview of the governmental response to improve the security and safety of the United States. The course begins with the historic perspective of the threat of terrorism and concludes with a detailed description of the extraordinary legislative and organizational actions in support of preventing future terrorstic attacks.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide a broad overview of correctional history, theory and problems, as well as an examination of the American correctional system including incarceration facilities, community corrections and juvenile detention and placement facilities. The physical institution and the function of all role players, including inmates, correctional staff, the government, and the community, within the institution and beyond are examined.
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3.00 Credits
The focus of this course is to introduce students to the juvenile justice system, its components and functions. Court processes, legal cases and legislative initiatives will be addressed. In addition to examining the evolution of the juvenile justice sytem and transformation of the juvenile court, students will gain an understanding of the current issues in the adjudication and treatment of juveniles in the United States.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the historical background, traditions, and the legal principles that underlie the courts as an intergral component of the American system of Criminial Justice. The differences and similarities inherent within the state and federal court processes are analyzed and the procedures through which the criminal courts uphold the basic rights and liberties of all U.S. citizens, both victims and the accused, are explored. Primary focus is place upon understanding the roles of personnel in the criminal court process.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the impact of cultural diversity on communities and law enforcement agencies. It focuses specifically on communication, history, cultural and community specifics, and law enforcement contacts, and emphasizes the influences of culture, race, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation on relationships and interactions in the workplace and in the communities served by law enforcement. The course also discusses law enforcement responses to particular crime categories such as human trafficking, hate crimes, and racial profiling with specific consideration of multicultural factors.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an examination of the role of the police in society today and the concept of community policing. An emphasis will be placed on conflicts which develop internally and with intra agencies as the police accept responsibility for providing a wide variety of non-enforcement functions. The police officer's role in getting and maintaining public support is reviewed; also, the recognition and understanding of community problems, community action programs, methods of coping with crisis situations, ethnic and minority cultures, environments and police operations in relation to these.
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3.00 Credits
Probation as a judicial process and parole as an executive function are examined. Innovative and progressive practice in federal, state and municipal systems are explored so that the student has a working knowledge of the theory and practice in such community-based programs as work- release, half-way houses, and contract program planning. The criminals' attitude toward society and the rehabilitive process are studied.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines every day and criminal justice work situations that can lead to stressors. An overview of the American Psychological Association DSM V conditions of acute stress disorder and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and long term effects will be explored. Students will learn stress reduction coping skills and techniques to lower general stress, acute traumatic situations and long-term stress.
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