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3.00 Credits
Introduction into the history and use of jails, prisons, pre-trial release, corrections, community corrections programs, including those judged to be at higher risk to re-offend and thus have greater treatment needs. Prerequisite: CRMJ 150. Course Objectives (1) Define the theory of corrections (2) Examine how social and cultural change has affected the correctional system in the U.S (3) Identify the areas where improvement in the correctional policies are needed (4) Evaluate how Corrections, Parole and Probation, are designed to effectively work together
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Examines the history, theory, and practice of corrections in the community, with emphasis on diversion probation, parole, halfway houses, and other alternatives to incarceration. Course Objectives Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: (1) Describe the history and theory of community-based corrections (2) Illustrate examples of community-based corrections and the impact on the community (3) Compare and contrast application of community versus traditional-based corrections (4) Outline goals of halfway houses, probation, parole, and other alternatives to formal incarceration (5) Identify problems in community corrections and solutions to address those problems
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3.00 Credits
Explores the origin of traditional organized crime including the Mafia, Triads, Yakusa and drug cartels in the United States over the past 80 plus years. The student will analyze the roots and organizational structure of these organizations, with a particular focus on one specific organized crime group. Prerequisite: CRMJ 150. Course Objectives (1) Explain what is meant by organized criminal behavior (2) Identify significant organized criminal organizations (3) Break down the types of criminal activity organized crime is prone to (4) Evaluate the effectiveness of current criminal statutes that address organized criminal activity
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3.00 Credits
No course description available.
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3.00 Credits
Special Topic in CRMJ
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3.00 Credits
Positions in law enforcement require the taking of tests for placement and extensive oral exams and interviews. This course will require the student to take multiple mock federal and state law enforcement competitive exams; participate in mock interviews and complete standard applications in order to equip the student with appropriate test taking and interview skills. Prerequisite: ENGL 101, MATH 150, CRMJ 150, 220 and Senior Status. Course Objectives (1) Analyze how competitive exams are structured and administrated (2) Examine procedures used in taking examinations (3) Apply techniques of successfully taking exams (4) Evaluate results and how those results are formulated to provide feedback and numeric scoring (5) Analyze and participate in moot oral job interviews
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3.00 Credits
Examines the concept of task force investigations and their strengths and weaknesses. It explains the evolution of the task force concept and the underlying operations of task force operations. Prerequisite: CRMJ 150. Course Objectives (1) Identify the reasons for the task force concept (2) Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of task forces (3) Compare and contrast task force operations with normal police investigations (4) Describe the operations and procedures of task force operations (5) Explain the evolution of Joint Task Forces
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3.00 Credits
Comprehensive study of issues and trends to violence against women by examining a collection of twenty-three classic, groundbreaking papers that have shaped the field of violence against women. The major themes will be: Sexual Violence Against Women; Physical Violence Against Women; and Perpetrators of violence Against Women. Each theme will seek a meaningful and thought provoking dialog concerning how violence impacts women and how perpetrators are processed through the criminal justice system. Prerequisite: CRMJ 150. Course Objectives (1) Explain the reasons why crimes against women have grown exponentially in the past several decades (2) Identify those criminal acts which are generally directed towards women (3) Analyze the profile of those most likely to commit crimes against women (4) Examine the laws enacted to protect women against increased criminal assaults
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to mathematical and statistical tools used routinely by criminal justice and law enforcement professionals to analyze crime data. Statistical methods for data analysis will be a focus. Computer analysis using SPSS will enable students to analyze and plot data; understand the rules of probability and conditional probability, distributions, random variables, sampling, confidence interval estimates, hypothesis testing, regression analysis and correlation. Prerequisite: MATH 150 Course Objectives (1) Compare and contrast the two basic categories of statistics - descriptive and inferential (2) Identify variables, their associated attributes, and organize data (3) Use statistical software (SPSS) to enter, modify and manipulate data (4) Identify the uses of quantitative analyses in the field of criminal justice
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3.00 Credits
The student will become familiar with the National Threat Initiative and how to determine a terrorist threat and assess a threat level for local or national response. The course will also cover an overview of investigative techniques as they apply to terrorism including technical investigative techniques. Course Objectives (1) Describe the risk assessment operations and plans currently in use against terror organizations (2) Explain how these assessments are conducted and by whom (3) Evaluate the effectiveness of the assessments (4) Analyze the investigative techniques used by federal and state authorities to thwart terror attacks and apprehend the perpetrators(5)Determine a threat and assess a threat level for local or national response
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