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3.00 Credits
This course offers the undergraduate student an understanding of the psychology of interviewing and assessing suspects, witnesses and victims. The course provides students with a solid knowledge base related to interviewing and assessment skills employed at every level of the criminal justice system. Students learn skills through lecture, reading assignments, role play and in-class team exercises.
Prerequisite:
CRJ 435 requires a prerequisite of a grade of C or higher in CRJ 110.
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3.00 Credits
This course seeks to survey the incidence of violent crime, to analyze the violent criminal, and to study the variety of means that have been developed to control criminal violence.
Prerequisite:
CRJ 440 requires a prerequisite of a grade of C or higher in CRJ 110.
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3.00 Credits
Intensive examination of a selected area of study in the field of criminal justice. Topics will be announced at the time of offering. Course may be taken more than once when different topics are presented.
Prerequisite:
CRJ 455 requires prerequisites of a grade of C or higher in CRJ 110, junior or senior standing, and enrollment in a CRJ major, or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
This course moves a step beyond basic criminal law and criminal procedure studies and takes the student into the courtroom. The student will learn basic rules of evidence presentation and court procedure and discover how the trial process works by actively participating in it. The student will learn how to distill the issues, and to present concise, well-reasoned arguments supporting a given position. It is in this manner that the student will learn critical analysis and practical presentation.
Prerequisite:
CRJ 460 requires a prerequisite of a grade of C or higher in CRJ 110.
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3.00 Credits
Selected factual accounts of criminality and criminal behavior over the past 75 years are analyzed. Selection is based on notoriety and continued dispute. The course is designed, through reading and class analysis, to illuminate a wide spectrum of criminal conduct and the related investigative, legal, ethical, and judicial response.
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CRJ 461 requires a prerequisite of a grade of C or higher in CRJ 110.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to aid a student's self analysis in terms of behavior patterns or changes affecting his or her life. This self knowledge often leads to understanding relationships with others, which can assist students in relating to other persons in their personal, social, and professional lives.
Prerequisite:
CRJ 470 requires a prerequisite of a grade of C or higher in CRJ 110.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to address the successes, weaknesses and failures of our current system of justice by examining and analyzing sometimes controversial issues through critical inquiry and legal and social science investigation. The course will include in-depth discussions and analyses of often complex ethical issues that affect the investigation, prosecution, adjudication, and defense of criminal conduct.
Prerequisite:
CRJ 472 requires a prerequisite of a grade of C or higher in CRJ 110.
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3.00 Credits
This course encompasses a brief review of the general principles of law and procedure, followed by an in-depth study of the more controversial legal dilemmas facing today's criminal justice system. The course is designed to shed light on each side of the issue, to enable the student to see beyond the superficial aspects of the conflict, and to understand its more profound nature.
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CRJ 482 requires a prerequisite of a grade of C or higher in CRJ 110.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to identify and examine ethical issues among practitioners and students in the criminal justice field. Such issues may include the discretionary power of arrest, the use of deadly force, the decision to prosecute, participation in plea bargaining, representation of the guilty, and the imposition of punishment. Such a course will promote inquiry that combines ethical analysis with a practical awareness of the realities of the criminal justice system.
Prerequisite:
CRJ 487 requires a prerequisite of a grade of C or higher in CRJ 110.
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12.00 Credits
This course is a full-time, 12-week structured work experience at a department-approved criminal justice agency under the joint supervision of a faculty instructor and an agency supervisor. In addition to working with the agency, this course requires the completion of five (5) bi-weekly reports (assigned by the instructor), a site visit, and an agency supervisor evaluation of the student's work performance.
Prerequisite:
CRJ 490 requires prerequisites of 72 earned credits, a cumulative GPA of at least 2.0, and a C or better in CRJ 300 and CRJ 387.
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