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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Fall Semester A critical examination of the historical development of law enforcement in Great Britain and America, policing reforms, the role of law enforcement in a democracy, and current trends and issues. Prerequisite: CJA101. 3 credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
Spring Semester The course uses a social science and policy analysis perspective to examine the history and structure of America's adult courts, the interrelationship between the trial court and its social, economic, and political environments, as well as the major participants in the court, the trial process, and sentencing. Prerequisite: CJA101. 3 credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
Spring Semester A review of the history of criminal punishment, rationales for punishment, correctional reforms, the structure of modern prison systems, community-based corrections, intermediate sanctions, and current issues. Prerequisite: CJA101. 3 credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
Fall-Spring Semesters A survey and analysis of United States Supreme Court decisions involving the constitutional rights of individuals in the criminal process and the remedies available for the violation of those rights. Prerequisite: CJA101. 3 credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
Fall Semester An examination of the historical development of the major community-based correctional programs (probation and parole) and intermediate sanctions, the relationship between the community and correctional system, current community correctional programs, including restorative justice, as well as an evaluation of their efficacy utilizing the latest research findings and evaluation studies. Prerequisites: CJA101. 3 credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
Fall Semester The course focuses on the contemporary juvenile justice system by reviewing and analyzing recent legal cases, research studies, evaluation reports, and public policy initiatives in the field of juvenile justice. Prerequisites: CJA101 and CJA110. 3 credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
Fall Semester Examines the incidence of crime, measures of crime, and criminal justice policies and procedures from a comparative perspective. While the primary focus is on a comparison between the United States and other common-law countries, additional countries are also examined. Prerequisites: CJA101 and junior standing. 3 credit hours.
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6.00 Credits
Fall-Spring-Summer Semesters This course is designed to provide students with an introduction to the field of criminal justice as a profession. Each student will complete a minimum of 120 hours in an assigned field placement so that he/she can obtain familiarity with one area of the criminal justice field. Students will be expected to reflect critically on their field experience, using their knowledge of theory and policy. Students are limited to a maximum of 6 credit hours. Each credit hour requires 40 hours of field placement. Prerequisite: An application is required during the semester preceding the academic term in which the student desires to perform the experiential learning; approval of the instructor prior to the beginning of the internship; minimum GPA 2.00; and junior/senior standing. This course is graded on a pass/fail basis. 3 or 6 credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
Fall-Spring Semesters This hands-on course focuses on the proper methods of processing a crime scene to find the physical evidence, protect it, document it, package it and transport it to the laboratory facility. Scene security, sketching, photography, evidence packaging and fingerprint processing will be covered. Mock crime scenes will also be used as teaching aides. Prerequisite: FCM200/CJA230. 3 credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
Spring Semester This course examines the ways through which police services are delivered to communities. The underlying philosophies guiding police service delivery and specific strategies will be discussed and assessed by examining recent empirical research studies. Attention will be paid to contemporary law enforcement reforms such as community policing, zero-tolerance policing, and problem-oriented policing and how these reforms are translated into police practice. Prerequisite: CJA101. 3 credit hours.
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