An introduction to the philosophical and historical background of law enforcement agencies, processes, purposes and functions. It includes an evaluation of law enforcement today, including current trends and career orientation.
Prerequisites: None. Credit hours: 3 Lecture
This course is an introduction to the processes, procedures and issues in modern corrections.
This course gives students the basic understanding of the administrative and supervisory roles within a police department.
This course gives an introductory understanding to private security procedures.
Designed to give the student a basic knowledge of crime scene protection, collection, preservation, and identification of evidence, including proper search, dusting latent prints, casting, fingerprint classification, and use of come laboratory in crime detection and prosecution.
Prerequisites: None.Credit hours: 3 Lecture
This course gives an advanced understanding of the issues and problems within criminal justice.
Prerequisites: CJ 101 Credit hours: 3 Lecture
Community Corrections, probation, and parole and philosophy and design of various programs throughout the country are addressed. Community-based punishments are contrasted and compared to incarceration in terms of goals, costs and perceived benefits. Alternatives to incarceration are discussed in areas such as electronic monitoring and house arrest, intensive supervision, probation and shock incarceration. Special needs off enders and requirements of their supervision are also examined.
Prerequisites: CJ 101 or CJ 217. Credit hours: 3 Lecture
Fundamentals of criminal investigation, crime scene search and recording, collection and preservation of physical evidence, scientific aids, MODUS operandi, sources of information, interviews and interrogation, follow-up, and case preparation.
An introduction to the processes, procedures, and issues in the modem juvenile justice system.
This class introduces facility security with the use of environmental design and integrated electronic technology (cameras, monitors, alarms).
This course provides an overview of legal aspects of security. The class focuses on civil and criminal law, liability of asset protection, use of force, false imprisonment, negligent security, invasion of privacy and many other pertinent security legal issues.
This course gives a basic understanding of police operations and programs.
This course is a basic overview of criminal laws.
This course is an overview of criminal procedure laws.
Correctional procedures and administration are introduced. Course includes a historical perspective and a study of future trends.
The Criminal Justice internship is designed to broaden students law enforcement education experience through appropriate criminal justice observation and work assignments. The experience will allow students to explore the various fields of interest in criminal justice field experience in an approved agency.
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing and completion of at least 12 semester hours of Criminal Justice work. Credit hours: 3 Lecture
Recent trends and investigations in selected areas of law enforcement will be presented in seminar format. This course may be repeated to a maximum of 12 units min.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Credit hours: 1 - 3 Lecture