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This course will provide students with skills related to the examination of crime data and the impact of technical tools such as geo-technology on the greater law enforcement and intelligence communities and prosecution. This field aids in the facilitation of informed decision making for both crime prevention and crime response. Upon successful course completion, students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of the crime analysis and intelligence analysis communities, perform analytical techniques, identify spatial characteristics and describe report applications.

This course involves the study of victims and witnesses of crime. Students will learn the psychological and emotional detriments associated with being victimized and the classification of the types of victims. Criminological theory will be applied to address the reasons that certain victims are more attractive to offenders than others, and to examine a victim’s reaction to crime. Upon successful course completion, students will be able to ascertain between the challenges and complexities associated to the assessment, needs, and intricacies of working with victims of various types of crime.

This course will address the legal and technical aspects of seizing and analyzing electronic evidence, including laptops, desktops and mobile devices.  Students will learn the fundamentals of handling evidence, creating forensic images and analyzing electronic evidence using forensic software packages.  Upon successful course completion students will be able to apply the principles of computer forensics to legally seize electronic evidence, perform analysis using forensic software and report findings in analysis reports.

This course will provide students with skills related to the examination of mobile devices and the impact of mobile technology on the greater law enforcement community and prosecution of crimes.  There will be an emphasis on field based learning.  Upon successful course completion, students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of legal issues surrounding the search and seizure of mobile devices; investigate the types of evidence that could potentially be recovered from these devices; and examine mobile device forensic tools, techniques and best practices.

This course will explore two contemporary topics in Criminal Justice: human trafficking and domestic violence. Students will learn the various forms of human trafficking and domestic violence, and evaluate the law enforcement response to each. Upon successful course completion, students will be able to evaluate victim characteristics and needs and develop an education tool.

This course will explore the impact that changes in the composition of communities across the country have had on the criminal justice system, specifically, law enforcement. Students will learn incident response approaches for individuals with autism, Alzheimer’s disease, delirium, developmental disabilities; as well as mental illness. Upon successful course completion, students will be able to apply appropriate verbal and non-verbal cues for responses to incidents involving an autistic child or adult, propose strategies to mitigate incidents with Alzheimer’s diagnosed community members and assess scenarios involving individuals with mental illness for potential responses.

This course introduces concepts related to organized crime groups within the United States and abroad. Students will learn the history and operational strategies of organized crime groups. Upon successful course completion, students will understand the philosophies, recruitment, and funding techniques for organized crime groups, as well as law enforcement strategies for curtailing organized crime activities.

This course provides an overview of criminal justice documentation for various professions within the field. Students will learn field oriented methods of drafting written correspondence and required industry reports. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to effectively analyze, identify, and record necessary information for Incident-based reports, Use of Force reports, search warrants, arrest warrants, and juvenile court reports.

This course provides students with an overview of law enforcement management systems. Students will be introduced to the theory and practice behind law enforcement management and the importance of maintaining morale within an agency. Upon successful completion of this course, students will have a framework for understanding the social systems and behavior stratification of modern law enforcement agencies and the tools used to engage their communities.

 

Federal and State rules of courtroom evidence (relevancy, competency, privilege, and hearsay) are addressed in this course. Special emphasis is given to effective testimony, use of expert witnesses, the admissibility of documentary and real evidence, and the use of technology in the courtroom.

This course will address and provide an in-depth overview of the management and functions of domestic and international private security operations, policies, and procedures. Students will learn and gain a full working knowledge of: public law enforce and private security functions, legal authority, training, career opportunities, critical infrastructure protection, standard response protocol (SRP), risk assessment, active shooter response, workplace violence tactics, resiliency and reactionary-based planning, personnel protection, asset protection, risk analysis and management, commercial security, institutional security, retail loss prevention, and how to effectively conduct a security survey. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to effectively and efficiently understand, interpret, and analyze the past, present, and future trends of domestic and international private security operations.

This course will explore the practical and theoretical aspects of GIS (Geographic Information Systems) in the analysis of crime. Students will learn theories related to environment criminology and spatial criminology as well as GIS applications to crime analysis from offense clustering to offender and victim geographic analysis. Upon successful course completion, students will be able to apply GIS concepts to criminal justice issues and crime analysis.