Provides an overview of the three major components of the American criminal justice system: police, courts, and corrections. Each component will be explored in its development over time as well as various issues surrounding each component. This course will also cover important issues that are relevant to current debates including race, reentry, technology and crime, juvenile justice, and future directions for criminal justice.
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    Fall 2023 Instructor: Cortney Fisher Co-Instructor: View: Syllabus
Topics may include career criminals, prison overcrowding, prediction, ecological studies of crimes, family and delinquency, entrepreneurship in criminal justice and criminology, and similar criminological problems.
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    Fall 2023 Instructor: Edward Pallas Co-Instructor: View: Syllabus
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    Fall 2023 Instructor: Wade Jacobsen Co-Instructor: View: Syllabus
This course offers an extended look at women's experiences with crime and punishment in the contemporary United States.
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    Fall 2023 Instructor: Rachel Ellis Co-Instructor: View: Syllabus
Biological, environmental, and personality factors which influence criminal behaviors. Biophysiology and crime, stress and crime, maladjustment patterns, psychoses, personality disorders, aggression and violent crime, sex-motivated crime and sexual deviations, alcohol and drug abuse, and criminal behavior.
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    Fall 2023 Instructor: Robin Shusko Co-Instructor: View: Syllabus
An introduction to the methods used in the seizure and forensic analysis of computers, cell phones, and other digital evidence.
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    Fall 2023 Instructor: Unlisted/TBD Co-Instructor: View: Syllabus
This course provides knowledge about the nature, causes, and societal responses to child abuse.
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    Fall 2023 Instructor: Louis "Chip" Morlier, LCSW-C Co-Instructor: View: Syllabus
This course will explore the psychological and social factors that make us susceptible to propaganda, disinformation, fake news and conspiracy theories.
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    Fall 2023 Instructor: Unlisted/TBD Co-Instructor: View: Syllabus
This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the use of force by both public safety organizations and private individuals.
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    Fall 2023 Instructor: Unlisted/TBD Co-Instructor: View: Syllabus
This course will focus on the philosophical, political, practical, Constitutional, and case law issues surrounding the sentencing of criminal defendants in the American criminal justice system.
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    Fall 2023 Instructor: James Trusty Co-Instructor: View: Syllabus