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| LINK (General Education and Physical Education) | | 53 |
| Required Courses | 24 |
| CRM 123/POL 123 | Introduction to Law and the Legal System | (3) |
This course is an introductory survey of the history, structures, and processes of the U.S. legal system. It is designed to be taken as a first University-level course in law and should precede more specialized courses such as criminal, business, or constitutional law. Covered are basic legal concepts such as due process, the structure of the U.S. court system, and the major subdivisions of law such as civil procedure, criminal procedure, and the law of torts. The role of law in society, the analysis of judicial reasoning, and the application of legal concepts to factual situations are stressed. Offered annually. |
| CRM 220 | Survey of the Criminal Justice System | (3) |
An introductory overview of the U.S. criminal justice system examines crime and victimization trends, crime prevention programs, law enforcement, prosecution, defense, adjudication, sentencing, corrections, and criminal justice policy making. |
| CRM 321 | Substantive Criminal Law | (3) |
Prerequisites: POL 123; This course covers the creation and application of substantive criminal law. Topics covered include the nature and origins of criminal law, substantive due process, elements of criminal liability, the doctrine of complicity, uncompleted crimes, defenses to criminal liability, and the elements of crimes against persons, habitation, property, the public order, and morals. |
| CRM 322 | Law of Criminal Procedure | (3) |
Prerequisites: POL 123; This course concerns the laws governing procedural due process for criminal defendants. Case analyses and the interpretation of appellate court opinions are used to learn the fundamental relationships among the U.S. Constitution, courts, and criminal procedure. Topics covered include remedies for state law-breaking, initial police-citizen contacts, seizures of persons, search and seizure of property, interrogations and confessions, identification procedures, decisions to charge and the first appearance, pretrial proceedings, conviction by trial and by guilty plea, and post-sentencing considerations. |
| CRM 350 | Criminal Justice Ethics | (3) |
This course is designed to be a comprehensive overview of ethics in the field of criminal justice. This course will address ethical issues that may arise in the criminal justice profession. Through lecture, class discussion, and exercises, the student will develop a better understanding of the moral and ethical dilemmas confronting criminal justice practitioners and how these dilemmas may be successfully resolved. |
| CRM 419 | Police Organization and Administration | (3) |
Prerequisites: POL 123, CRM 220; This course is designed to be a comprehensive overview of police organization and administration in the United States. The history of police administration and the evolution of policing as a profession will be thoroughly explored. Current and future trends in law enforcement will be discussed in detail. Emphasis will be placed on police personnel issues and the leadership skills required to manage a professional police organization. The student will be exposed to the past, the present, and the future of police administration in this country. |
| CRM 426 | Theories of Criminal Behavior | (3) |
Prerequisites: SOC 121 (R,T) or PSY 121; This course is an interdisciplinary examination of the causes of criminal behavior. Case studies are used to illustrate the biological, psychological, social, and economic correlations of crime. The focus is on understanding the major theories and applying these theoretical models to improve our under-standing of criminal motivations. |
| CRM 499 | Senior Seminar in Criminal Justice | (3) |
Prerequisites: Senior standing in criminal justice; This capstone course is designed to synthesize the information and insights from the other courses in the criminology curriculum. It includes computer-based research in crime trends and causes, a research project that evaluates criminal justice policy-making, an assessment of each senior Criminal Justice major's knowledge level through the administration of a nationally based criminology achievement examination, and exposure to components of the criminal justice system through volunteer experience at local agencies. |
| CRM 496 | Criminal Justice Comprehensive Examination | (0) |
Corequisites: CRM 499 Final comprehensive written examination of all Criminal Justice foundation and core courses. Examination is administered in the CRM 499: Senior Seminar in Criminal Justice course. Test fee. |
| Concentration Courses | 15 |
(any five 300 or 400 level CRM courses from the following) |
| CRM 300 | Special Topics | (1-3) |
Prerequisites: Permission of faculty member; A variable-content course that is designed to offer a specialized topic, such as capital punishment, parole and probation, RICO, or organized crime. |
| CRM 301 | Leadership and Management in Criminal Justice | (3) |
This course will explore the nature and extent of true leadership skills necessary to become effective, ethical, productive, and fiscally responsible leaders in the constantly changing diverse global environment. Students will develop skills needed to apply leadership skills to real-world situations, including recognizing concepts of leadership, management and administrative abilities, and decision-making processes. |
| CRM 302 | Critical Incidents in Policing | (3) |
This course will examine the critical incidents and crucial issues that impact the "law enforcement" institution and social justice in America. Our society is ever dynamic and changing, sometimes at odds with authority, and defining/re-defining the role that law enforcement must adapt to. Systems at the federal, state, and local levels work independently and yet cooperatively to meet the need for order maintenance, public safety, and public sector services. The learner will examine the dynamics of police operations and issues involving critical incidents to include deadly force, high-speed pursuits, civil unrest, homeland security, domestic terrorism, anti-government movement, national/natural emergencies, violence, and the use of force. |
| CRM 303 | Legal Issues in Criminal Justice Administration | (3) |
This course is an overview of the legal issues commonly facing managers in criminal justice agencies. Particular emphasis is placed on public employment law, including the hiring, promoting, disciplining, and discharging of employees; fair employment practices; and agency and administrator civil liability. Both state and federal statutory and case law will be examined. |
| CRM 230 | Introduction to Crime Scene Investigation | (3) |
This course covers the various methods associated with investigating a crime scene. Special emphasis is placed on sequential processing of the crime scene to avoid the loss and/or the contamination of evidence. Students successfully completing this course will be aware of the critical concerns of crime scene processing and the methods that are employed to eliminate those concerns, proper crime scene search patterns, and the appropriate methods to plot the location of evidence when it is discovered. |
| CRM 231 | Forensic Science and Criminal Justice | (3) |
This course is a comprehensive overview of those areas of practice that are useful for determining the evidential value of a crime scene and other crime-related circumstances. The major contributions to the development of the use of the forensic sciences in criminal prosecution will be presented. The student who successfully completes this course will have obtained a working knowledge in this field and will understand the principles and techniques needed to identify or compare physical evidence in a criminal investigation. |
| CRM 330 | Organized Crime | (3) |
This course presents a comprehensive overview of the history and current activities of organized crime groups in the United States. An international perspective is taken, and there is strong emphasis on law enforcement, prosecution, and public policy considerations. |
| CRM 331 | White-Collar Crime | (3) |
This course is designed to be a comprehensive overview of the white-collar crime phenomenon, including its history, components, causes, and domestic and international reach. The course also addresses white-collar law enforcement systems and white-collar high-tech crimes, and contrasts and compares white-collar crime with organized crime. |
| CRM 332/POL 332 | Terrorism | (3) |
This course provides a comprehensive overview of international and domestic terrorism, arising from either religious or secular roots. It will examine the historical and philosophical underpinnings of terrorism in general and identified terrorist organizations in particular. A special emphasis will be on the impact of weapons of mass destruction e.g., nuclear/radiological, biological, and chemical means—on the changing face of terrorism throughout the world. |
| CRM 333 | Violent Crime | (3) |
This course is a comprehensive overview of the problems and types of violent crime occurring in the United States. Course analysis includes youth gang violence, serial homicide, mass murder, domestic violence, and sexual battery in contemporary society. The nature and extent of these deviant acts along with official reports and surveys that provide measurement techniques of violent crime will be detailed. Included will be coverage of law enforcement, prosecution, and correctional efforts aimed at curtailing violent crime. |
| CRM 341 | History and Science of Criminal Identification | (3) |
The focus of this course is the science and history of fingerprint analysis to aid in the detection and prosecution of criminal offenders. Upon successful completion of this course, the student will understand the biology of human epidermal and dermal skin layers to include the formation of pores and the organic and inorganic materials that are commonly found in fingerprint residues; the proper recording and comparison of prints; the many basic and advanced scientific methods currently being employed to develop fingerprints; the development of the print through chemical reaction, chemical absorption, luminescence, or physical attraction; the physics of light energy and its use as a print development method; and the many chemical reactions that produce the developed print. |
| CRM 342 | Evidence Collection and Preservation | (3) |
This course covers the methods associated with evidence collection and preservation of evidence. Upon successful completion, the student will be competent in the recording of the crime scene through photography and videotaping as one of the many methods of preserving evidence; the use of the many evidence development and recovery kits; the use of light energy to locate invisible trace materials; crime scene safety; the presentation of scientifically sound information in the courtroom; and the correct methods to collect questioned, known, and control samples related to hair standards, DNA, soil, fire debris, accelerants, and biological fluids. |
| CRM 343 | Bodily Fluids as Evidence | (3) |
This course covers the value of body fluids found at the crime scene, the interpretation of their patterns, and methods used to locate them. The successful student will understand the science of blood stain interpretation; presumptive testing of seminal fluid and blood; the various flight characteristics of blood and the use of trigonometry to determine angles of impact and the origin of stain patterns; the chemicals associated with the location of visible and invisible stain patterns produced from body fluids; the chemical reactions associated with these and other chemicals used in connection with body fluid processing; the scientific limitations relevant to courtroom testimony on such topics as blood stain interpretation, antigen-antibody reactions, and presumptive blood and presumptive seminal fluid testing; and the history of DNA analysis and its modern-day evidentiary value. |
| CRM 344 | Scientific Writing and Courtroom Testimony | (3) |
This course is designed to cover the effective writing and courtroom presentation of scientific reports. Students will be involved the actual processing of a crime scene, the development and collection of evidence, the writing of the crime scene investigation report, and the subsequent testimony in moot court. The successful student will be skilled in the techniques associated with scientific report writing and oral delivery and be made aware of Frye hearings, the Daubert rules, and Rule 702, and the reality that the forensic sciences have their limitations |
| CRM 370 | Juvenile Justice | (3) |
Prerequisites: POL 123, CRM 220; This course addresses the problem of juvenile crime and justice in the United States. Topics covered include the nature and extent of the delinquency problem; the measurement of official delinquency; unofficial accounts of delinquency; the role of the family, schools, and peers; an overview of the juvenile justice process including law enforcement, courts, and corrections; and efforts towards delinquency prevention and prediction. |
| CRM 422 | Law Enforcement Systems | (3) |
Prerequisites: POL 123, CRM 220; This course provides a comprehensive examination of U.S. law enforcement systems at the federal state, and local levels. The student should gain an understanding of patrol strategies, field training, detective operations, case screening, crime laboratory, police corruption, use of force, due process issues, community relations, law enforcement information systems, professionalism, job stress, and innovations in policing. |
| CRM 430 | Correctional Systems | (3) |
Prerequisites: POL 123 or CRM 220; This course is designed to be a comprehensive overview of our government's response to convicted criminal offenders. The origins, evolution, processes, and current problems of correctional systems will be the topics of study. More specifically, the course will cover the history of corrections in the United States, short-term detention, state and federal prisons, inmate topologies, capital punishment, correctional law, probation/parole, and community corrections. |
| PSY 330 | Forensic Psychology | (3) |
Prerequisites: PSY 121; Forensic psychology is the application of the science and profession of psychology to questions and issues relating to law and the legal system. This course will introduce students to the specialty area of forensic psychology. Particular emphasis will be on the applied aspects of the field. |
| CRM 361/POL 361 | Legal Issues in Counter-Terrorism | (3) |
This course provides a comprehensive overview of legal issues attendant to international terrorism. In particular, students will examine the "War on Terror" and the tension between approaches based on criminal law enforcement versus a military or warrior basis. A special emphasis will be placed on the interrelationship between United States law and international law and agreements. The course will address current efforts in counter-terrorism, with special emphasis on recent federal prosecutions for terrorist acts or aiding terrorist organizations. As a Criminal Justice course, this study will include historical and political information and current, relevant information on counter-terrorism objectives and methods. |
| CRM 363/POL 363 | Exploitable Weaknesses in Terrorist Organizations | (3) |
This course provides a comprehensive overview of international and domestic terrorism, arising from either religious or secular roots. It will examine the historical and philosophical underpinnings of terrorism in general, and identified terrorist organizations in particular. The course will examine exploitable weaknesses of terrorists; terrorist typology; human factors as applied to terrorists; modus vivendi of terrorists; conspiratorial association theorems; weaknesses of terrorist groups; and proactive measures in support of terrorist investigations. The course will address current efforts in counter-terrorism, with special emphasis on the federal and state responses. As a Criminal Justice course, this study will consist of a hybrid of historical and political information and current, relevant information on counter-terrorism objectives and methods. |
| CRM 365/POL 365 | Local Response to Terrorism | (3) |
This course provides a comprehensive overview of the need to plan for the possibility of a terrorist event on the local level. A terrorist event could take place that restricts or retards the state and federal government's response to a local community. The course will give the student the tools needed to prepare a local agency for immediate response to an event in his or her community. The course will give an introduction to the National Incident Management System and will provide the student with the information necessary to ensure local government compliance with federal law. |
| SSC 328/SSC 328/SOC 328 | Drugs, Society, and Human Behavior | (3) |
An interdisciplinary examination of the nature of commonly used psychoactive substances with the human nervous system. Included are the history and patterns of their use, as well as the medical, legal, psychological, and sociological consequences of their abuse. Current practices and strategies for drug education and treatment are covered. Offered spring semester. |
| Electives | | 30-33 |
| *Note that the Homeland Security Specialization can also be pursued as a certificate program. |
| Criminalistics Specialization | 18 |
(All six courses must be completed.) |
| CRM 230 | Introduction to Crime Scene Investigation | (3) |
This course covers the various methods associated with investigating a crime scene. Special emphasis is placed on sequential processing of the crime scene to avoid the loss and/or the contamination of evidence. Students successfully completing this course will be aware of the critical concerns of crime scene processing and the methods that are employed to eliminate those concerns, proper crime scene search patterns, and the appropriate methods to plot the location of evidence when it is discovered. |
| CRM 231 | Forensic Science and Criminal Justice | (3) |
This course is a comprehensive overview of those areas of practice that are useful for determining the evidential value of a crime scene and other crime-related circumstances. The major contributions to the development of the use of the forensic sciences in criminal prosecution will be presented. The student who successfully completes this course will have obtained a working knowledge in this field and will understand the principles and techniques needed to identify or compare physical evidence in a criminal investigation. |
| CRM 341 | History and Science of Criminal Identification | (3) |
The focus of this course is the science and history of fingerprint analysis to aid in the detection and prosecution of criminal offenders. Upon successful completion of this course, the student will understand the biology of human epidermal and dermal skin layers to include the formation of pores and the organic and inorganic materials that are commonly found in fingerprint residues; the proper recording and comparison of prints; the many basic and advanced scientific methods currently being employed to develop fingerprints; the development of the print through chemical reaction, chemical absorption, luminescence, or physical attraction; the physics of light energy and its use as a print development method; and the many chemical reactions that produce the developed print. |
| CRM 342 | Evidence Collection and Preservation | (3) |
This course covers the methods associated with evidence collection and preservation of evidence. Upon successful completion, the student will be competent in the recording of the crime scene through photography and videotaping as one of the many methods of preserving evidence; the use of the many evidence development and recovery kits; the use of light energy to locate invisible trace materials; crime scene safety; the presentation of scientifically sound information in the courtroom; and the correct methods to collect questioned, known, and control samples related to hair standards, DNA, soil, fire debris, accelerants, and biological fluids. |
| CRM 343 | Bodily Fluids as Evidence | (3) |
This course covers the value of body fluids found at the crime scene, the interpretation of their patterns, and methods used to locate them. The successful student will understand the science of blood stain interpretation; presumptive testing of seminal fluid and blood; the various flight characteristics of blood and the use of trigonometry to determine angles of impact and the origin of stain patterns; the chemicals associated with the location of visible and invisible stain patterns produced from body fluids; the chemical reactions associated with these and other chemicals used in connection with body fluid processing; the scientific limitations relevant to courtroom testimony on such topics as blood stain interpretation, antigen-antibody reactions, and presumptive blood and presumptive seminal fluid testing; and the history of DNA analysis and its modern-day evidentiary value. |
| CRM 344 | Scientific Writing and Courtroom Testimony | (3) |
This course is designed to cover the effective writing and courtroom presentation of scientific reports. Students will be involved the actual processing of a crime scene, the development and collection of evidence, the writing of the crime scene investigation report, and the subsequent testimony in moot court. The successful student will be skilled in the techniques associated with scientific report writing and oral delivery and be made aware of Frye hearings, the Daubert rules, and Rule 702, and the reality that the forensic sciences have their limitations |
| Homeland Security Specialization | 18 |
(All six courses must be completed; for double majors, this also counts as an international studies minor or as a specialization in an international studies major.) |
| CRM 222/POL 222 | Introduction to Homeland Defense | (3) |
This class is designed to help students understand the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). It provides a comprehensive overview of the department's history, mission, organization, and programs designed to reduce America's vulnerability to attack and quickly recover from disaster. |
| HTY 233/POL 233 | Modern Middle East | (3) |
A study of the social, political, religious, and economic forces present in the modern Middle East, with emphasis on the period since World War I, Arab-Israeli conflict, and oil. Offered annually. |
| CRM 332/POL 332 | Terrorism | (3) |
This course provides a comprehensive overview of international and domestic terrorism, arising from either religious or secular roots. It will examine the historical and philosophical underpinnings of terrorism in general and identified terrorist organizations in particular. A special emphasis will be on the impact of weapons of mass destruction e.g., nuclear/radiological, biological, and chemical means—on the changing face of terrorism throughout the world. |
| CRM 361/POL 361 | Legal Issues in Counter-Terrorism | (3) |
This course provides a comprehensive overview of legal issues attendant to international terrorism. In particular, students will examine the "War on Terror" and the tension between approaches based on criminal law enforcement versus a military or warrior basis. A special emphasis will be placed on the interrelationship between United States law and international law and agreements. The course will address current efforts in counter-terrorism, with special emphasis on recent federal prosecutions for terrorist acts or aiding terrorist organizations. As a Criminal Justice course, this study will include historical and political information and current, relevant information on counter-terrorism objectives and methods. |
| CRM 363/POL 363 | Exploitable Weaknesses in Terrorist Organizations | (3) |
This course provides a comprehensive overview of international and domestic terrorism, arising from either religious or secular roots. It will examine the historical and philosophical underpinnings of terrorism in general, and identified terrorist organizations in particular. The course will examine exploitable weaknesses of terrorists; terrorist typology; human factors as applied to terrorists; modus vivendi of terrorists; conspiratorial association theorems; weaknesses of terrorist groups; and proactive measures in support of terrorist investigations. The course will address current efforts in counter-terrorism, with special emphasis on the federal and state responses. As a Criminal Justice course, this study will consist of a hybrid of historical and political information and current, relevant information on counter-terrorism objectives and methods. |
| CRM 365/POL 365 | Local Response to Terrorism | (3) |
This course provides a comprehensive overview of the need to plan for the possibility of a terrorist event on the local level. A terrorist event could take place that restricts or retards the state and federal government's response to a local community. The course will give the student the tools needed to prepare a local agency for immediate response to an event in his or her community. The course will give an introduction to the National Incident Management System and will provide the student with the information necessary to ensure local government compliance with federal law. |
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