CJ& 101 - Introduction to Criminal Justice

Credits: 5
An introductory survey of the American criminal justice system that examines the history, structure, operations, and ethical issues within the criminal justice system. Students will survey aspects of criminal law, criminal procedures, law enforcement agencies, the criminal courts, and corrections (both institutional and community-based). 

Satisfies Requirement: Social Science
Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

1. Demonstrate a knowledge of the four major areas of the criminal justice system: policing, courts, corrections, and the juvenile justice system, and the history of those components.

2. Explain the various types of crime and criminals, the numerous theories of crime causation, and the relationship between crime and its various correlations.

3. Explain the role of policing in a modern society and its impact on multicultural communities.

4. Discuss the impact of bias, discrimination, and ethical standards on the criminal justice system as it relates to social justice reform.

5. Summarize the goals, organizations, and procedures of the criminal justice system through a multicultural lens.

1. Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs and hypotheses.
2. Meet obligations necessary to complete individual and group tasks.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Diversity and Equity - In order to advance equity and social justice, students will be able to examine their own and others’ identities, behaviors, and/or cultural perspectives as they connect to power, privilege, and/or resistance.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CJ& 105 - Introduction to Corrections

1. Explain and discuss the early developments of corrections from the Middle Ages to modern day corrections and identify the purposes of punishment.
2. Compare and contrast the major differences between jails, prisons, probation, intermediate sanctions, and community corrections.
3. Describe trends in sentencing disparities, including factors that led to mass incarceration and implications in the BIPOC community.
4. Describe the issues regarding women’s incarceration and the impact on their families.
5. Identify the major challenges in contemporary corrections, including the rise in mental disorders, the LBGTQIA community, and wrongful convictions

1. Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs and hypotheses.
2. Meet obligations necessary to complete individual and group tasks.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Diversity and Equity - In order to advance equity and social justice, students will be able to examine their own and others’ identities, behaviors, and/or cultural perspectives as they connect to power, privilege, and/or resistance.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CJ& 110 - Criminal Law

1. Identify criminal laws and examine the rules of criminal responsibility.
2. Apply critical thinking skills in order to gain an understanding of prevailing issues in criminal law, with an emphasis on majority opinions.
3. Apply criminal laws to specific situations.
4. Demonstrate the knowledge associated with basic criminal law and apply written communication skills in order to write case briefs.

1. Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs and hypotheses.
2. Meet obligations necessary to complete individual and group tasks.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CJ 115 - Fingerprint Science

1. Identify basic concepts and knowledge of the science of fingerprints.
2. Understand the Henry Classification Formula.
3. Compare inked prints accurately.
4. Recognize different techniques of print recognition, evidence preservation, AFIS, and current trends in the industry.
5. Apply symbolic reasoning and logic to understanding print comparison and evidence gathering techniques.

1. Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs and hypotheses.
2. Meet obligations necessary to complete individual and group tasks.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CJ 120 - Criminal Justice Professions

1. Evaluate potential career possibilities in the criminal justice field. 
2. Research current employment trends, and possible future development in the criminal justice field.
3. Research educational, training, and hiring requirements for possible professions.

1. Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs and hypotheses.
2. Meet obligations necessary to complete individual and group tasks.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CJ 177 - Criminal Justice Work Experience 1

1. Apply concepts within criminology, criminal justice and criminal law in an actual work environment.
2. Understand the structure, functions, and decision processes of the major institutions of society that deal with the management and control of crime and criminal offenders.
3. Work hand-in-hand with criminal justice professionals in learning the skills needed for a particular position.

1. Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs and hypotheses.
2. Meet obligations necessary to complete individual and group tasks.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CJ 178 - Criminal Justice Work Experience 2

1. Apply concepts within criminology, criminal justice and criminal law in an actual work environment.
2. Understand the structure, functions, and decision processes of the major institutions of society that deal with the management and control of crime and criminal offenders.
3. Work hand-in-hand with criminal justice professionals in learning the skills needed for a particular position.

1. Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs and hypotheses.
2. Meet obligations necessary to complete individual and group tasks.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CJ 179 - Criminal Justice Work Experience 3

1. Apply concepts within criminology, criminal justice and criminal law in an actual work environment.
2. Understand the structure, functions, and decision processes of the major institutions of society that deal with the management and control of crime and criminal offenders.
3. Work hand-in-hand with criminal justice professionals in learning the skills needed for a particular position.

1. Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs and hypotheses.
2. Meet obligations necessary to complete individual and group tasks.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CJ 200 - Individual Rights in Criminal Justice

1. Recognize the historical, legal and political bases of individual rights in the United States.
2. Identify laws governing substantive and procedural due process.
3. Discuss major U.S. Supreme Court decisions addressing course topics.
4. Apply the major legal doctrines associated with individual rights, especially as they relate to the criminal justice system.
5. Analyze and/or evaluate their own values and opinions as they relate to course topics.

1. Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs and hypotheses.
2. Meet obligations necessary to complete individual and group tasks.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CJ 205 - Criminal Evidence

1. Recognize various constitutional guidelines and criminal precedence to current criminal cases.
2. Recognize complexities of policing and restrictions of their actions due to constitutional safeguards.
3. Examine various types of evidence.
4. Identify the latest techniques in evidence gathering technology and courtroom presentation during criminal prosecution.
5. Apply written communication skills in the gathering and writing of research reports.

1. Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs and hypotheses.
2. Meet obligations necessary to complete individual and group tasks.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CJ 215 - Advanced Fingerprint Identification

1. Demonstrate the ability to correctly examine and identify latent prints and known prints.
2. Recognize the appearance of palmprints, joints, and tips of the fingers in evaluating partial impressions.
3. Properly document results through use of charts, written reports, and notes.
4. Be familiar with several techniques used to process/ preserve evidence for latent print examination.
5. Testify in a mock trial, be familiar with court procedures.

1. Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs, and hypotheses.
2. Meet obligations necessary to complete individual and group tasks.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CJ 220 - Race and Class in Criminal Justice

1. Identify and discuss the challenges of racism, systemic racism and their impact on law, crime, and justice in marginalized communities.
2. Articulate the concepts and differences of race, ethnicity, culture, socio-economic class, gender, disability, age, and sexual orientation in the criminal justice system.
3. Analyze the impact of cultural biases in the three pillars of criminal justice: law enforcement, courts, and corrections.
4. Recognize the disparity rates within the criminal justice system that have been historically present and currently exist.
5. Enhance critical thinking, research, and communication skills with regard to cultural diversity issues through a multicultural lens.

1. Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs and hypotheses.
2. Meet obligations necessary to complete individual and group tasks.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Diversity and Equity - In order to advance equity and social justice, students will be able to examine their own and others’ identities, behaviors, and/or cultural perspectives as they connect to power, privilege, and/or resistance.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CJ 236 - Policing

1. Comprehend the historical development of the role, structure, styles, and functions of law enforcement organizations to present day. 
2. Understand the current trends in the hiring process including the importance of communication skills for law enforcement.
3. Evaluate the differences between local, city, county, state, and federal police agencies.
4. Analyze situations involving discretion, ethics, police culture, and misconduct.
5. Explain the history of policing and hiring process as it relates to the exclusion of minority groups, and the importance of diversity and inclusion in the future of policing. 

1. Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs and hypotheses.
2. Meet obligations necessary to complete individual and group tasks.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Diversity and Equity - In order to advance equity and social justice, students will be able to examine their own and others’ identities, behaviors, and/or cultural perspectives as they connect to power, privilege, and/or resistance.

CJ& 240 - Introduction to Forensic Science

1. Recognize the most up-to-date scientific advancements in forensics and criminalistics.
2. Discuss the most relevant innovations in the collection and study of criminal evidence.
3. Practice responsibility for the investigative group in order to learn the major issues and trends in the forensics field.
4. Interpret expert speakers in each major area of forensics who will provide both lecture and demonstrate their individual expertise.

1. Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs and hypotheses.
2. Meet obligations necessary to complete individual and group tasks.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CJ 294 - Special Topics-Criminal Justice

1. Recognize current trends, special areas of interest to students, and/or other relevant topics during the current year that are timely in nature.
2. Discuss major U.S. trends in crime, criminal law, criminal justice, or the courts.
3. Identify and analyze current issues in criminology, the criminal justice system, and/or criminal law.
4. Develop, understand, and/or evaluate their own values and opinions as they relate to course topics. 

1. Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs and hypotheses.
2. Meet obligations necessary to complete individual and group tasks.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CJ 299 - Independent Study-Criminal Justice

1. Work independently in a field he or she finds most useful to their academic/career endeavor.
2. Recognize current trends, special areas of interest to students, and/or other relevant topics during the current year that are timely in nature.
3. Discuss major U.S. trends in crime, criminal law, criminology or criminal justice.
4. Understand, read and conduct research independently with the guidance of the instructor.
5. Develop, understand and/or evaluate their own values and opinions as they relate to course topics.

1. Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs and hypotheses.
2. Meet obligations necessary to complete individual and group tasks.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.