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This course surveys the complexities and diversity of the U.S. Criminal Justice system, providing an overview of historical and contemporary legal issues, legislative policy, law enforcement, court and correctional theories, goals, strategies, and ethical practices. (3 contact hours) (TAG, CTAG) [Catalog Entry]

Prerequisite: CRMJ 1110. This course introduces students to the historic and cultural relationships between individuals, communities, and policing in the United States. The course includes policing roles, duties, styles, subculture, and discretion, and their impact on ethical police practices relating to prejudice, perception, discrimination, deviance, labeling, conflict, communication, specific subcultures, the homeless, physically and mentally challenged individuals, alternative lifestyles, and victims of violence. (3 contact hours) (TAG) [Catalog Entry]

Prerequisite: CRMJ 1110. This course will serve as an introduction to the practice of crime scene investigation. Through lectures, case studies, readings, and hands-on practical exercises, students will learn about the types of physical evidence, crime scene documentation procedures, proper collection methods, and the subsequent scientific analyses available to assist in a criminal investigation. (3 contact hours) [Catalog Entry]

Prerequisite: CRMJ 1110 or permission of instructor. This course introduces an in-depth review of the fundamentals of ethical decision making within the U.S. criminal justice system, including ethical theory; doctrines; dilemmas; and principles common to the police, courts, and correctional subsystems. (3 contact hours) [Catalog Entry]

Prerequisite: CRMJ 1110 or permission of instructor. This course provides an in-depth examination of applicable Supreme Court decisions, Ohio Rules of Procedure, Ohio Rules of Evidence, and Ohio case law to re-acquaint students with the procedures used by police to prosecute criminals, from initial investigation through trial. Students will also learn what criminal and civil penalties may be incurred for failure to follow established guidelines. (3 contact hours) [Catalog Entry]

Prerequisite: CRMJ 1110. This course provides an in-depth survey of the historical and contemporary structure and operation of the juvenile justice system. Students will examine major theories of delinquency causation and explore problems of law, politics, philosophy, and sociology as they relate to delinquency prevention, control, and reform. Case studies provide students with an opportunity to apply theories to practical situations. (3 contact hours) [Catalog Entry]

Prerequisite: CRMJ 1110. This course provides an in-depth survey of the historical and theoretical development of the disciplines of criminology, the sociology of criminal law, and patterns of criminal behavior and measurements of crime. The course reintroduces students to the complexities and difficulties associated with the enforcement and administration of criminal law, the social reactions to crime and public policy, and the issues and challenges to future crime control in U.S. society. (3 contact hours) (TAG) [Catalog Entry]

Prerequisite: CRMJ 1110 Introduction to Criminal Justice, or permission of instructor. This course provides students with the opportunity to research, present, and discuss current problems and issues which face the criminal justice system. It provides information on topics that are subject to current debate in criminal justice. (3 contact hours) [Catalog Entry]

Prerequisite: CRMJ 1110 Introduction to Criminal Justice, or permission of instructor. This course helps students develop skills necessary to elicit information from witnesses and confessions from offenders. Students will learn to interpret body gestures and establish environments conducive to effective communications. Lab exercises provide students with an opportunity to demonstrate these skills in a realistic setting. (3 contact hours) [Catalog Entry]

Prerequisite: CRMJ 1110 or SOCY 1150. This course provides a survey of the cultural and historical experiences and perceptions of social deviance in U.S. society. This involves exploring the social processes through which behaviors and statuses come to be defined as deviant, the theories of deviant behavior and labels, the methods of studying deviance, and the patterns of social controls practiced to address deviant behavior. This course is cross-listed as SOCY 2290 Deviance in American Society. Students who have taken the course under the alternative course ID should not take this course. contact (3 contact hours) [Catalog Entry]