Criminal Justice Technology Associate Degree
Course Descriptions

CRJ 101  Introduction to Criminal Justice

This course includes an overview of the functions and responsibilities of agencies involved in the administration of justice to include police organizations, court systems, correctional systems, and juvenile justice agencies.
 

CRJ 110  Police Patrol

This course provides an understanding of the duties, extent of authority, and responsibilities of the uniformed patrolman. Special emphasis is placed on patrol function-line activities, including traffic control and investigation, community relations, vice control, tactical units, civil disturbances, and preventive patrol.
 

CRJ 115  Criminal Law I

This course covers the development of criminal law in America. The basic elements of specific criminal offenses, criminal defenses, and various legal principles upon which criminal law is established are reviewed.

CRJ 120/Constitutional Law

This course includes an analysis of the historical development of the U.S. Constitution and the relationship of rights contained therein to the State and the individual. The application of the Bill of Rights to federal and state systems is examined.

CRJ 125/Criminology

This course is a study of the various theories of criminal causation and control, the identification of criminal typologies, and the reaction of society to crime and criminals.

CRJ 140   Criminal Justice Report Writing

This course is a study of the proper preparation and retention of criminal justice records and reports, including observational skills, formatting, and the value of accurate, complete, and selective written articulation of information and observations.

CRJ 145/Juvenile Delinquency

This course includes a survey of the sociological, biological, and psychological theories involved in juvenile delinquency, modern trends in prevention, and treatment.

CRJ 202   Criminalistics

This course covers an introduction to investigative techniques which stress the examination of questioned documents, fingerprint techniques, polygraph examinations, firearms' identifications, pathology, toxicology, ballistics, and clandestine operations.

CRJ 218  Crisis Intervention

This course is a study of the situational procedures and techniques necessary in defusing situations identified as crises.

CRJ 220/Judicial Process

This course includes an overview of the law-making function of the courts, the growth of common law, the structure and organization of the courts, court processes and procedures involved in criminal and civil cases, and the question of reform for the administration of justice.

CRJ 222  Ethics in Criminal Justice

This course is a study of the application of ethical theories to the criminal justice profession.

CRJ 224  Police Community Relations

This course is a study of the importance of two-way communication between the criminal justice system and the community to foster a working relationship to control crime. A variety of topics are studied, including citizen involvement in crime prevention and police officer interpersonal relations.

CRJ 236/Criminal Evidence I

This course is a study of the established rules of evidence from arrest to release in the administration of criminal justice.

CRJ 242/Correctional Systems

This course is an introduction to aspects of the correctional function in criminal justice, including organization, process, procedure, and clients incarcerated and on conditional release.

CRJ 250/Criminal Justice Internship I

This course includes practical experience in a criminal justice or private security setting.