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CRJ-326
Criminal Procedures
This course is designed to give students an understanding of the major aspects of the law of criminal procedure, the purposes behind that law and how that law impacts the search for, the gathering of, and the use of evidence in criminal cases. The Constitutional provisions, which are the source of much of the law of criminal procedure, and the courts ' interpretations of those provisions, will be closely examined.
CRJ-327
Criminal Law
This course is designed to give students an understanding of the origins and purposes of criminal law, the constitutional limitations on criminal law, and the general principles of criminal liability and defenses to criminal liability.
CRJ-355
Terrorism & Hate Groups
This course examines the evolution and activities of domestic and
international terrorist groups, as well as violent extremist movements that
the United States has confronted over the past several decades. Topics
include the American militia movement, Middle Eastern fanaticism, religious
extremists, supremacist / hate groups, biochemical terrorism, and the legal
and criminal justice responses to terrorism.
CRJ-370
Corrections
An overview of the history and evolution of correctional philosophies,
practice and procedures. Includes management and organization of
institutional and community-based corrections, diversionary programs and
purposes of different types of offender treatment. The course will also
consider correctional service to the state and society, costs, recidivism and
controversial issues in contemporary corrections.
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