CRIMINAL JUSTICE (CRJ)
Intro to Forensic Science | This course provides students with an educational background regarding the scientific methods involved in the recognition, collection, and preservation of physical evidence at crime scenes. The value of physical evidence will be demonstrated. Problem... | |
Principles/Direct Supervision | This course is designed to provide the student with the knowledge and skills necessary for the supervision of inmates in the direct supervision environment. An emphasis will be placed on the evolution of direct supervision jails, as well as the mana... | |
Intro to Criminal Justice | This course examines the legal process and the administration of justice in American society. Students will be exposed to the criminal process from the police function through adjudication, sentencing, and corrections, as well as the social, moral,... | |
Introduction to Policing | This course examines the history, structure, and behavior of police in America. Students will be exposed to various topics, such as: the heritage of American policing; police systems including federal, state and local policing; the patrol function; p... | |
Introduction to Criminology | This course is designed to familiarize the student with the social and legal aspects of crime in American society. An emphasis is placed on the definition of crime and deviance, the nature and extent of the crime problem, the history of criminology,... | |
Introduction to Corrections | This course examines the history, philosophy, and administration of corrections in America. An emphasis will be placed on philosophies of punishment, sentencing strategies, the prison community, alternatives to incarceration, and various reform effo... | |
Introduction to Private Security | This course introduces students to the private security profession in the United States. Topics covered include the relationship between private security and the criminal justice system, as well as current trends in the profession. Students will expl... | |
Report Writing | This course is designed to expose today’s criminal justice student to the purpose of report writing. Students will build the skills required to create various types of police reports thoroughly and insightfully. The student will recognize the impact... | |
Careers in Criminal Justice | This course will focus on a comprehensive approach to criminal justice career exploration. Students will be provided opportunities and resources to seek career information related to various professions in law enforcement, courts, institutional and c... | |
Forensic Photography | This course will explore the principles of forensic photography, photographic methods and discuss the procedures and standards of forensic photography. Students will learn image capture, processing, storage, and handling of digital files and output of digital images related to crime scene photography. Students will then apply and implement these fundamentals in forensic settings for evidence documentation. Technical instruction in Adobe Photoshop image processing software will also be covered. | |
Traffic Law Enforcement | This course is a survey of traffic law enforcement problems and responses. An emphasis will be on the history and growth of traffic problems, organization for traffic control, accident investigation, and the analysis and interpretation of accidents.... | |
Community Policing | This course is a survey of community policing in the law enforcement field. An emphasis is placed on police-community relations, interpersonal skills, dealing with diversity, interacting with special populations in the citizenry, victims of crime, c... | |
Substance Abuse & Criminal Justice | This course examines drugs in American society from a criminal justice perspective, including the nature and extent of drug-taking behavior, the history and theories of drug use and abuse, the relationship between drugs and crime, drugs and the crimi... | |
Police Management and Supervision | This course analyzes the administration and management of police operations. An emphasis is placed on the distribution of personnel, specialized units, communication models, leadership principles, budgetary issues, management theory, and supervisory... | |
Criminal Justice Internship | This course is designed to broaden educational experience of students through appropriate observation of selected criminal justice agencies to correlate theory with actual practice. Students assigned to local criminal justice agencies and/or related... | |
Principles of Criminal Investigation | This course is an introduction of criminal investigation procedures; theory and practice of investigations. An emphasis is placed on methods of investigation for different types of criminal activity. | |
Independent Research | This course involves independent research and study under the direct supervision of a faculty member. Subject must be approved by the assigned faculty member. | |
Criminal Law | This course explores the history and development of the criminal law as a system of social control. An emphasis is placed on legal principles and substantive law. Elements of a crime, specific statutes, and various affirmative defenses are analyzed... | |
Criminal Procedural Law | This course exposes the student to the field of criminal procedural law. The course will examine certain civil liberties guaranteed in the Bill of Rights to the U.S. and Illinois Constitutions and how they relate to law enforcement procedures of arre... | |
Ethics in Criminal Justice | This course offers a thorough study of ethical philosophies and their application to criminal justice practitioners. Aspects of morality, leadership, ethical reasoning, professional standards, and codes of ethics will be addressed. Resolution of ethi... | |
Institutional Corrections | This course will provide students with exposure to a variety of perspectives about the operations of the largest and most expensive component of the American criminal justice system, Institutional Corrections. Jails and prisons in the United States h... | |
Community-Based Corrections | This course examines the use of the community in the treatment and control of individuals in the correctional process. Students are exposed to such topics as probation, parole, restitution, community service, deferred prosecution, work release, half... | |
Juvenile Delinquency | This course examines juvenile delinquency in American society, including the historical, behavioral, legal, and correctional aspects of delinquency. Emphasis is placed on the nature and extent of delinquency in the United States, the traditional theo... | |
Courtroom Testimony | This course offers an in-depth study of evidence and courtroom testimony for professionals. It will cover the ethical philosophies of courtroom and administrative hearing testimony and their application to practitioners in the field. Students will... | |
Psychology of Criminal Mind | This course introduces students to the field of Criminal Psychology. The purpose of this course is to develop an understanding of criminal behavior and the clinical and social implications of violent crime. The course will examine the etiology, natur... | |
Criminal Justice Assessment Seminar | This course is required of all the students completing the associate in applied science degree (A.A.S) in Criminal Justice. Students will be assessed as to the knowledge and foundational skills they have attained in the criminal justice program. Ba... | |
Special Topics in Criminal Justice | This course addresses the in-depth study of special topics in criminal justice that do not have specific courses in the catalog. Course content will vary depending on the topic being studied and may include topics in criminology, law enforcement, cou... |