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Effective emergency planning is the key to surviving natural and man-made disasters. Risk analysis and the formulation of a comprehensive plan, followed by a vigorous and continuing testing program, are essential elements to surviving an emergency. In this course, there will be an emphasis on developing a comprehensive emergency preparedness plan.

Effective communication is essential during a natural or man-made disaster. Topics covered include staffing the emergency operations center (EOC), coordinating with supporting agencies, and the importance of continuing liaison.

This course will examine in some detail crimes such as murder, serial killers, child molesters, rapists, and related crimes of violence. Topics such as psychological profiling of serial killers, rapists, and child molesters will also be discussed.

The study of theories and practices in areas of legality, morality, values and ethics as they pertain to criminal justice with special consideration given to the application of Christian ethical principles to values clarification and decision-making in Criminal Justice agencies and social institutions that influence those agencies.

This course introduces students to the collection of forensic evidence, the analysis of forensic evidence, and the use of forensic evidence in criminal trials.

This course is designed to provide students with an overview of the legal, social, and technical impact of cybercrime. It will also analyze the tools needed to combat cybercrime through both the private and public sectors and evaluate such efforts.

Relations between the individual and the government as revealed through cases in constitutional law with an emphasis on United States Supreme Court cases involving the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.

This course is an introduction to research methods and data analysis pertinent to the study of crime, criminality, and the criminal justice system.

This course examines the laws, procedures, and traditions of the criminal courtroom. After an overview of the philosophical and historical foundation of our modern-day criminal court, the course will study the process through the court system from the filing of charges, setting of bail, plea bargaining, and trial. The roles of the various parties in the courtroom--prosecutor, defense attorney, judge, and jury--will be analyzed. Famous trials in Anglo-American jurisprudence will be used to highlight and illustrate basic concepts.

Individually arranged study and/or research in the area of criminal justice.

Designed to place the student with a criminal justice activity for a firsthand look at how the agency functions.

Students completing this course will enhance their research, analysis and critical thinking skills through practical experience in the process of scholarship. As a capstone experience students will plan, research and write a scholarly research piece addressing a current issue within Criminal Justice or Homeland Security relevant to their interests.

This course will provide an opportunity for seniors in the criminal justice program to meet and discuss selected topics involving current issues facing the American system of justice. Group discussion, presentations, and brief research papers will be used in the seminar.