CSJS - Criminal Justice

CSJS-11000 Introduction to Criminal Justice

This course provides a study of the function and jurisdiction of various law enforcement agencies, as well as their historical development, significant court decisions and relationships with other agencies. Citizen groups and political administrations, technologies, personnel stratification and affirmative action are also considered.

3

CSJS-11500 Introduction to Private Security

Private security is a dynamic field that is growing at a tremendous rate. Problematic issues have varied over the years, new technologies have been developed, laws have changed, and new organizational strategies have evolved. This course provides students with an overview of private security organizations. Students will be familiarized with the most significant literature, theories and research findings in the field. Types of positions available, duties involved and the employment forecast are also be addressed.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-20000 Court Systems and Probation

This course examines the historical and contemporary impact of the judicial process as the forefathers envisioned. The United States court system and its relationship to the criminal justice system are explored, along with the current system of probation in the United States. The organization and jurisdictions of the federal and state court systems are studied.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-21000 Health and Human Service Agencies

An examination of services designed to meet the various needs of the population, this course emphasizes the purposes, structure, funding sources and effectiveness of the different programs.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-22000 Criminology

This course provides historical and current analyses and a critique of foremost theories and "schools" of crime. The approach is multidimensional - psychological, sociological, genetic, geographic and political.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-24000 Introduction to Corrections

Students consider adult corrections and parole with a concentration on historical trends, administration, reception/diagnosis, incarceration, furlough work-release, parole, authority, recidivism.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-24500 Fire Science Overview

Although various perils may be of concern in a given situation, the threat of fire is universal. Because fire is one of the most damaging and demoralizing hazards, fire prevention and control must be the cornerstone of any comprehensive loss prevention program. No facility protection program is complete without clear, concise policies and programs to prevent or confront fire and other man-made or natural disasters. Topics covered in this course include fire behavior, fire codes, emergency planning, safeguards, hardware, protection systems and inspections.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-25000 Criminal Investigation

An examination of the historical evolution of the criminal investigative process, this course explains how a crime can be solved through a very thorough investigation, including preservation of evidence, report writing, crime scene equipment, processing of evidence and investigative procedure.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-26000 Juvenile Justice System

The juvenile justice system is viewed from both a historical and contemporary perspective with an emphasis on delinquency theories and prevention. Major topics include delinquency and community, arrest, pre-trial detention, court procedures and personnel, probation, training schools and camps, community-based networks, parole, release and recidivism.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-26500 Topics in Justice, Law, and Public Safety Studies

This course provides an opportunity to study topics of current and historical interest in the fields of justice, law, and public safety.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-27000 Environmental Protection Enforcement

This course considers how society protects itself against progressive dangers to its environment. Topics include effective law enforcement, legislation, effective preventive and corrective technologies, adherence to standards, sanctions and controls, informed community action and cooperation among agencies.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-27500 Law Enforcement

A study of the history and philosophy of local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies in the U.S. with emphasis on the interdependence of law enforcement and other components of the criminal justice system. The course also examines the roles of the police in the administration of justice and the critical issues that affect law enforcement in contemporary society.
3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-28600 Domestic Violence

This class takes a broad look at domestic problems, including juvenile status offenders, runaways, child abuse, incest and social isolation. It also considers suicide-homicide, depression, sexual dysfunction, drug-abuse/alcoholism, rape, and institutional solutions like shelters, counseling and protective services.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-29000 Private Security Investigation

Investigation aids the development of analytical comprehension of the investigative process. This course focus on theoretical and practical aspects of crime solution. The importance of understanding all aspects of criminal evidence and adherence to constitutional guarantees is paramount. Computer crime, informational privacy, investigative ethics, videotaping and psychological profiling are considered. Legal status, offender characteristics and investigative techniques are discussed. This course meets the Advanced Writing Proficiency requirement.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-30000 to 30900 Workshops in Justice, Law, and Public Safety Studies

This series of workshops in Justice, Law, and Public Safety Studies covers topics of interest and importance to both students and experienced professionals.   Workshops focus on both practical and theoretical issues and are open to all interested students at the University.
1

CSJS-31000 Security Organization and Management

Security problems occur in every area of a company's daily routine. It is necessary to deal systematically and forcefully with these problems. Recently, commercial and industrial communities have taken steps to create a security effort as part of the corporate structure, rather than turning to outside services. This course focuses on how and where the security department operates within the organizational framework and the management and operations of private security in corporate America. Management styles, basic management principles applied to crime prevention and, budgetary preparation and concerns are discussed.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-32000 Private Security

This course is designed as an introductory course for those students who are interested in a career in security, for those presently active in the field who are pursuing additional academic knowledge, and for those concentrating on business administration who wish to examine the basic principles of an organizational function that is rapidly becoming a vital part of virtually every business.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-33000 Community-Based Correctional Networks

Court sentenced offenders are sometimes given alternatives to incarceration, generally to reduce social costs. The history and development of this movement are analyzed. Topics include court probation, extended furlough, work-release and conditional parole, halfway houses, group homes, metro-centers and regional zone systems.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-33100 Foreign Criminal Justice Systems

Comparisons and contrasts are made among selected aspects of foreign criminal justice systems and those of the United States. Topics include structures of systems at various levels of government, questions of international jurisdiction, significant differences in basic criminal law and cardinal issues regarding the concept of justice.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-34000 Drugs: Incidence and Abuse

Drug problems are considered in terms of chemical content, effect upon individuals and society, incidence and distribution. Trafficking and organized crime, cause and prevention theories, treatment, statute, sanctions and appraisal of current efforts to deal with the problems are also covered. This course meets the advanced writing proficiency requirement.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-34100 Criminalistics: Introduction to Forensic Investigations

This course covers aspects of criminalistics. It focuses on standards, certification, genetic technology, drugs, chemicals, crime scene technology, prints, artifacts, and photography.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-34500 Females in Prison

In the last few years, the topic of female crime and criminals has begun to attract much attention. Patterns of criminal behavior, the etiology of female crime and criminal justice system responses, with special emphasis on the correctional aspects of female offenders, are the main focus of this course in an effort to help students become sensitive to and aware of the relationships among women, crime and justice.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-35100 Topics in Justice, Law, and Public Safety Studies

This course provides students with the opportunity to do advanced study in a variety of issues relating to contemporary or historical approaches to justice, law, public safety, fire science, forensic investigation, and the like. Topics will vary.
3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000 and consent of instructor

CSJS-35500 Prostitution, Rape, and Related Crime

This course provides a study of sexual crimes as they relate to public health, venereal disease, organized crime, political alliances, military imperatives and legislation. Rape victim counseling and treatment, special police training and coordinated crisis intervention are considered, along with offender apprehension, sentencing and follow-up study.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-35600 Professionalism and Ethics

This course explores professional ethics applied to Criminal Justice. Students examine the philosophical origins of ethics and the relationship of ethics to law and the concept of justice. General ethical propositions are established and applied to specific issues in criminal justice to educate students about ethical decision making and to assist students in becoming personally responsible in their professional careers.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-35700 Victims and Victimization

This course provides a comprehensive review of crime victimization. Students examine the level of victimization, characteristics relating to the victims of crime, the dynamics of the victim/offender relationship in various types of crime, and the consequences of crime victimization. The response by criminal/social justice agencies to victimization and the services provided are also examined.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-35800 Supervision of Police Personnel

Students examine the leadership role of supervisors and their ability to influence subordinates and coordinate and direct personnel toward specified goals and objectives. Supervisors should be knowledgeable and sensitive to the needs of the community, personnel and management so that overall benefits may be maximized.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-36000 Multicultural Issues in Criminal Justice

This course explores the relationship between social class and crime. Topics include rural, urban/metro and ghetto poverty; rapidly changing communities; high drug incidence areas; quality of school systems; police community relations; and prejudice.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-36100 Role of Social Justice with Minorities

This course aims to contribute to the general enrichment of knowledge of students by developing insights and an understanding of social science and humanistic concepts applicable for criminal justice reconstruction and to analyze the historical development of criminal justice problems in America, and society's parallel efforts to alleviate these problems by creating institutions and vehicles to reinforce the ability of individuals, families and communities to cope with social pressures and change.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-37000 Intelligence Gathering

This course explores the historical foundations of intelligence gathering and the legal boundaries that define the operational field. Contemporary issues are examined and methods of intelligence gathering are studied. An overview of various intelligence gathering agencies will also be covered. Electronic monitoring, right to privacy, use of informants, and disclosure of information to other agencies are examined.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-37700 Financial Investigations

This course seeks to introduce and apply financial investigative techniques to the detection and resolution of criminal activity. Focus is on the financial investigative approach, an approach that identifies and documents the movement of money during the course of a crime, particularly financial crimes.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-38000 Public Relations in Private Security

Examines the community environment and how this environment affects the operations of different agencies. Legal, illegal, formal and informal mechanisms of influence are examined, including voting, marching, striking, demonstrating, petitioning, and working through organizations and governmental bodies. This course meets advanced writing proficiency requirements.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-38500 Agency-Community Relations

Examines the community environment and how this environment affects the operations of different agencies. Legal, illegal, formal and informal mechanisms of influence are examined, including voting, marching, striking, demonstrating, petitioning, and working through organizations and governmental bodies. This course meets advanced writing proficiency requirements.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-40000 Fraud and Confidence Crime

This class provides students with a broad knowledge of confidence crimes; identify and profile the con-artist and examine why certain victims are targeted.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-42500 Safety and Risk Analysis

A substantial portion of the criminal environment exists in corporate America. The need for experts in the security/loss prevention field is ever increasing as corporate business people find that, when confronted with criminal act, the lack of expertise in the field results in errors or omissions. This course is designed to examine the specific areas of knowledge and skill needed by the crime prevention practitioner. The ability to design cost effective crime risk management systems is paramount. A growing concern for industrial/commercial safety has been evident since the late 1960s. This course discusses historical safety efforts in American history. This course meets the advanced writing proficiency requirement.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-43000 Elements of Criminal Law

This course is a basic study of laws, codes and jurisdictions relating to crime. Special attention is given to landmark court decisions, Illinois' criminal codes, relationships of social climate to enforcement of laws, historical trends and future directions.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 20000

CSJS-44000 Social Policy and Social Justice

This course will introduce, examine, and provide students the skills with which to analyze social justice policies. This course will emphasize a conceptual approach rather than a statistical focus to studying the creation, implementation, and evaluation of social justice policies. Although this will focus more on the steps involved in the evaluation of social justice policies, it will also address the existence of social justice policies and their relevance to the success of the social institution known as the social justice system (acknowledging the operations of each social justice component - law enforcement, courts, and corrections).
3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-44500 Criminal Procedure / Rules of Evidence

This course covers the aspect of the evidence being material, competent, and admissible. The rules of evidence governing the admissibility and legality in court are explored. The rules of evidence are designed for the courts to allow or disallow the viewing of evidence which may or may not be relevant to the case at hand. Exploration of court precedence will occur.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-46000 Architectural Design

This course deals with environmental architectural and aesthetic issues relating to the safety and security of the general public. Historical perspectives in design related to loss prevention, public safety and security will be examined. Landscape and perimeter design are also highlighted. Various protective strategies are discussed regarding architectural structures.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-46700 Applied Forensic Techniques

A verdict of guilty or innocent is frequently the result of evidence developed and reported by the crime lab. This capstone course, together with the 81-468 Laboratory course, brings together concepts from the other courses in the program in an applied learning environment. Students will be expected to demonstrate the relationship between and the application of concepts from Criminal/Social Justice-focused courses and the science-focused courses in discussions and situational environments.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000 and completion of a minimum of 20 semester hours of the major

CSJS-46800 Applied Forensic Techniques Lab

This course provides a laboratory experience of the concepts and topics of the Forensic Criminal Investigations program.

1

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

Corequisites

CSJS 46700

CSJS-47100 Criminal/Psychological Profiling

A comprehensive study of the phenomena of serial murders and other serial crimes, this course provides students with a broad knowledge of obsessive-compulsive behavior exhibited by serial criminals in their episodic endeavors.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-47200 Vice Detection and Control

This course studies the role of organized crime in vice related activities. Issues relative to legalized gambling, prostitution and drugs are also discussed. Enforcement strategies on the federal and local level are also highlighted as well.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-47500 Police Administration

At all levels of democratic government, police departments are sworn to effectively enforce the law. This course covers public administration skills, interaction with politics, private interest groups and community relations, personnel recruitment and training, treatment of victims and offenders, and established linkage with related public service - medical, fire and transportation.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 38500

CSJS-48500 Rehabilitative Counseling

Meaningful staff-client relationships require special training in counseling and advising. This course studies counseling skills required in such settings as incarceration, police custody, parole, court probation, work release, hospitalization, halfway houses and drug abuse centers. Consideration is also given to counseling victims of crime, fire, accidents and disasters.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 21000 and CSJS 24000

CSJS-48600 Gang Crime-Impact

Multidiscipline theories are presented. Possible causes and resolutions are explored along with economic, ethnic, racial, educational, migratory, housing, religious and psycho-social vectors, practical dilemmas of high-rise housing, automobile mobility, rapid-transit expansion, school "drop-outs," and alcohol as well as drug abuse. Analysis of efforts to combat the problems are considered, including law enforcement, legislation, and community cooperation.
3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-48700 Public Sector Labor Relations

Students examine the rapid emergence of the public sector in the labor-management forum. Public safety students come to understand that they are more than participants in this forum; they are contributors to the beginnings of public safety.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-48900 Female Crime and Incarceration

Patterns of criminal behavior on the part of women, the etiology of female crime and criminal justice system responses, with special emphasis on the correctional aspects of female offenders are explored.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-49000 Research Methods

This course is designated to provide students with an overview of the methods and techniques of research in the behavioral sciences. Special emphasis is placed on methods and techniques for conducting research in justice, law, and public safety studies, including the relationship between theory and research, the nature of causation, research designs and techniques, conceptualization and measurement, operational, sampling, and ethical issues. Furthermore, students will be exposed to current research in the field.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000 and two upper-division Criminal/Social Justice courses

CSJS-49200 Military Criminal Justice

This course provides a comprehensive overview of the military and the unique laws governing it. Historical discussion of the armies of the USSR, United Kingdom and Japan is covered. Other aspects include combined operations in emergency martial law situations, refugee control and anticipated national mobilization against the war on drugs. Foreign affairs, geopolitics and history are highlighted as well.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-49300 Organized Crime

This course is presented historically, transitionally, and in current status. Emphasis is placed on multi-ethnic and global aspects. Sub-topics include prohibition era white slavery and prostitution, gambling, worldwide law enforcement and legislative activity, money-laundering, corporate insider trading, sham of business, union-rackets, terrorism and subversive groups.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-49400 Terrorism-Hostage Negotiation

This course provides an analytical study of the phenomenon of international terrorism, urban terrorism and hostage situations in contemporary society. An examination of political, religious and economic motives is also covered. Case studies, such as the Palestine Liberation Organization, German Terrorist Activity and the Jackal are discussed.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-49500 Criminal Justice Information Systems

Information needs and interfaces for different departments are summarized. This course also provides pertinent, contemporary material regarding the collection, storage and dissemination of criminal justice information.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-49600 Rights and Civil Liability

The purposes of this course is to understand the liabilities that may attach to the police and their respective departments when officers engage in improper conduct, and to understand various lawsuits that may be filed against a police officer for misconduct. These suits include actions of officers that are intentional, as well as those that are negligent. Students learn why proper training, supervision and department rules and regulations are so important.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000

CSJS-49800 Internship

This internship gives students practical, related experience through placement in selected settings. Students attend scheduled seminars, confer with the Internship Coordinator, submit written reports and maintain a task log. Three credit hours (which require a minimum of 210 / maximum of 360 clock hours) or six semester credit hours (which require a minimum of 420 / maximum of 720 clock hours) may be earned.

3-6

Prerequisites

CSJS 11000, GPA of 3.00 or above, Junior/Senior status and approval of internship coordinator and chairperson

CSJS-49900 Independent Study

Students get an opportunity to explore, in a structured manner, a special interest area of their choice. Students are expected to meet with their advisor throughout the semester while preparing their report. A prescribed stylized written report in duplicate must be submitted to the faculty advisor.

3

Prerequisites

CSJS 49000, Criminal/Social Justice major, Junior/Senior status and consent of advisor and chairperson. To qualify for an Independent Study, a student must have successfully completed 60 credit hours, at least 12 of which were earned at Lewis University, and have earned at Lewis University a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA.