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CHEM 4453 - Special Topics
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. In-depth study of topics chosen from areas of particular and current interest to chemistry and chemical engineering students. 1-4 credits.
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CHEM 4454 - Special Topics
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. In-depth study of topics chosen from areas of particular and current interest to chemistry and chemical engineering students. 1-4 credits.
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CHEM 4455 - Special Topics
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. In-depth study of topics chosen from areas of particular and current interest to chemistry and chemical engineering students. 1-4 credits.
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CHEM 4456 - Special Topics
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. In-depth study of topics chosen from areas of particular and current interest to chemistry and chemical engineering students. 1-4 credits.
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CHEM 4457 - Special Topics
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. In-depth study of topics chosen from areas of particular and current interest to chemistry and chemical engineering students. 1-4 credits.
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CHEM 4458 - Special Topics
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. In-depth study of topics chosen from areas of particular and current interest to chemistry and chemical engineering students. 1-4 credits.
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CHEM 4459 - Special Topics
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. In-depth study of topics chosen from areas of particular and current interest to chemistry and chemical engineering students. 1-4 credits.
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CHEM 4471 - Industrial Chemistry
Prerequisites: CHEM 2202 , CHEM 2211 , CHEM 2221 , CHEM 3332 . A course to bridge the gap from the academic to the industrial world. Topics include material accounting, energy accounting, chemical transport, reactor design, process development and control. 3 credits.
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CHEM 4501 - Advanced Organic Chemistry
Prerequisites: CHEM 2202 , CHEM 2204 . This course focuses on four topics: mechanisms of organic chemistry reactions, fundamentals of synthesis of complex molecules, organic chemistry of biologically important molecules, and an introduction to medical chemistry. An underlying theme throughout this course is the relationship between chemical structure and the function and reactivity of organic compounds. 3 credits.
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CHEM 4521 - Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
Prerequisite: CHEM 3331 . Co-requisite: CHEM 3332 . Review of atomic structure and introduction to group theory and symmetry. The chemistry of transition metal complexes and organometallic compounds with emphasis on bonding and structure, physical and chemical properties, and reaction mechanisms including catalysis and photochemistry. Bioinorganic chemistry and ionic solids will be covered as time permits. 3 credits.
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CHEM 4550 - Medicinal Chemistry
Prerequisite: one year of undergraduate organic chemistry (CHEM 2201 , CHEM 2202 or equivalent). Recommended: an advanced undergraduate organic chemistry course (CHEM 4501 or equivalent). Medicinal chemistry is the investigation , discovery, and development of therapeutic agents. A key concept is the understanding of the relationship between chemical structure and drug activity. This course is interdisciplinary in its approach, with the goals of understanding drug action and designing new drugs. Medicinal chemistry incorporates knowledge of a wide scope of disciplines such as chemistry, biology, and pharmacology. This course emphasizes the fundamental principles of medicinal chemistry and surveys major classes of drugs. 3 credits.
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CHEM 4555 - Pharmacology
Prerequisites: one year of undergraduate organic chemistry (CHEM 2201 , CHEM 2202 or equivalent) and one term of biochemistry (BIOL 4461 or equivalent). Recommended: an advanced undergraduate organic chemistry course (CHEM 4501 or equivalent), and at least one course in biochemistry or in cell biology (BIOL 3308 , BIOL 3311 or equivalent). Pharmacology is the study of therapeutics: agents administered to achieve a beneficial therapeutic effect on some disease process. This survey course will cover a general overview of pharmacology including principles of pharmacodynamics (mechanism of action of drugs) and pharmacokinetics (the role of drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion in drug action). The general concepts will be applied into case studies of specific drugs taken from the main classes of therapeutic agents. 3 credits.
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CHEM 4592 - Thesis with Laboratory
Prerequisites: senior standing, consent of the instructor. An original investigation in the laboratory and library under the guidance of a member of the department. A final thesis report is submitted.
3 credits.
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CHEM 4593 - Honors Thesis: Chemistry
Students in this course will complete their Honors Thesis in consultation with their Honors Thesis advisor. 3 credits.
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CHEM 4599 - Independent Study
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Opportunity for the student under the direction of a faculty member to explore an area of interest. This course may be used to do preliminary work on the topic studied for Thesis (CHEM 4592 ). 1-4 credits.
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CJST 1100 - Introduction to Criminal Justice
Survey of criminal justice system with emphasis on prosecution, corrections, and societal reaction to offenders. Retribution, rehabilitation, deterrence, and incapacitation serve as generic frames of reference and theoretical points of departure for analyzing the dispositional and correctional processes. The course focuses on the process - from the police and prosecution through the courts; from the courts through the correctional system. 3 credits.
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CJST 1102 - Criminal Law
The scope, purpose, and definitions of substantive criminal law: criminal liability, major elements of statutory and common law offenses (with some reference to the Connecticut Penal Code), and significant defenses. 3 credits.
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CJST 1105 - Introduction to Security
General survey of the major historical, legal, and practical developments and problems of security. Course stresses the components, organization, and objectives of security; the trend toward professionalization; the role of security in the public and private sectors and its relationship to management. 3 credits.
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CJST 1110 - Rape Aggression Defense for Women
This course provides women with skills to better avoid being sexually assaulted. Students learn basic self-defense skills, escape and avoidance tactics, offensive and defensive postures, and how to engage in defensive attacks. They also practice learned skills in simulated attacks. In addition, students learn about victim services, sexual assault laws, laws pertaining to self-defense, date rape mentality, and other forms of interpersonal violence for which college women are at risk (e.g., domestic violence, stalking). 1 credits.
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CJST 1112 - Resisting Aggression with Defense: Self-Defense for Men
This course provides men with skills to better avoid being assaulted. Students learn basic self-defense skills, escape and avoidance strategies, offensive and defensive postures, and how to engage in defensive attacks. They also practice learned skills in simulated attacks. In addition, students learn about anger management, victim services, sexual assault laws, laws pertaining to self-defense, date rape mentality, and other forms of interpersonal violence (e.g., domestic violence, stalking). 1 credits.
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CJST 2201 - Principles of Criminal Investigation
Introduction to criminal investigation in the field. Conducting the crime scene search, interview of witnesses, interrogation of suspects, methods of surveillance, and the special techniques employed in particular kinds of investigation. 3 credits.
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CJST 2203 - Security Administration
An overview of security systems found in retail, industrial, and governmental agencies; the legal framework for security operations; and the administrative and procedural processes in security management. 3 credits.
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CJST 2204 - Introduction to Corrections
Prerequisite: CJST 1100 . This course focuses on the role of corrections in offenders' lives and society. It starts with an historical and philosophical view of the development of corrections (post-adjudication processing of criminal offenders) focusing on adult offenders. Later topics include administrative and operational components of corrections, criminals in confinement, post-adjudication procedures and problems, and community corrections. 3 credits.
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CJST 2205 - Forensic Psychology
Prerequisites: CJST 1100 , PSYC 1111 or PSYC 1112 . This course is intended to provide an overview of the various applications of psychology to forensic settings. Topics include criminal investigation and profiling, personnel selection, dynamics of violence and victimology, eyewitness testimony, trial processes, and a variety of other areas within the criminal and civil justice systems. Cross-listed with PSYC 2205 . 3 credits.
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CJST 2206 - Victims and Victimization
Prerequisite: CJST 1100 . This course will introduce students to concepts relevant to criminal victimization studies, such as victimization types, rates of victimization, the causes and consequences of victimization, as well as policies and interventions developed to address victimization. 3 credits.
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CJST 2207 - Criminal Justice Data Systems
Prerequisite: CJST 1100 . This course introduces students to the technological systems utilized within police organizations, correctional agencies, and courts. Students learn about different storage systems including variation in the hardware and software utilized to warehouse and access criminal justice data. Students learn how to query, manipulate, and report data within these systems. 3 credits.
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CJST 2208 - Introduction to Policing
Prerequisite: CJST 1100 . This course covers the historical development of policing as a component of the total justice system. Specific topics examined include: the police function, police community roles, authority, police stress, and the organization and structure of policing in the United States. Key issues including the use of force, corruption, accountability, and the political dimension of police work are examined. 3 credits.
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CJST 2209 - Correctional Treatment Programs
Prerequisite: CJST 1100 . Various treatment modalities employed in the rehabilitation of offenders. Field visits to various correctional treatment facilities such as halfway houses and community-based treatment programs. 3 credits.
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CJST 2217 - Criminal Procedure I
Prerequisites: CJST 1100 , CJST 1102 . An inquiry into the nature and scope of the U.S. Constitution as it relates to criminal procedures. Areas discussed include the law of search and seizure, arrests, confessions, and identification. 3 credits.
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CJST 2218 - Criminal Procedure II and Evidence
Prerequisites: CJST 1100 , CJST 1102 . Legal doctrines employed in controlling the successive stages of the criminal process. Rules of law related to wiretapping and lineups, pretrial decision making, juvenile justice, and trial. 3 credits.
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CJST 2220 - Legal Issues in Corrections
Prerequisites: junior standing, CJST 1100 , CJST 2217 . Examination of the legal foundations of correctional practice and review of recent judicial decisions which are altering the correctional environment. An analysis of the factors and forces which are creating a climate of significant reform in corrections. 3 credits.
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CJST 2221 - Juvenile Justice System
Prerequisites: CJST 1100 , PSYC 1111 or PSYC 1112 . A wide range of issues focused on youths and young adults who interact with police, courts, and corrections will be examined. This course will familiarize the student with how the juvenile justice system currently operates in different states, how it is different from the adult criminal justice system, and how these differences have come to exist from case law, as well as state and federal legislation. Cross-listed with SOCI 2231 . 3 credits.
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CJST 2226 - Industrial Security
Prerequisite: CJST 1105 . Concepts of security as it integrates with industrial management systems presented along with industrial security requirements and standards, alarms and surveillance devices, animate security approaches, costing, planning, and engineering. Principles of safety practices and regulations, fire prevention, property conservation, occupational hazards, and personal safeguards. 3 credits.
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CJST 2250 - Scientific Methods in Criminal Justice
Prerequisite: CJST 1100 . This course is designed to introduce students to basic issues of research design and methodology. Students will be introduced to the scientific method of inquiry, and will learn a number of the tools and strategies that social scientists use to answer research questions. Topics will include the development of research questions, ethical issues in research, types of observations, the importance of samples, pre/post-test designs, data analysis, evaluation of policy, and reporting research. 3 credits.
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CJST 2251 - Quantitative Applications in Criminal Justice
Prerequisite: MATH 1108 or higher. The purpose of this course is to provide an introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics. The course will cover types of variables, summary statistics, visual representation of data, variability, probability, populations and samples, and parametric and non-parametric tests of significance as applied to criminal justice settings. 3 credits.
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CJST 3300 - History of Criminal Justice
Prerequisite: CJST 1100 .
The development of the major CJ elements including police, prisons, probation, and parole. Significant historical events and philosophical postulates as they pertain to this development. 3 credits.
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CJST 3301 - Group Dynamics in Criminal Justice
Prerequisites: CJST 2205 , PSYC 1111 or PSYC 1112 . Analysis of theory and applied methods in the area of group process. Focus on both individual roles and group development as they relate to criminal justice issues. Experiential exercises are included. 3 credits.
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CJST 3306 - Security Problems Seminar
Prerequisites: CJST 1105 and CJST 2203 . An analysis of special problem areas including college and university campuses, hospitals, hotels/motels, etc. Also, special problems concerning computer protection, bank security, executive personnel protection, credit cards, case law and legal aspects, control of proprietary information, and white collar crime. 3 credits.
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CJST 3308 - Community Policing and Crime Reduction
Prerequisite: CJST 2208 . This course is focused on the history and development of community policing, as well as community relations, problem solving/problem-oriented policing, and issues of organizational change. Students will also explore the effectiveness of community policing approaches and how community policing relates to crime control. 3 credits.
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CJST 3310 - Criminal Justice Institutions
Prerequisite: CJST 3300 . Examination of the societal and psychological implications of various types of institutions. Includes both social and total institutions and examines their similarities and dissimilarities with particular emphasis on their implications for criminal justice. 3 credits.
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CJST 3311 - Criminology
Prerequisite: CJST 1100 . An examination of principles and concepts of criminal behavior; criminological theory; the nature, extent, and distribution of crime; legal and societal reaction to crime. Cross-listed with SOCI 3311 . 3 credits.
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CJST 3312 - Police and Crime Control
Prerequisite: CJST 1100 . The changing role, perspectives, and operational strategies of policing as they relate to the crime control function of the police. The focus will be on innovative, promising, emerging, or "futuristic" and often highly controversial police practices, programs, and approaches to law enforcement as well as on selective community crime prevention efforts undertaken in conjunction with, under the auspices of, or independently of the police department. Special attention will be devoted to police brutality, the use of deadly force and its consequences, including high-speed police pursuits. 3 credits.
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CJST 3315 - Domestic Violence
Introduction to the study of family violence issues. Typology and history of family abuse, responses to family violence, and public policy issues will be the focus of study. Issues in domestic violence, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, elder abuse, child abuse, treatment approaches, and legal guidelines. 3 credits.
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CJST 3320 - Working with Criminal Justice System Clients
Prerequisites: CJST 1100 and junior standing. This course will introduce students to the practice of working with clients in various criminal justice settings, such as at point of contact (i.e., law enforcement), in the courts, correctional programs, and victim service agencies. Students will learn about policies, practices, and ethical standards to be applied when interacting with juveniles and adults, as well as the community in general. 3 credits.
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CJST 3325 - Transnational Crime
Prerequisite: junior standing. This course is a comprehensive survey course on the internal and external mechanisms which support and foster international crime systems. Crime systems will be looked at via countries as well as continents. The form that crime takes transnationally will also be discussed along with the judicial responses to crime transnationally including corrections. 3 credits.
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CJST 3327 - The Mafia: Evolution of a Criminal Enterprise
This course analyzes the origins and development of the mafia in the context of Italian and American politics, economics, and society from the nineteenth century until the present day. The approach adopted will be both political-historical and sociological-anthropological. Lectures and discussions will be supplemented with newspaper/magazine articles, films (documentary and fictional) and contemporary literature. 3 credits.
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CJST 3333 - Police Civil Liability
Prerequisites: CJST 1100 , CJST 1102 , CJST 2217 or consent of instructor. Introductory overview of types of civil liability lawsuits brought against law enforcement officers. Exploration of ways to relieve the pressure of this potential liability. Emphasis placed on negligence and intentional torts. 3 credits.
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CJST 3334 - Community Supervision and Treatment
Prerequisite: CJST 2204 . The objective of this course is to expose the student to the various community-based methods of corrections outlined in laws and procedures from both state and federal jurisdictions. The course examines the concept of community corrections from various perspectives on punishment and its goals. Furthermore, contemporary practices and trends in probation, parole, and other forms of community corrections are described. Lastly, the latest research findings in the field of corrections are outlined. 3 credits.
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CJST 3339 - Criminological Ethnography
Prerequisite: CJST 1100 or consent of instructor. This course is designed to familiarize students with the ethnographic research method. Ethnography is a scientific approach to investigating and learning about social and community patterns. In addition to course readings and class discussions, students will immerse themselves into another community for the purpose of describing human conditions within the community of interest. In the end, the students may develop a criminology rooted theory based upon their observations and inclusion of the community members' voices. 3 credits.
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CJST 3340 - Race, Class and Gender Issues in CJ
Prerequisite: CJST 1100 . This course is designed to evaluate how race, class, gender, and other diversity issues impact criminal patterns, responses to criminal activity, and decision making within the criminal justice system. 3 credits.
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CJST 3345 - Police and Investigative Psychology
Prerequisite: CJST 2205 . This course focuses on the functions of the police psychologist such as candidate screening, stress management and counseling, hostage negotiations, critical incident debriefing, and fitness for duty evaluations. Application of psychological principles to investigation strategies such as profiling and hypnosis will also be explored. 3 credits.
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CJST 3357 - Legal Psychology
Prerequisite: CJST 2205 . This course will focus on the study of human behavior and cognitions within the legal and criminal justice system. Special emphasis will be given to the contributions of legal and cognitive psychology in understanding the criminal and civil legal system. Topics will include eyewitness testimony, jury decision-making, confession evidence, and punishment and sentencing. 3 credits.
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CJST 3365 - Law, Psychology and the Mental Health System
This class will review the civil and criminal law as it relates to mental health issues. Particular emphasis will be given to the justification of mental health law concepts, such as civil commitment and parens patriae power. Topics will include competence to stand trial, insanity, civil commitment, sexual predator commitment statutes, confidentiality, duty to warn, informed consent, malpractice, and issues of expert testimony. Legal cases will be examined to give the students a foundation in actual legal case law. Ethical issues and issues of professional responsibility will be covered. 3 credits.
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CJST 3399 - Professional Practices in Criminal Justice
Prerequisites: sophomore standing and criminal justice major. A course designed to assist students to gain a better understanding and appreciation of the internship experience as well as to develop important career planning, job seeking, and professional responsibility skills. Students will be acquainted with work rules in criminal justice agencies and helped to select the correct internship for their particular interest. A key issue will be extended discussion of criminal justice ethics as related to the various aspects of the criminal justice system. 3 credits.
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CJST 4400 - Criminal Justice Capstone Seminar
Prerequisites: CJST 3311 and senior standing. An examination of theoretical and philosophical issues affecting the administration of justice: the problems of reconciling legal and theoretical ideals in various sectors of the criminal justice system with the realities of practice. 3 credits.
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CJST 4402 - Police in Society
Prerequisites: CJST 1100 , CJST 3300 . Acquaints students with the major developments and trends of policing in a free society. Emphasis placed on American police and the role of the police in a democracy. Further emphasis placed on the examination of the interactions between the police and the communities they serve. 3 credits.
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CJST 4408 - Child and Family Intervention Strategies
Prerequisites: PSYC 1111 or PSYC 1112 , PSYC 2336 , CJST 2205 . This course is designed to introduce students to the application of investigation and critical thinking strategies to the problems of chid abuse, neglect, and domestic violence. Assessment, decision-making, and case management strategies will be explored. 3 credits.
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CJST 4409 - Adult Intervention Strategies
Prerequisite: CJST 4408 . A comprehensive investigation of mental health and correctional systems, including residential and community-based treatment. Particular attention will be placed on strategies for dealing with resistant clients. Students will develop critical thinking skills relating to best practices in a variety of settings. 3 credits.
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CJST 4410 - Legal Issues in Private Security
Examines legal problems affecting the private security industry and ways to prevent loss from litigation. Includes intentional torts, negligence, agency, contracts and law of arrest, search and seizure, and interrogation by citizens. 3 credits.
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CJST 4411 - Victimology
Introduction to the principles and concepts of victimology, analysis of victimization patterns and trends, and responses to criminal victimization. 3 credits.
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CJST 4412 - Substance Abuse and Addiction
Course provides an overview of drug use and addictive behavior as they relate to law enforcement and correctional treatment issues; current estimate is that 80-90% of violent crime in the United States is correlated with alcohol and drug use. 3 credits.
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CJST 4413 - Victim Law and Service Administration
Prerequisite: CJST 4411 . Introduces the study of crime victims' legal rights and the services available to crime victims within the criminal justice system and in other settings. Topics include victim assistance programs from law enforcement through the courts and corrections systems as well as community-based advocacy and support. This study of victim services is integrated wih a focus on the underlying legal structure of crime victim statutory and constitutional rights including notification, participation, protection, and financial remedies (e.g., restitution, compensation, and civil litigation) as well as other rights. Practical program management, evaluation, and funding issues are incorporated. 3 credits.
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CJST 4414 - Legal Rights
Prerequisite: CJST 1100 . Introduces the study of crime victims' rights within the justice system. Topics include victim-witness programs, victim impact statements, victim notification laws, compensation schemes, and victims' rights legislation. 3 credits.
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CJST 4420 - Advanced Investigative Techniques
Prerequisites: CJST 2201 , CJST 2218 , FORS 2215 , junior or senior standing. An in-depth study of the principles and techniques associated with the collection and documenting of information obtained during an investigation. Addresses the many sources of information, utilization of informants, the use of hynosis, polygraph, advanced strategies for interviews and investigations and provides documentation techniques. 3 credits.
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CJST 4425 - White Collar Crime Investigation
Prerequisite: CJST 2201 . This is an advanced course in white-collar crime investigation. Students will focus on the history, philosophy, evolution, and types of white-collar crimes. This course will examine the various types of white-collar offenses and explore how and why such crimes are committed. The course will also explore the various laws used to combat such offenses and consider the investigative techniques used to identify those engaged in such activity. In addition, the course will explore the profile of the modern white-collar offender and the roles of the various federal law enforcement agencies responsible for investigating white-collar crime. 3 credits.
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CJST 4430 - Exploring Delinquency
Prerequisites: CJST 2221 , CJST 3320 . The construct of juvenile delinquency will be examined through public safety outcomes associated with youth and young adults' engagement in delinquency and crime. This class will address the selection and evaluation of programs and services for prevention, intervention, and diversion that are intended to reduce recidivism and increase pro-social interactions. 3 credits.
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CJST 4440 - Death Investigation
Prerequisites: senior standing as Criminal Justice - Investigative Services or Forensic Science major, CJST 2201 , FORS 2215 or FORS 2216 , FORS 4415 or consent of the instructor. An in-depth study of the principles and techniques associated with investigating homicides, suicides, and accidental, natural, or equivocal deaths. While considering the sociological, psychological, and legal aspects typically found in these cases, the process will take the student from the scene to the court - criminal or civil. 3 credits.
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CJST 4444 - Correctional Interventions Seminar
Prerequisites: CJST 2221 , CJST 3311 , CJST 3320 , CJST 3334 . The class covers issues germane to intervention with criminal offenders. The class focuses attention on the philosophical and pragmatic debates in correctional treatment. General strategies for treating criminal offenders as well as needs and risk assessment are explored. Finally, the various treatment modalities currently used to treat offenders, as well as treatment programs for special populations (sex offenders, substance abusers), are examined. 3 credits.
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CJST 4450 - Special Topics
A study of selected issues of particular interest to the students and instructor. 3 credits.
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CJST 4451 - Special Topics
A study of selected issues of particular interest to the students and instructor. 3 credits.
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CJST 4452 - Special Topics
A study of selected issues of particular interest to the students and instructor. 3 credits.
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CJST 4453 - Special Topics
A study of selected issues of particular interest to the students and instructor. 3 credits.
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CJST 4454 - Special Topics
A study of selected issues of particular interest to the students and instructor. 3 credits.
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CJST 4455 - Special Topics
A study of selected issues of particular interest to the students and instructor. 3 credits.
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CJST 4456 - Special Topics
A study of selected issues of particular interest to the students and instructor. 3 credits.
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CJST 4457 - Special Topics
A study of selected issues of particular interest to the students and instructor. 3 credits.
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CJST 4458 - Special Topics
A study of selected issues of particular interest to the students and instructor. 3 credits.
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CJST 4459 - Special Topics
A study of selected issues of particular interest to the students and instructor. 3 credits.
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CJST 4460 - Seminar in Youth Justice
Prerequisite: CJST 4408 or CJST 4430 . This capstone course will expose students to a wider array of topics affecting the juvenile justice system, allowing for a more nuanced conversation about youth justice. Altogether, students will explore advanced topics that influence youths' and young adults' interactions with the police, courts, and corrections. 3 credits.
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CJST 4461 - Criminal Justice Data Visualization
Prerequisite: CJST 2207 . This course introduces students to data visualization and reporting techniques used in justice system organizations. Students learn how to interpret and generate various types of visual analysis products based on criminal justice data. This course prepares students for working in modern criminal justice organizations as both producers and consumers of information. 3 credits.
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CJST 4475 - Seminar in Forensic Psychology
Prerequisite: CJST 2205 . This course will explore a series of contemporary rotating research topics in law and psychology that will allow students to take an in-depth examination of a single area of study. Areas explored may include jury decision-making models, forensic assessment, wrongful conviction, death penalty, and trial consulting. 3 credits.
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CJST 4498 - Research Project
Prerequisite: consent of the department chair. The student carries out an original research project in a criminal justice setting and reports the findings. 1-3 credits.
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CJST 4501 - Criminal Justice Internship
Prerequisites: CJST 3399 , consent of the department chair. Provides academically monitored field experience with selected federal, state, or local criminal justice agencies with faculty supervision, guidance, and review. The course will include required classroom discussion meetings to facilitate a better understanding of the issues presented during the internship experience. 3 credits.
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CJST 4512 - Criminal Justice Management
Prerequisite: junior or senior standing. An in-depth view of leadership and management skills in a variety of criminal justice settings. Special focus will include problem solving and quality control in agencies. 3 credits.
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CJST 4520 - Computer Crime: Legal Issues
Prerequisites: junior or senior standing, a grade of C or higher in CSCI 1107 or an equivalent course, consent of the instructor. An overview of computer crime and the procedures forensic computing specialists, law enforcement investigators, and prosecutors must invoke to prosecute computer criminals successfully. 3 credits.
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CJST 4522 - Computers, Technology, and Criminal Justice
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. An introduction to information systems used within the criminal justice system. Overview of existing criminal justice information systems with implications for future needs. Analysis of the impact of science and technology on criminal justice agencies. 3 credits.
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CJST 4523 - Internet Vulnerability Criminal Act
Prerequisites: junior or senior standing, a grade of C or higher in CSCI 1107 or an equivalent course, a grade of C or higher in CJST 4520 , consent of the instructor. This course provides appropriate strategies for the proper documentation, preparation, and presentation of investigations involving the Internet and familiarizes students with legal information which impacts Internet investigations. 3 credits.
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CJST 4524 - Network Security and Data Protection
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. A comprehensive introduction to network security issues, concepts, and technologies. The core technologies of access control, cryptography, digital signatures, authentication, network firewalls, and network security services are reviewed along with issues of security policy and risk management. 3 credits.
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CJST 4525 - Information Systems Threats, Attacks, and Defenses
This course provides an overview of the actors, motives, and methods used in the commission of computer-related crimes and describes the methods used by organizations to prevent, detect, and respond to these crimes. 3 credits.
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CJST 4526 - Firewall and Secure Enterprise Computing
This course covers theory and practices of Internet firewalls and many of the details and vulnerabilities of the IP and embedded protocol sites. In the laboratory and online portion of the course students will construct, deploy, and test a real firewall against common Internet attacks. 3 credits.
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CJST 4527 - Internet Investigations and Audit-Based Computer Forensics
Theory and techniques for tracking attackers across the Internet and gaining forensic information from computer systems. The course includes case studies of Internet-based crimes and addresses limits of forensic techniques. 3 credits.
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CJST 4528 - Computer Viruses
This course addresses theoretical and practical issues surrounding computer viruses. 3 credits.
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CJST 4529 - Practical Issues in Cryptography
Includes examples of current and historical cryptography and stegonagraphic systems; major types of cryptosystems and cryptanalytic techniques and how they operate, hands-on experience with current cryptographic technology. 3 credits.
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CJST 4530 - Investigating Financial Crimes
A study of principles and techniques associated with investigating financial crimes. Emphasis on case study approach to understanding financial crimes investigation. 3 credits.
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CJST 4533 - Cyber Forensics Evidence Laboratory
Prerequisite: CJST 4524 . Computer forensics is the practice of determining what past actions have taken place on a computer or electronic device. Using forensic techniques and software, we can uncover and preserve the artifacts that provide the evidence of crimes and activities such as theft of data, improper computer use and virus or malware attacks. This course is an introduction to where these key pieces of data are located and how they can be recovered. Students are also introduced to popular forensic software tools such as EnCase, FTK, Helix, WinHex, RegRipper, and others. 3 credits.
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CJST 4535 - Global Perspectives on Crime and Justice
Affords students the opportunity to explore a number of foreign criminal justice systems with emphasis on policing. Different perspectives of crime problems will be seen through the prism of foreign culture. Specific countries and topics will vary. 3 credits.
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CJST 4536 - Criminal Justice System Study Abroad
Prerequisites: CJST 1100 , CJST 1102 or consent of the instructor. This course is designed to familiarize students with the criminal justice system in a subject country during a study abroad program to a selected country (e.g., China, Poland, Russia, and Israel). The course will be taught by a university instructor, include interactions and presentations by various guest experts from different agencies or educational institutions in the subject country, and include site visits to various criminal justice facilities and other places. The course will cover such topics as policing, law, juvenile justice, and corrections. The course is repeatable if in a different subject country. This course may be cross-listed with CJST 6636. A course fee will be charged or the additional costs will be incorporated within the overall cost of the study-abroad experience within which the course is taught. 3 credits.
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CJST 4537 - Cyber Risk Management
This course is designed to review the methods and techniques used to mitigate the risk imposed on computer/devices and networks. Areas of study include encryption, penetration testing, IT security policies, and mapping cyber incidents. Emphasis will be placed on how to reduce the exposure of risk that computers and networks face. 3 credits.
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CJST 4538 - Cyber Warfare
Prerequisite: CJST 4524 . This class will examine issues in cyber warfare. Students will define "warfare" and examine the boundary between diplomatic conduct of international relations and national security. Additionally, students will define "cyber" and learn how it relates to the conduct of operations and the intelligence efforts to discover and forestall those operations. 3 credits.
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CJST 4540 - Computer Applications Research and Program Evaluation
Prerequisites: CJST 2250 , CJST 2251 , MATH 1110 . An advanced course reviewing major statistical packages and models employed in the analysis of criminal justice and human services data. Students will learn analytic techniques using real data sets. Program evaluation needs will be studied and tested. 3 credits.
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