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1 Criminal Justice Upper Division Restricted Electives Undergraduate Courses CCJ 3058 Origins of Criminal Justice 3(3, 0) PR: CCJ3024 or C.I. Study of criminal justice system evolution. Focus on developments contributing to the institutions and practices of the American criminal justice system. CCJ 3450 Criminal Justice Manager - 3(3, 0) Elements of first-line supervision and executive development. Administrative leadership; its nature; methods, and traits. Recent theories and research in leadership. CCJ 3451 Justice Systems Technology 3(3, 0) PR: CCJ3024 or C.I. Examination of the relevance of scientific and technological developments to justice systems and their applicability to the operations and management of the systems. CCJ 3481 Labor Relations in Criminal Justice 4 (4, 0) PR: CCJ3014 and CCJ3450 or C.I. Examines the role of public sector labor relations in criminal justice to include managementemployee relationships, collective bargaining process, employee organizations, and federalstate laws. CCJ 3667 Victims and the Criminal Justice System - 3(3, 0) PR: CCJ Course examines Victims as they affect the Criminal Justice system, the dimensions of criminal victimization, and victim offender programs. CCJ 4035 Crime and the Media - 3(3, 0) Explore how the criminal justice system, criminals, and crime are portrayed in the media and its impact on society and the criminal justice system. Fall, Spring. CCJ 4054 Criminal Justice Ethics - 3(3, 0)

2 Focuses on the ethical issues and problems commonly encountered in the criminal justice system (police courts and corrections). CCJ 4064 Criminal Justice Dimensions of Genocide 3(3, 0) PR: CCJ 3014 or CI. Elements of Criminal Justice approach to genocide, including theories, precursors, case studies, organization, legal outcomes, and criminal justice majors' roles in studying and preventing genocide. CCJ 4076 Intelligence Analysis and Investigative Support (Crime Analysis II)- 3(3, 0) PR: CJE 4654, CJE 4663 or C.I.. Designed to provide advanced data analysis skills that will enable a crime analysis sophisticated methodologies to crime analysis. CCJ 4129 Cultural Diversity in Criminal Justice - 3(3, 0) This course focuses on the problems and issues associated with race, ethnic and gender relations in the administration of justice in a democratic society. CCJ 4195 Interviews and Interrogations in Criminal Justice - 3(3, 0) PR: CCJ 3024 (Criminal Justice System) and CJ Major or CI. The criminal justice interview process including history of criminal justice interviews, the use of Miranda, non-verbal listening, and the rules of testimonial evidence. Fall, Spring. CCJ 4296 Famous Crimes and Trials 3 (3,0) PR: CCJ 3014 or CCJ 3024 or C.I. A detailed examination of selected famous American crimes and trials since CCJ 4361 Death Penalty - 3(3, 0) This course provides students an opportunity to analyze and discuss complex issues surrounding the death penalty and the criminal justice system. CCJ 4641 Organized Crime - 3(3, 0) An examination of organized crime, including structures, history and activities, and of issues surrounding efforts to define and control it. CCJ 4644 White Collar Crime - 3(3, 0)

3 PR: CCJ 3014 and CCJ Classic definitions and statements on white collar crime concepts, concepts and criminal activities, types of fraud, investigations, environmental crime, and corporate crime. CCJ 4651 Drugs and Crime - 3(3, 0) Focuses on the problems of drugs and drug control in contemporary society. Students will examine the problems of drugs in our society as well as specific strategies used by criminal justice agencies to prevent and control illicit drug use. Fall, Spring. CCJ 4670 Women and Crime - 3(3, 0) This course covers women in criminal justice as offenders and prisoners, as well as crime victims and professionals working in the system. CCJ 4681 Domestic Violence and the Criminal Justice System - 3(3, 0) Study of the nature and causes of forms of domestic violence, pertaining to laws, prevention strategies, and justice system response. CCJ 4690 Sex Offenders and the Criminal Justice System - 3(3,0) Provides students a better understanding of how the criminal justice system deals with sex offenders and their offenses. Fall, Spring. CCJ 4934 Emergent Issues in Criminal Justice - 1-3(1-3,0) PR: CCJ 3014, CCJ 3024 or C.I. Developing trends and issues in criminal justice facing administrators, practitioners, and researchers. May be repeated for credit. CJC 3134 Prisons and Jails - 3(3, 0) PR: CJC An overview and analysis of issues in institutional corrections, focusing on prison and jail history, inmates, guards, administration and management, and programming. CJC 3164 Community Based Corrections - 3(3, 0) PR: CCJ 3024 and CJC 3010 or C.I. An overview and analysis of correction interventions and treatment programs in the community. CJC 4410 Correctional and Interventions in Criminal Justice 3 (3,0)

4 PR: CCJ 3014 or C.I. Intervention techniques used with juvenile and adult offenders in institutional and communitybased settings and study of the theoretical foundations. CJE 3001 Careers In Criminal Justice - 3(3, 0) Introductory course with focus on components of the Criminal Justice process (law enforcement, courts, and corrections) and employment opportunities within the criminal justice system. Fall, Spring. CJE 3444 Crime Prevention - 3(3, 0) An overview and analysis of crime prevention strategies used in the private and public sectors. Fall, Spring. CJE 3662 CJ Information Technology and Data Management - 3(3, 0) PR: CCJ 3024 Designed to familiarize with concepts of databases, uses, and applicability to crime analysis. CJE 4012 Criminal Profiling in Criminal Justice - 3(3, 0) PR: CCJ 3014 or C.I. Examines criminal profiling undertaken by law enforcement and prosecution authorities which consists of gathering, reviewing and analyzing evidence pertaining to violent crimes. CJE 4174 Comparative Justice Systems - 4(4, 0) PR: CCJ 3024 and CJL 3510 or C.I. A survey of contemporary foreign criminal justice and differences emerging from various political, cultural and legal systems. CJE 4352 Policy Development in Law Enforcement - 3(3, 0) PR: CJE 4014 The course is designed to deal with policy development in law enforcement. Major issues of organization, administration, personnel practices and police operations will be addressed. CJE 4410 Community Policing - 3(3, 0)

5 PR: CCJ 3014 and CJE 4014 The viability of community policing. The theoretical basis for community interventions are related to the daily operations required by community policing. CJE 4572 Justice Agency Operations - 3(3, 0) PR: CCJ 3024 and CCJ 3450 or C.I. Elements, functions, and processes essential to the continuing management of various criminal justice agencies, institutions and court systems. CJE 4610 Criminal Investigation - 3(3, 0) PR: CJE 4014 or C.I. Course acquaints students with basic Procedures used in Criminal investigations, purpose of investigations, and ingredients for successful investigations. Fall, Spring. CJE 4630 Serial Murder and Criminal Justice - 3(3, 0) PR: CCJ 3014 or C.I. Study of extent, types, and explanations of serial murder, and responses of the general public, law enforcement, and prosecution. CJE 4654 Crime and Place - 3(3, 0) Provides an understanding of how physical environmental features - the natural and built environment - influences crime events. CJE 4663 Crime Mapping and Spatial Analysis (Crime Analysis I) - 3(3, 0) PR: CJE 4654 or CI. Provides the essential data analysis skills necessary to effectively analyze crime, understand crime data structures and the problems inherent in crime data. CJJ 4564 Juvenile Justice System - 3(3, 0) PR: CCJ 3024 and CJL 3510 or C.I. Examination of programs and institutions including juvenile court process, intake services, and remedial procedures and practices. Fall, Spring. CJL 3110 Criminal Law in Action - 3(3, 0) Basic concepts of criminal law: elements of major crimes, criminal responsibility, defenses, and parties to crime. Fall, Spring. CJL 4010 Legal Aspects of Policing - 3(3, 0)

6 PR: CJE 4014 or C.I. The legal dimensions of various police decision-making stages; including stops and frisks; arrests; searches and seizures wiretappings; and, interrogations. CJL 4046 Liability Issues in Criminal Justice - 3(3, 0) Student of fundamental concepts found in civil law with an emphasis on civil liability regarding criminal justice practices. CJL 4410 Legal Aspects of the Criminal Court Process - 3(3, 0) PR: CJL 3510 or C.I. The legal dimension of various criminal court decision making stages, including; bail; charging; preliminary hearing; grand jury; pretrial hearings plea hearings; trial; and, sentencing. CJL 4514 Criminal Sentencing - 3(3, 0) PR: CCJ 3024, CJL 3510 or C.I. Examines the myriad theoretical, empirical and operational issues involved in criminal sentencing policy in American society. CJT 3803 Security Management - 3(3, 0) PR: SCC 3311 Examination of a global security management environment impacted by downsizing a dramatically changing work force, religious extremism/terrorism, technological revolution and other challenges. CJT 3821 Practical Security Applications - 3(3, 0) PR: SCC 3311 An examination of basic security principles applied to practical specific security situations encountered in the Central Florida area. CJT 4843 Risk Management in Criminal Justice/Private Security - 3(3, 0) PR: SCC This course examines the concept of risk management in a criminal justice context. DSC 4013 Homeland Security - 3(3, 0) PR: CCJ 3014 and CCJ 3024 or C.I. Analysis of homeland safety and security in contemporary society and government.

7 DSC 4012 Terrorism 3 (3, 0) An examination of competing ideologies of a variety of social and political conflicts (both international and domestic) that give rise to terrorism and of the implications for the criminal justice system. SCC 3311 Security Administration - 3 (3, 0) Discussion of modern security administration and the security-law enforcement interface, emphasizing a systems approach and utilizing the design of a security plan for a plant. SCC 3314 Physical Security 3 (3, 0) PR: SCC 3311 or C.I. Concepts and procedures for the development, implementation, and management of a physical security program and its application to assets protection. SCC 3316 Special Security Problems 3 (3, 0) PR: SCC 3311 or C.I. Review and application of basic security principles to retail security, transportation/cargo security, utility security, computer security, and other special security situations.

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