LX - Justice Law and Public Safety Studies

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

This course provides students the opportunity to study a variety of issues and concepts relevant to justice, law, and public safety studies. Subject matter will vary.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.)

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.)

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Students learn the mechanics of applying and interpreting fundamental statistics to Criminal Justice projects and data. They also determine which set of measures are most appropriate for a given case and the precise meaning of the results. Examples of data include arrest records, offender demographics, prison population, parole distributions and foster home locations. This course meets the advanced writing proficiency requirement.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.