Criminal Justice
JUST 101 INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
This course is a comprehensive study of the development of criminal justice systems and operations in the United States. This course includes detailed examination, analysis and evaluations of the major components of the criminal justice system. Three hours lecture per week. Open to any student.
JUST 105 CORRECTIONAL PHILOSOPHY
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
This course provides a survey of the philosophy, theory, and practice involved in the treatment of convicted law violators o f all ages within the institutional environment. This course covers an overview of the correctional field; its origins, development, current status, and future prospects. The role of corrections and its importance in the reduction of crime and recidivism are also evaluated.
JUST 110 CRIMINAL LAW
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
This course is a study of the fundamentals of criminal law: i.e., actus reus, mens rea, distinctions between grades of offenses; criminal responsibility; and substantive law.
Prerequisite: Introduction to Criminal Justice (JUST 101) or permission of instructor.
JUST 111 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
A study of principles that regulate the balance between the power of our government and the rights of individual citizens. Topics include specific constitutional amendments, searches and seizures, stops and arrests, the use of force in effecting arrests, the use of search and/or arrest warrants, self-incrimination, and stages of criminal proceedings in the U.S. Three hours lecture per week.
Prerequisite: Introduction to Criminal Justice (JUST 101) or permission of instructor.
JUST 112 CRIMINAL Law and PROCEDURE
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
This course comprises a study of the fundamentals of criminal law and procedure. Topics covered include: specific constitutional amendments; actus reus and mens rea; searches and seizures; the use of search and arrest warrants, self-incrimination; criminal responsibility; constitutional principles that regulate the balance of power between government and the rights of individual citizens; critical stages of criminal proceedings in the United States; and major US Supreme Court precedents concerning substantive and procedural criminal law.
JUST 201 CRITICAL ISSUES IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
A study of the economic, political, ethical and emotional issues in community policing, courts and corrections. Some of the issues covered are AIDS and criminal justice services, emotional stress and coping skills needed in criminal justice employment, understanding prejudices and functioning in a culturally diverse society, plea bargaining and the death penalty. Three hours lecture per week.
Prerequisite: Introduction to Criminal Justice (JUST 101) or permission of instructor.
JUST 202 INTRO TO FORENSIC CRIMINOLOGY
Fall, 3 credit hours
This course introduces students to the various aspects and applications of the field of forensic criminology. Students explore types of criminological research, evidence, and forensic examination, as well as the role of forensic criminology in criminal investigations; prosecutions and the legal process; and corrections/offender supervision. Special attention is paid to evidence-based practice in the criminal justice and legal systems, with a focus on applying evidence to current and emerging justice-system problems or investigative casework.
JUST 203 CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
This course is designed to teach those skills and knowledge necessary to conduct thorough preliminary investigations of crimes. Techniques used to investigate common categories of crimes will be discussed. A major emphasis in this course will be the preparation and execution of investigative plans as they relate to a team approach. Other skills will include interviewing, crime scene processing, and basic forensic examination of evidence. Three hours lecture per week.
Prerequisite: Introduction to Criminal Justice (JUST 101) or permission of instructor.
JUST 204 Crime and the Media
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
This course focuses on the social constructions of crime and justice and the ways in which a variety of media inform and mediate interpretations, beliefs, and understanding of crime in the U.S. Special attention is paid to news media, social media, television, and film. Areas of the criminal-legal system analyzed include policing, prisons, and lawyers/courts, as well as other special topics or emerging concerns.
JUST 205 CRIMINAL JUSTICE SEMINAR
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
This course is designed to offer the student an opportunity to have a practical field experience with a criminal justice agency of his/her choice. The student observes and participates in the daily functioning of an agency, shares information with other students, and provides the participating agency with a valuable commodity - their time as volunteers. This course may take one of two forms, either a practicum or library research, as agreed upon by both the student and the instructor. The library research option allows the student to conduct research on a criminal justice agency to gain a more in-depth understanding of the function of said agency.
Prerequisites: 30 credit hours in the Criminal Justice, Criminal Investigations, or Law Enforcement Leadership program or permission of instructor
JUST 207 POLICE SERVICES
Spring, 3 credit hours
This course provides students with an overview of the services that police agencies provide to the community. Programs, practices and techniques are presented with an emphasis on lawful behavior, efficiency and effectiveness. The topics include, but are not limited to: the importance of effective communication, arrest procedures, patrol strategy, enforcement of vehicle and traffic laws, dealing with violent behavior, terrorism, juvenile crime, disaster preparedness, and ethical behavior.
Prerequisite: Introduction to Criminal Justice (JUST 101) or permission of instructor.
JUST 209 LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNICATIONS
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
This course prepares students to write clear, accurate and grammatically correct police reports, essays, and other writing assignments. Other communication instruments, such as note taking, interviewing, spelling and court testimony will be addressed. Three hours lecture per week.
Prerequisite: Introduction to Criminal Justice (JUST 101) or permission of instructor.
JUST 210 INTRODUCTION TO FORENSIC INVESTIGATION
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
This course familiarizes students with various forms of forensic evidence. The laboratory component of the course provides students an opportunity to process and analyze various forms of forensic evidence.
JUST 211 INTRODUCTION TO PROBATION AND PAROLE
Fall, 3 credit hours
This course introduces students to offender supervision in the community, with specific focus on the institutions of probation and parole. Students explore the history and foundation of probation and parole in America, as well as their role and function within the larger system of corrections and punishment. The practical daily activities of probation and parole officers are examined, including surveillance, report-writing, offender evaluation, pre-sentence investigations, and court testimony.
JUST 213 PRE-EMPLOYMENT POLICE BASIC TRAINING
Fall, 3 credit hours
A collection of law enforcement subjects covering a wide variety of legal and procedural issues including: U.S. Constitutional Law, Use of Force, NY State Penal Law, Laws of Arrest, Sex Crimes, Civil Liabilities and Risk Management, and Domestic Violence Laws as well as other subject areas relative to modern policing.
Prerequisite: Successful screening committee process that consists of the Board of Directors of the David Sullivan – St. Lawrence County Law Enforcement Academy.
JUST 230 FUNDAMENTALS OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Spring/Fall, 3 credit hours
This course surveys the policies, practices, concepts and challenges confronting practitioners in Homeland Security with a focus on local entities. It provides an overview of threats to domestic security from terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, and other related risks and vulnerabilities. It examines the strategies and systems involved in protecting against and responding to threats. Discussion includes the managerial, political, legal and organizational issues related to crisis planning and response, the National Incident Management System impact on local practices, risk assessment and mitigation, communications and technology systems, medical and public health emergencies, and infrastructure protection.
JUST 231 INTRODUCTION TO TERRORISM, INTELLIGENCE AND HOMELAND SECURITY
Fall, 3 credit hours
This course provides a comprehensive overview and examination of the subjects of Terrorism, Intelligence, and Homeland Security with a simultaneous historical and contemporary look at events and their interrelationship. This course explores terrorist personalities, organizations, and ideologies and the Acts, Laws, and Policies to combat terrorism.
Prerequisites: Homeland Security major (2335), Criminal Investigation major (1359), CJ: Law Enforcement Leadership major (1911), or Criminal Justice major (640) or permission of instructor
JUST 232 INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS
Spring, 3 credit hours
This course provides an introduction and overview of the concepts and theory of Intelligence, the Intelligence process and cycle, collection disciplines, and the US Intelligence Community (USIC) at large. This course examines the role of Intelligence in the policy process, oversight and accountability, policies, strategies and public laws that govern and regulate the USIC. Students will examine aspects of counterintelligence, counterespionage, and covert actions and their place within the Intelligence Enterprise.
Prerequisites: Homeland Security major (2335), Criminal Investigation major (1359), CJ: Law Enforcement Leadership major (1911), or Criminal Justice major (640) or permission of instructor
JUST 233 CRIME ANALYSIS
Spring, 3 credit hours
This course provides a comprehensive overview of crime analysis through both theory and practical examples. This course explores the basics of crime analysis to sophisticated analytical concepts that provides a foundation for career analysts, homeland security practitioners, and public policy makers.
Prerequisites: Homeland Security major (2335), Criminal Investigation major (1359), CJ: Law Enforcement Leadership major (1911), or Criminal Justice major (640) or permission of instructor
JUST 300 FORENSIC PHOTOGRAPHY
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
This course provides an introduction to basic techniques, equipment, material and other aspects of crime scene photographs including theory and practice of photographic image formation and recordings. The course utilizes "hands-on" instruction with an emphasis on crime scene and evidence photography.
Prerequisites: Forty-five (45) credit hours in the Criminal Investigation, Criminal Justice: Law Enforcement Leadership, or Homeland Security, program, or permission of instructor.
JUST 301 LATENT PRINTS AND IMPRESSIONS
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
This course is an introduction to the biological development of fingerprints and the identification of the various fingerprint patterns. Course activities include physical and chemical development of fingerprints, crime scene processing techniques, the Henry System of fingerprint classification, and the comparison and identification of suspect fingerprints through manual and automated means.
Prerequisites: Completion of 45 credit hours or permission of instructor.
JUST 302 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT IN CJ
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
This course introduces students to the organization, use, and retrieval of information resources in the fields of criminology and criminal justice, and related disciplines. Open-web data sources are compared against peer-reviewed sources for credibility, authority, relevancy, accuracy, and purpose.
Prerequisites: 45 credit hours or permission of instructor; CJ, CI, LEL, HS or FC majors only.
JUST 303 INVESTIGATIVE INTERVIEWS
Fall/Spring, 3 credits hours
This course provides students with proven techniques which apply to conducting accusatory and non-accusatory interviews. Students develop skills related to preparing for an investigative interview with an emphasis on a proactive role. These skills include developing an interview strategy, interpreting physical and verbal cues, conducting a cognitive interview, developing admissions and confessions and recognizing a false confession. Course includes the most recent court rulings related to investigative interviews and admissibility of statements into court. Two hours lecture, two hours laboratory per week.
Prerequisites: Completion of 45 credit hours in a CJ major or permission of instructor.
JUST 307 PENOLOGY
Fall/Spring, 3 credits hours
This course provides an overview of the study of punishment in contemporary society. Students investigate the underlying sentiments, philosophies, theories, and practices associated with societies' attempts to repress and control criminal activities. Current controversies are addressed, including the prison environment as criminogenic, recidivism rates, comprehensive prison reform/comparative penology, harm reduction, reentry, solitary confinement, restorative justice/alternatives to incarceration, and the ethics of punishment.
Prerequisites: Completion of 45 credit hours or permission of instructor.
JUST 310 CAUSES OF CRIME
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
This course introduces various criminological theories to explain the cause of criminal behavior. Specific attention is placed on the primary theorists and the evolution of their corresponding theories and how they relate to current theories associated with biological, psychological, personality, intelligence and gender, and social disorder. Students learn to identify and apply criminological theories to the commission of specific criminal acts. The history of crime and punishment is reviewed, leading to the present day criminal justice system and competing criminological theories.
Prerequisites: Forty-five (45) credit hours or permission of instructor.
JUST 311 ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
This course examines the policies, philosophies, functions, and procedures associated with a variety of community-based correctional services or alternatives to incarceration currently operating or emerging in the U.S. justice system. Students examine these correctional alternatives from the perspective of the practitioner who provides or coordinates these services, as well as from the offender and victim perspectives, who are recipients of such services. Implications for public policy, perception, funding, and safety are discussed.
Prerequisites: 45 credit hours or permission of instructor
JUST 313 JUVENILE JUSTICE
Fall, 3 credit hours
This course provides an overview of the creation and evolution of juvenile justice in America. It examines the theories of delinquency, juvenile and police encounters, the adjudication process, status and non-delinquent offenders, detention of juveniles, and the rights of students. The evolution of the laws governing each aspect of juvenile justice is summarized.
Prerequisites: Completion of 45 credit hours in a CJ major or permission of instructor.
JUST 314 ETHICS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
This course provides the student with theories and practices of ethics and professionalism in criminal justice. Areas of concentration are law enforcement, courts, and corrections. This course requires the student to exercise critical thinking skills to solve issues that test the morals and ethics of criminal justice professionals on a daily basis.
Prerequisites: Completion of 45 credit hours or permission of instructor.
JUST 315 CONSTITUTIONAL LAW FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROFESSIONALS
Spring, 3 credit hours
This course is an examination of the U.S. Constitution and how it guides the procedures and practices of the American criminal justice system, with an emphasis on law enforcement issues. Topics include an historical overview of the Constitution, our country's legal system and the role of the U.S. Supreme Court. Topics also focus on maintaining the balance between individual, state and federal rights, due process, searches and seizures, gun control, obtaining information legally, and rights related to the trial process. Students may not receive credit for both JUST 315 and LEST 340.
Prerequisites: The American Legal System (LEST 101) or Introduction to Criminal Justice (JUST 101) and 45 credit hours completed or permission of the instructor.
JUST 317 POLICE TACTICAL SEMINAR
Spring, 3 credit hours
This course acquaints students with the methods and techniques that are recognized by law enforcement professionals as necessary for success in a law enforcement career. Students learns mental as well as physical techniques that are needed to tactically handle situations. Issues of officer safety are identified and discussed. The focus is on analytical understanding of the tactical challenges faced by U.S. law enforcement officers. Three hours lecture per week.
Prerequisite: Introduction to Criminal Justice (JUST 101) and completion of 60 semester credits or permission of the instructor
JUST 320 MEDICOLEGAL INVESTIGATIONS OF DEATH
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
This course provides an in-depth look into the medico-legal aspects of death investigation, including the manners, mechanisms, and causes of death, as well as the post mortem changes. The course also instructs the student on wound interpretation and the method to apply post mortem conditions to criminal investigations to confirm or refute evidence of wrongful deaths.
Prerequisites: Pre-requisite: 45 credit hours or permission of the instructor.
JUST 321 MANAGING LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING
Spring, 3 credit hours
In this course, students examine issues relating to law enforcement training to include pre-service training, basic law enforcement training, field training, in-service training and specialized training. The role of state oversight (P.O.S.T. type) agencies is examined. The course presents a detailed template for training management concentrating on the impact training has on the agency. The course familiarizes students with adult learning concepts and Dr. Benjamin Bloom’s taxonomy of cognitive Learning. Central to the course is the understanding and appreciation of the variables associated with assessing the training needs and evaluation of training. Three hours lecture per week.
Prerequisites/corequisites: 45 credit hours in Criminal Investigation, Criminal Justice: Law Enforcement Leadership or Homeland Security or permission of the instructor.
JUST 322 GENDER AND THE JUSTICE SYSTEM
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
This course examines the role of gender in a variety of criminal justice contexts, from offending, to policing, to the courts, and corrections. Specific attention is paid to connections between masculinity and violence, how gender shapes patterns of offending as well as victimization, and the extent to which gendered offending, violence and victimization are cultural products.
Prerequisites: 45 credit hours, or permission of instructor.
JUST 323 MULTICULTURALISM IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
This course provides an examination of the pervasive influence of culture, race, and ethnicity in the criminal justice system and within society. This course exams the cross-cultural contacts that criminal justice practitioners have with citizens, victims, suspects, and coworkers from diverse backgrounds. The major themes of this course include: multiculturalism, cultural awareness, understanding cultural differences, cross-cultural communications, racial profiling, hate and racially motivated crimes, and peace officer professionalism.
Prerequisites: Pre-requisite: 45 credit hours or permission of the instructor.
JUST 324 SERIAL MURDERERS AND THEIR VICTIMS
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
This course covers topics relating to serial murder and the various categories associated with the designation, including healthcare killers, sexual predators, male versus female murderers, team killers, and their respective victims. The student analyzes the issue of serial murder from a global perspective and ways law enforcement officials are attempting to profile and apprehend suspects.
Prerequisites: Pre-requisite: 45 credit hours or permission of the instructor.
JUST 325 SEX OFFENDERS
Fall, 3 credit hours
This course explores the implications of sexual deviance and sexual offending on the criminal justice system and its practitioners. Students consider the nature and etiology of sexually deviant behavior, as well as the societal and legal responses to such behaviors. A case-study approach is taken to examine the applied and practical aspects of sex-offender identification in the investigative process. Students assess the impact of current issues and controversies in sex offender legislation, policy and practice for criminal justice agencies and practitioners.
Prerequisites: 45 semester hours or permission of Instructor
JUST 326 THREATS TO HOMELAND SECURITY
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
In this course students study the post cold war threats to the United States of America and the corresponding security policies. This course takes an "all- hazard" approach to homeland security and the current threats facing our nation. Topics addressed include natural hazards, man-made hazards, domestic and international terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, cyber terrorism and the emergency management planning model. This course explains the roles of various first responder agencies and the responsibility of the government to coordinate their response.
Prerequisites: junior level status in the Criminal Investigation or Criminal Justice: Law Enforcement Leadership program or permission of instructor.
JUST 327 INTERNATIONAL CRIME AND JUSTICE
Spring, 3 credit hours
This course is an examination of international crime, punishments and international justice perspectives. It includes an analysis of international research efforts and resources developed to address specific transnational criminal activity and crimes against humanity. The role of international courts in delivering justice is also examined.
Prerequisites: JUST 101
JUST 330 QUESTIONED DOCUMENTS
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
This course includes an examination of techniques used to determine the authenticity of documents through the analysis of handwriting, ink and paper sources, methods of mechanical printing, and recover of erasures, obliterations and alterations.
Prerequisites: junior level status in the Criminal Investigation program or Criminal Justice: Law Enforcement Leadership program, or permission of instructor.
JUST 331 PROFILING AND BEHAVIORAL CRIMINOLOGY
Spring, 3 credit hours
This course provides an introduction to contemporary criminal investigative analysis with a special focus on behavioral criminology. Students explore the nature, history and methods of criminal profiling, as well as its investigative relevance to law enforcement. Case studies are analyzed to apply the principles and methods of profiling to personality and behavioral data about offenders.
Prerequisites: Forty-five (45) credit hours or permission of instructor
JUST 333 MANAGING PATROL FUNCTIONS
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
This course provides a study of many aspects of police patrol, including goals and objectives of patrol, staffing and deployment, management styles of supervisors, and supervisory functions including scheduling and budgeting. Through group discussions, role playing activities and situational scenarios, students learn styles and various elements of the patrol function. Three hours lecture per week.
Prerequisites: 45 credit hours in Criminal Investigation, Criminal Justice: Law Enforcement Leadership or Homeland Security or permission of the instructor.
JUST 334 IMPLEMENTING & MANAGING COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING PROGRAMS
Fall, 3 credit hours
This course provides students with insight into the meaning of community policing and presents many dimensions necessary to consider when developing and designing a community policing strategy. Students understand the practical side of community policing, recognize the community considerations that need to exist and develop methods applicable to their unique environments. Students discuss community policing as it relates to problem solving, community engagement and organizational transformation. Students also discuss
strategies associated in developing positive working relationships with local community leaders and establishing meaningful communications where there is a partnership and commonality of interests. Three hours lecture per week.
Prerequisites/corequisites: Introduction to Criminal Justice (JUST 101) and junior level status or instructor’s approval.
JUST 335 CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCY MANAGEMENT
Fall, 3 credit hours
Description, analysis, solution, and synthesis of contemporary management problems in a criminal justice organization; presentation and exemplary implementation of management concepts significant to criminal justice organizations; review of case studies for management problem recognition; the study of operational systems; analysis of the role of supervisors and managers. Three hours lecture per week.
Prerequisites/ corequisites: junior level status in the Criminal Investigation or Criminal Justice: Law Enforcement Leadership program, or permission of instructor.
JUST 340 LEGAL ISSUES OF THE PENAL SYSTEMS
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
Students examine problems and issues faced by incarcerated persons within the American penal system. Course topics include: history of confinement as punishment, issues of visitation, religion, legal assistance, prison discipline, rehabilitation, and the civil and criminal liabilities of corrections officials. Three hours lecture per week.
Prerequisites: Introduction to Criminal Justice (JUST 101) and Correctional Philosophy (JUST 105) or permission of instructor.
JUST 341 CORRECTIONS ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
This course examines the concepts, practices and theoretical bases of the management and administration of correctional facilities. Students will examine the issues of facility management, inmate management, leadership and governance of correctional facilities, personnel management and policy formation, and the challenges facing the future of American correctional systems.
Prerequisites: 45 credit hours or permission of instructor
JUST 344 CIVIL LIABILITY FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADMINISTRATORS
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
In this course students examine civil liability issues at the local, state, and federal law levels. Students develop better awareness of the liability risks relative to criminal justice service by learning proactive protocols that may minimize personal and organizational liability risks.
Prerequisites: Introduction to Criminal Justice (JUST 101) or Permission of the instructor.
JUST 345 COMPARATIVE JUSTICE SYSTEMS
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
This course is an examination of crime as a world problem, consideration of the different ways justice systems are organized, comparison of the rights of offenders and an analysis of substantive and procedural law in different legal traditions, and an examination of multi-national efforts to address specific trans-border criminal activity. Similarities and dissimilarities between urban and rural criminal justice are examined in the context of culture and social structure.
Prerequisites: 45 credit hours in Criminal Investigation, Criminal Justice: Law Enforcement Leadership or Homeland Security or permission of the instructor.
JUST 347 RESEARCH METHODS IN CRIMINOLOGY AND CJ
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
This course introduces students to the practices of consuming and producing research of publishable quality in the disciplines of criminal justice and criminology. Students explore the elements of the research process and the scientific method, paying special attention to ethical considerations in conducting research. Analyzing the processes and principles of the quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods approaches to research, students critically evaluate published literature in the field, analyze and interpret data and findings, and consider the usefulness of criminal justice/criminological research to the conceptual understanding of, and field-based practice within, the disciplines.
Prerequisites: 45 credit hours or permission of instructor; CI, LEL, HS, FC, CA, CYBR, EADM majors only
JUST 349 VULNERABLE POPULATIONS IN CJ
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
This course examines a variety of vulnerable populations whose particular characteristics make them especially susceptible to justice-system involvement, and the substantial and enduring harms resulting therefrom. Special attention is paid to the mentally ill, substance-use disordered, and veterans, as well as those whose age, race, gender, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status increase their vulnerability. Current and emerging justice system policies and practices are evaluated.
JUST 350 VICTIMIZATION
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
This course includes a study of the various issues involved in victimization, including theories, intimate versus stranger violence, family victimization, child abuse and neglect, workplace violence, school violence, elder abuse, and the criminal justice response to victimization.
Prerequisites: 45 credit hours or permission of the instructor.
JUST 351 ORGANIZED CRIME
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
This course provides students with a viable definition of organized crime, its historical overview from the 18th century to present, and the theories behind why people become involved in crime. Topics include the development of organized crime in the northeast and its westward migration; nontraditional organized crime, the business enterprises of organized crime; the effect of organized crime in labor and business, the affects of the media and international organized crime.
Prerequisites: 45 Credit Hours or permission of instructor.
JUST 353 CRIMINAL JUSTICE TECHNOLOGY
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
This course provides students with a survey of criminal justice technologies and their uses within the criminal justice system. In addition to providing significant technical information about technology (such as computer operations, wireless communications and geographic information systems), this course emphasizes the challenges involved in the use of technology such as implementation and interoperability. Moreover, through this course, the study of technology is integrated into wider criminal justice themes including: ethical and legal implications of technology; technology's place in the community based policing model; and, how technology impacts traditional criminal justice policy-making. Three hours lecture per week.
Prerequisites: Completion of 45 credit hours in a CJ major or permission of instructor.
JUST 355 PUBLIC SAFETY CRITICAL INCIDENT RESPONSE
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
In this course students study the many facets of critical incident response. The course addresses specific obstacles public safety professionals face while responding to a critical incident or a disaster. The material contrasts the characteristics of a routine response to that of a large scale critical incident and requires the students to consider challenges that may not be common to a typical response situation. From the initial response to recovery, students examine the actions a responder may take and the likely consequences of those actions. Students in this class also study the National Interagency Incident Management System and how it is applied in a critical incident.
Prerequisites: junior level status in Criminal Justice: Law Enforcement Leadership and/or Criminal Investigations, or permission of the instructor.
JUST 365/CITA 365 DIGITAL FORENSIC ANALYSIS
Spring, 3 credit hours
This course is designed to prepare the student to complete forensic analysis of digital media and to understand the process and technical challenges of internet investigations. The course looks specifically at how to obtain evidence from digital media, how to process network messages and logs while preserving the evidentiary chain, and how to adhere to the legal requirements of the search and seizure of digital media and related equipment and information.
Prerequisites: Junior Level Status in Cyber Security, Information Technology, or any Baccalaureate Criminal Justice Program; or in Computer Information Systems; or permission of instructor.
JUST 370 FORENSIC TAPHONOMY
Spring, 3 credit hours
This course is an introduction to forensic taphonomy, including an overview of forensic anthropology and archaeology. The course provides a history of forensic anthropology, archaeology, and taphonomy, as well as current challenges and future directions. Specific topics to be covered include human osteology and the biological profile, taphonomic processes, and the postmortem interval.
Prerequisites: Completion of 45 credit hours or permission of instructor.
JUST 375 GLOBAL TERRORISM
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
This course examines the historical roots of modern terrorism, how the goals, justifications, and methods of terrorist acts in the successive eras are similar, and the strategies to bring terrorist and their organizations into the political process. Three hours lecture per week.
Prerequisites: Completion of 45 credit hours or permission of instructor.
JUST 380 CIVIL LIBERTIES AND HOMELAND SECURITY
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
This course examines the Constitutional and legal framework of the Homeland Security enterprise, discusses specific Constitutional issues and court opinions as they apply to Homeland Security, and considers the relationship between Homeland Security policies and the preservation of civil liberties. The course looks at the balance of the goals, objectives and activities of effective Homeland Security against the compelling need to preserve and extend fundamental American civil liberties. It examines the USA PATRIOT Act and its effectiveness in preventing and responding to the threat of terrorism as well as their role in shaping the development of Homeland Security agencies, policies, strategies, and infrastructure.
Prerequisites: Introduction to Criminal Justice (JUST 101) & completion of 45 credits hours in a CJ major or permission of instructor.
JUST 402 CRIME MAPPING
Spring/Fall, 3 credits hours
This course provides an introduction to geographic information systems and their use in public safety and crime mapping. This course introduces students to how to use maps to analyze crime, how to analyze spatial data, and how maps can help researchers evaluate programs and policies. Additionally, students are introduced to various software applications that are standard in the industry.
Prerequisites: Completion of 45 credit hours or permission of instructor.
JUST 406 CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION
Fall, 3 credits hours
This course emphasizes crime scene processing and investigation including crime scene search principles, photography, descriptive writing, recognition of physical evidence, methods for collection and preservation of evidence, sketching techniques and methods of transportation or submission of evidence for laboratory analysis.
Prerequisites: Forensic Photography (JUST 300), Latent Print and Impressions (JUST 301), and Investigative Interviews (JUST 303), or permission of instructor.
JUST 408 INVESTIGATION OF DEATH
Fall, 4 credit hours
This course is a comprehensive study of death investigations including the first responding officer's duties, the investigation at the scene, detectives' duties, case management, manners and modes of death, and identifying suspects. The course also presents recent statistics and trends related to murder. NOTE: As this course includes a death investigation that typically extends over a four/five day period, students must have the ability to attend extended hours during the life of the investigation. This will include both daytime hours and late evening hours on each day of the investigation.
Prerequisites: Forensic Photography (JUST 300), Latent Print and Impressions (JUST 301), and Investigative Interviews (JUST 303) and a Criminal Investigation major or permission of instructor.
Corequisites: Crime Scene Investigations (JUST406)
JUST 410 CLANDESTINE GRAVES
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
This course presents students with the theories and practices of locating clandestine graves. Lectures address grave assessments, the use of experts, evidence recognition and preservation, and case studies. Labs will include grave location, excavation, and recovery techniques. Two hours lecture and two hours laboratory per week.
Prerequisites: Forensic Photography (JUST 300), Latent Print and Impressions (JUST 301), and Investigative Interviews (JUST 303), or permission of instructor.
JUST 411 FORENSIC DRUG ANALYSIS AND INVESTIGATION
Fall, 3 credit hours
This course explores he tools and methods used in, and the issues involved with, drug investigations and forensic analyses. Topics include physiological impacts of various illicit drugs, legal categories of various substances, legal issues relating to drug crimes, methods of investigation, field examination, and lab analyses.
Prerequisites: Completion of 45 credit hours or permission of instructor.
JUST 412 FIREARM AND TOOLMARK
Fall, 3 credit hours
This course is an in-depth look at the forensic analysis of Firearms Identification. Areas of concentration include the history and development of firearms and ammunition components, serial number restorations, toolmark examinations and distance determinations. Other areas discussed include evidence packaging, reporting results and utilizing the national ballistic database (NIBIN).
Prerequisites: Completion of 45 credit hours or permission of instructor.
JUST 415 EMERGING ISSUES IN HOMELAND SECURITY
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
This course explores the evolving nature of the Homeland Security industry (Intelligence, Law Enforcement and Private-sector). It examines a number of contemporary issues and their immediate and long-term impact on Homeland security policies and practices. The roles of the media, law, the Constitution, governmental and corporate entities, and politics at the federal, state and local levels in determining and shaping Homeland Security policy and practice are considered.
Prerequisites: JUST 101 Introduction to Criminal Justice
JUST 420 THE CORPORATE ROLE IN HOMELAND SECURITY
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
This course explores the role of private sector entities in Homeland Security and relationships with governmental Homeland Security agencies. It examines the specific roles, responsibilities, and vulnerabilities of corporate entities in protecting the infrastructure as well as in preventing, deterring, and responding to events. Institutions such as utility providers, the private security industry, mental health systems, hospitals and biomedical facilities, companies with chemical and hazardous materials inventories, shipping and transportation companies, airlines and airports, the financial services industry, and information technology and telecommunications companies are considered. Three hours lecture per week.
Prerequisites: Fundamentals of Homeland Security (JUST 230) and completion of 45 credit hours in a CJ major, or permission of instructor.
JUST 422 VIOLENT CRIME ANALYSIS
Spring, 3 credit hours
This course discusses the features and characteristics of criminal classification definitions, including homicide, arson, sexual assault, and computer crimes. The students will analyze data used within the criminal justice field to understand the types of crimes and the practical application of the research to assist in an investigation.
Prerequisites: 45 completed credit hours or permission of instructor
JUST 424 COLD CASE INVESTIGATION
Spring, 3 credit hours
This course discusses the techniques used to analyze and investigate a cold case. This course highlights the evaluation of the cold case file through the use of available resources, including electronic databases, interview techniques, autopsy findings, media inquiries, and forensic science disciplines.
Prerequisites: 45 completed credit hours or permission of instructor
JUST 425 LAW ENFORCEMENT INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS HOMELAND SECURITY
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
This course examines the concepts and practices involved in the process of research and analysis of intelligence for law enforcement and national security matters. It examines the intelligence research and analysis methods used by intelligence analysts in the US Intelligence Community and Crime Analysts in State and Local Fusion Centers. Students in this course will develop an understanding of intelligence tradecraft and the analytic and research skills used in intelligence work, as well as an appreciation for the ethical, Constitutional, and civil liberties issues involved. Specific topics will include analytic tradecraft in conducting analysis and the use of structured analytic techniques used by Intelligence Analysts.
Prerequisites: JUST 230 Fundamentals of Homeland Security and completion of 45 semester credit hours in Criminal Investigation, Criminal Justice: Law Enforcement Leadership or Homeland Security, or permission of instructor.
JUST 426 ETHICS IN FORENSIC SCIENCE
Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours
This course discusses ethics within the context of forensic science from the standpoint of the forensic scientist, attorney, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner, child abuse investigator, judge and media. The students will examine case studies in order to understand ethical dilemmas from several different perspectives within the forensic science field.
Prerequisites: 45 completed credit hours or permission of instructor
JUST 429 INTRODUCTION TO CULMINATING EXPERIENCE SEMINAR
Fall/Spring, 1 credit hour
This course is the precursor to the senior culminating experience for seniors in either the Criminal Investigations or Criminal Justice: Law Enforcement Leadership Bachelor’s program. Students meet on a weekly basis with faculty to discuss resume preparation, job interviewing, locating and establishing internships, and internship requirements. This course is a prerequisite to JUST430, Culminating Experience in Criminal Justice. One hour lecture per week.
Prerequisites: senior level status in either the Criminal Investigations or Criminal Justice: Law Enforcement Leadership program or permission of instructor.
JUST 430 CULMINATING EXPERIENCE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Fall/Spring, 3-15 credit hours
This internship is an academic program which integrates classroom work and practical experience with cooperating law enforcement or law enforcement related agencies. The internship allows seniors the opportunity to apply classroom learning in a related law enforcement environment. It is a structured field experience in which an intern acquires and applies knowledge and skills, while working in a responsible role. Working with a supervisor, the student will perform prescribed work within an administrative or operational setting. The internship will be tailored to the individual student’s career interests and the needs of the supervising organization. Internship assignments and activities may include, but not be limited to, information gathering, research, data analysis, planning, organization, implementation, evaluation, and other tasks and responsibilities deemed necessary. 40 hours per week per credit hour.
Prerequisite: All required Criminal Investigation or Criminal Justice: Law Enforcement Leadership curriculum courses or the permission of the department chair.
JUST 431 CULMINATING EXPERIENCE IN CORRECTIONS
Fall/Spring, 3-15 credit hours
This internship is an academic program which integrates classroom work and practical experience during a correctional academy. It is a structured field experience in which an intern acquires and applies knowledge and skills while working in a responsible role during a corrections academy. Working with a supervisor, the student will adhere to the guidelines of the pre-certification training within the academy and perform the necessary tasks for graduation. This course designed for the NYS DCJS approved county corrections academy and can only be used for the SUNY Canton Corrections Academy pre-certification.
Prerequisite: Students must be eligible for and accepted into the SUNY Canton Corrections Academy
JUST 432 SENIOR SEMINAR
Spring, 3 credit hours
This capstone course integrates students' foundational coursework in criminology with an applied focus toward meaningful, evidence-based practice or system change. Students select an area of the justice system in need of a new policy, model of practice, or significant reform, and develop a comprehensive change-management plan for this real-world problem.
Prerequisite: 90 credit hours, JUST 302 and JUST 347
JUST 441 DOMESTIC EXTREMISM AND HATE CRIMES
Spring, 3 credit hours
This course examines the foundations of domestic extremism and hate crimes and how they are manifested in criminal behavior. Various groups who have been labeled as supporting or engaging in domestic terrorism and hate crimes are examined. Focus is placed on the organizational structure, philosophies, and networks of domestic extremists and hate crime groups; federal and state statutory laws impacting domestic extremism and hate crimes; and the interrelationships and interactions of domestic extremist organizations and hate crime groups.
Prerequisites/corequisites: Introduction to Criminal Justice (JUST 101) and completion of 45 semester credit hours or permission of the instructor.
JUST 449 CURRENT ISSUES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
Fall, 3 credit hours
This course identifies current and emerging issues that may have an impact on a police manager. Students will integrate concepts such as, ethical conduct, morality, violations of civil liberties, political correctness and corruption in law enforcement. Current U.S. Supreme Court decision and opinions, federal and state mandates affecting agency policies and procedures, and community activism and involvement will be used to help students evaluate their decisions.
Prerequisites/corequisites: Introduction to Criminal Justice (JUST 101) and junior level status or permission of instructor.
JUST 450 Forensic Evidence on Trial
Spring, 3 credit hours
This course provides students with an understanding of the legal mechanisms through which forensic evidence moves from crime scene to trial. Students will learn the preparation for, and the presentation at trial that comes along with forensic evidence. Students will learn to create demonstrative evidence to accompany forensic evidence. Students will prepare themselves for the legal argument against the introduction of expert witness testimony. Students will work to develop confidence in their ability to present evidence at trial.
Prerequisites: ENGL 101 and junior status
JUST 485 FRAUD EXAMINATION AND INVESTIGATIONS
Fall, 3 credit hours
This course covers the theories, principles and methodology of fraud examination and
investigation. Students learn how and why fraud is committed, how fraudulent conduct is
committed, how fraudulent conduct can be deterred, and how allegations of fraud are
investigated and resolved.
Prerequisites/corequisites: JUST 101, ACCT 101 and 45 credit hours or permission of instructor
JUST 291-295, 391-395, OR 491-495 SPECIAL TOPICS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Fall/Spring, 1-4 credit hours
Special Topics in Criminal Justice will generally include topics of current interest or topics not covered in courses currently offered by the department or in combinations not currently available.