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  • CRJ 4290: Terrorism

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This course examines current terrorism, its origins and ideological bases, with particular attention to its relation to political institutions and the criminal justice process. Specific attention is given methods and means of the terrorist, motivations and modus operandi trends and predictability, and law enforcement's multifaceted reactions to its many devious forms. Legislative efforts to curb the scourge of terrorism are also highlighted.
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  • CRJ 4300: Adv Criminological Theories

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This course focuses on the study of crimes, criminals, and the causes of criminal behavior. Students explore how classical, biological, psychological, sociological, economic, and political theories of crime explain criminal behavior, as well as the impact of these theories on the criminal justice system.
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  • CRJ 4310: Analysis of Violent Crime

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    An-upper-level, interdisciplinary course that examines violent crime in accordance with the specific aspects of behavioral analysis and law, specific aspects of behavioral analysis and law specific course content will examine typologies of crime, organized/disorganized offenders and behaviorally based crime scene characteristics (including crime scene staging). A particular emphasis will be on the psychopathology of crime, pedophilia, serial killers, human sacrifice rituals and victim logy, and how these factors affect or are affected by criminal motivation, modus operandi and signature aspects of violent crime.
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  • CRJ 4400: Research Methods

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This course introduces students to the fundamental concepts and research methods used in criminal justice/criminology. Students learn about sampling, reliability and validity, causation, measurement, design, data collection strategies, analysis of quantitative and qualitative data, and ethical considerations.
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  • CRJ 4850: Forensic Law

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    An interdisciplinary course covering law, criminal justice, and science and technological issues in the evidentiary arena. Coverage in the course provides a broad assessment of expert witnesses, microanalysis, pathological evidence, admissibility and investigatory practice, ballistics, fingerprints, vascar/radar, and photographic techniques. Contrasted with criminalistics, subject matter of this course is primarily evidentiary. More particularly, the course will delve into the rules of evidence, which guide the admissibility of forensic evidence in a court of law. Examination includes threshold tests for reliability and admissibility, qualification of witnesses competent to testify, scientific rigor required for admission, and case law determinations on the use and abuse of scientific evidence.
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  • CRJ 4870: Computer Forensics

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This course is designed to expose students to legal and technical aspects of computer forensics. The methods of the collection, preservation, analysis and presentation of digital evidence will be presented to properly conduct a computer forensics investigation. The focus of this course will be on how law enforcement obtains electronic evidence, maintaining the evidentiary chain, as well as the legal aspects of the search and seizures of computers and related materials.
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  • CRJ 4880: Cyber Crime investigations

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    As computers become more common in businesses and households, it is inevitable that the information or evidence an investigator seeks will be stored in those computers or will involve use of the Internet. Data networks now in place allow us to transmit information to and from virtually any location on Earth in a timely and efficient manner. But what has this tremendous enhancement in communications technology brought us? Another opportunity for criminal activity to take place. Who are the criminals in cyberspace? Understanding cybercrime requires an understanding of the technology that is being used to commit the criminal acts. The investigation of cybercrimes requires highly specialized skills. This course is designed to expose students to legal and technical aspects of cybercrime investigation. The guidelines of the collection, preservation, analysis and presentation of digital evidence will be presented to properly conduct a cybercrime investigation. The focus of this course will be on how law enforcement investigate a cybercrime and obtain electronic evidence, maintaining the evidentiary chain, as well as the legal aspects of the search and seizures of computers, smart phones and related digital devices.
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  • CRJ 4900: Seminar in Crim Jus Studies

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This capstone course for criminal justice students focuses on application of information learned from different courses, with an emphasis on criminal law, legal issues, crime theory, juvenile justice, law enforcement, corrections, ethics, forensic science, and research methods.
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  • CRJ 4950: Criminal Justice Internship

    0.00 - 12.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    An on-site, experiential learning experience students work at a variety of justice agencies for academic credit is the central aim of the internship program. Intern locations have included government agencies, police departments, prisons, federal and state law enforcement, private security firms, judicial clerkships, legal offices, and legal research concerns. Interns must complete a self-evaluation, perform a series of exercises and assignments, author a log diary and a paper outlining the internship experience, work 45 hours per internship credit, and present an acceptable recommendation from the internship supervisor upon completion of the experience.
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  • CRJ 7100: Advan Criminological Theories

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This course will examine the major theories of crime relevant to criminal behavior, crime analysis, research, and criminal justice system policies. Original works of selected theories will be introduced and explained with examples of how theory, research, and policy are applied to crime related issues. Theoretical works such as classical, biological, psychological, social, political, and feminist criminology will be explored in this course.
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