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• CRJ 110: Introduction to Criminal Justice

  3.00 Credits

  Northern Pennsylvania Regional College

  
  This course introduces students to the field of the American criminal justice system through the examination of police, courts, and corrections. It includes a review of historical data, statistical information, and evaluation of criminal justice system policies, procedures, and trends. Students learn the terminology of the field, gain an awareness of the methods of inquiry used in the field, and examine attitudes and values regarding crime and responses to crime. This course is aligned with NPRC Career Services Outcomes.
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• CRJ 200: Corrections

  3.00 Credits

  Northern Pennsylvania Regional College

  
  This course provides an analysis of punishment in our criminal justice system, with focus on why we punish and how we punish, all examined within the context of correction philosophies. The history and development of corrections, including relevant theories, practices, systems analysis, and treatment modalities, is evaluated.
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• CRJ 225: Criminology

  3.00 Credits

  Northern Pennsylvania Regional College

  
  This course is designed to provide an overview of the scientific study of crime as a social phenomenon of criminal behavior. Criminological theory will be addressed from a sociological perspective. Major schools of thought will be discussed utilizing the founders of each school and supplementing their premises with supporting criminology research.
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• CRJ 230: Police Function

  3.00 Credits

  Northern Pennsylvania Regional College

  
  This course is an introduction to American policing with an analytical framework for understanding the police as a product of a balance of social, historical, political, legal, individual, and organizational forces. It examines theoretical propositions about the police and analyzes the three major functions of policing in the United States: law enforcement, service provision, and the maintenance of order. Legalities involved in policing and police administration are explored in relation to contemporary issues that pose substantial challenges to police officers and administrators.
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• CRJ 235: Criminal Procedure

  3.00 Credits

  Northern Pennsylvania Regional College

  
  This course examines the application of law as it pertains to criminal procedures including judicial review, constitutional protections, search and seizure, and the historical development of how laws are changed through case law. Additionally, the course explores laws that govern procedures of interrogation, confessions, identifications, court procedures, and the rights of the defendant and victim. The course will also cover a review of remedies afforded by law to an individual when the government violates the rights guaranteed by the constitution and statutes. Prerequisite:    CRJ 110 Corequisite:    CRJ 110
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• CRJ 240: Criminal Justice Ethics

  3.00 Credits

  Northern Pennsylvania Regional College

  
  This course is an introduction to the application of ethical theories relevant to the practice of the criminal justice system. The course is designed to focus on and emphasize the most significant moral issues faced by criminal justice professionals today. The student is required to conduct a detailed examination of these issues and to apply the various ethical theories, codes, and canons to arrive at a moral decision.
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• CRJ 245: Cyber Crime

  3.00 Credits

  Northern Pennsylvania Regional College

  
  This course introduces students to the evolution of cyber society, cyber-crime, and cybersecurity. It will provide a broad overview of history, socio-political relations, economics, social structure, and culture in cyber space. It also examines types of cyber offenses. Students in this course will gain familiarity with laws designed to control cyber-crime and terminology associated with cybercrimes.
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• CRJ 250: Investigation

  3.00 Credits

  Northern Pennsylvania Regional College

  
  This course examines the tactics and fundamentals that law enforcement utilize in criminal investigations to include types of evidence and interrogations. The course looks at different crimes that require specific evidence to meet the elements of the crime. Additionally, the course evaluates the history and evolution of investigations as well as the rules of criminal procedure that govern how evidence is found, collected, maintained, and eventually leads to an arrest. Finally, the course analyzes how evidence is processed to include an overview of forensics.
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• CRJ 260: Criminal Law

  3.00 Credits

  Northern Pennsylvania Regional College

  
  This course emphasizes the practical application of the law. It examines the dynamic balance of power between the government to enforce the criminal law against the rights of the individual to come and go as they please without government interference. Specific emphasis will be placed on the difference between laws that deal with persons and that of property as well as criminal liability and defenses to criminal liability. In addition, the course will look at what elements are needed to classify crimes as well as the differences in grading. Prerequisite:    CRJ 110
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• CRJ 285: Criminal Justice Practicum

  3.00 Credits

  Northern Pennsylvania Regional College

  
  This course provides an opportunity for students to engage in participant observation, task performance, or other related activities in an agency of the criminal justice system. A 60-hour field placement is required in addition to attendance at scheduled seminars and/or class meetings. This course is aligned with NPRC Career Services Outcomes. Prerequisite:    Field Experience Clearances AND 9 Credits of CRJ coursework
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