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Key to Course Descriptions
Abbreviations
(C) City Campus
(N) North Campus
(S) South Campus
F Fall
S Spring
F/S Fall and Spring
SS Summer Session
F+ Offered every other Fall
S+ Offered every other Spring
N Non-Credit |
Course Descriptions by Curriculum
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Criminal Justice | | | | CR-150 | | INTRO CRIM JUSTICE | | An introduction to the criminal justice system, including the examination of philosophical and historical backgrounds. The three major categories of the criminal justice system, law enforcement, courts, and corrections will be discussed. F/S (C, N) | | | | CR-160 | | CRIME & SOCIETY | | A study of crime and society in the United States; the sociological theory of criminal behavior, indexes of crime; relationships of criminal behavior to the home institutions, race and nativity; psychopathy, culture and behavior systems. F/S (C, N) | | | | CR-170 | | CRIMINAL LAW | | A survey of the New York State Penal Law including definitions, terminology, application, culpability, justification, classification of crimes, and sentences. F/S (C, N) | | | | CR-200 | | INDUST RET SECURITY | | A study of crime, security, and safety problems in business and industrial establishments; the control of these problems by security forces and the interrelationship of these forces and law enforcement agencies. Prerequisite: CR 170 or permission of instructor. S (C, N) | | | | CR-260 | | CRIM COURTS/PROCED. | | An examination of the total formal criminal process from accusation through final appeal. The jurisdiction and procedures of the magistrate, superior, and appellate courts, both state and federal, are covered. The Criminal Procedure Law of New York State is covered in detail. Prerequisites: CR150 and CR 170 or permission of instructor. F/S (C, N) | | | | CR-300 | | DEVIANT BEHAVIOR | | Examination of various areas of physical and mental health which bear upon public safety and well being, including the problems of alcoholism, addiction to drugs, mental illness, suicide, and sexual aberrations. The objective is to provide scientifically valid guidelines so that the confrontation of those in law enforcement with the mentally ill and with social deviates will result in general benefit to the community. Prerequisites: CR 160 or permission of instructor. F (N) | | | | CR-350 | | CRIMINAL JUSTICE ETHICS | | Course involves study of the tenets held by selective classical and modern philosophers bearing on the ought of human conduct; their relationships to the Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, American System of Criminal Justice, Canons of Police Ethics, and Law Enforcement Code of Ethics; and resolving practical problems of an ethical nature. The study is directed toward personal integrity through selfperception in a professional setting. Prerequisites: CR 170 and CR 260 or permission of instructor. F (C, N) | | | | CR-380 | | CRIMINAL INVESTIG I | | General objectives and qualities of a criminal investigator, history of criminal investigations, and investigative states including preliminary, follow-up and closing, rules of evidence, interviewing techniques, body language, and criminal report writing techniques. Term paper assignment. Prerequisite: CR 170 or permission of instructor. F (N) | | | | CR-381 | | LAB. FOR CR380 | | Implementation of forensic science techniques in criminal investigations, the handling and recording of physical evidence, crime scene photography and sketching, plaster casting, fingerprinting, (including lifting techniques and clarification) surveillance techniques, audio-visual techniques and communications. F (N) | | | | CR-390 | | CRIMINAL INVEST II | | Arrest, detention, probable cause and use of force, searches and seizures, authority with emphasis on exclusionary rules of evidence, U.S. Supreme Court landmark decisions regarding search and seizure, search warrant requisites, and practical problems. Investigation practical problem with role playing and completion of investigation file. Prerequisites: CR 380 and CR 381 or permission of instructor. S (N) | | | | CR-400 | | INTRO TO CORRECTION | | The history of corrections in the world. The use of penitentiaries, reformatories, and prisons in American society. Probation and parole concepts and usages. The nature of punishment and present trends in corrections. Prerequisites: CR 150 and CR 160 or permission of instructor. S (C, N) | | | | CR-410 | | POLICE ADMIN. | | An intensive study of the internal arrangement and functions of local police departments: Organizational and leadership problems, planning and research, inspection procedures, personnel matters, training and public relations, operational services, patrol, investigations, vice, and youth. Prerequisites: CR 150 and CR 260 or permission of instructor. S (N) | | | | CR-415 | | C.J. WORK/STUDY SEMR | | Students are placed at a cooperating worksite for the purpose of gaining practical experience in the criminal justice system. Requirements for the course include a combination of volunteer hours at a worksite and classroom instruction. Class instruction will provide students a chance for discussions of worksite and professional issues. This course is available only for students completing CR 150, CR 160, CR 170, and CR 260 or permission of instructor. S (C, N) | | |
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