This course includes an overview of the functions and responsibilities of agencies
involved in the administration of justice to include police organizations, court systems,
correctional systems and juvenile justice agencies.
This course covers the development of criminal law in America. The basic elements
of specific criminal offenses, criminal defenses, and various legal principles upon
which criminal law is established are reviewed.
This course covers the analysis of the historical development of the U.S. Constitution
and the relationship of rights contained therein to the State and the individual.
The application of the Bill of Rights to federal and state systems is examined.
This course is a study of the various theories of criminal causation and control,
the identification of criminal typologies and the reaction of society to crime and
criminals.
This course is a study of the organization, administration, and management of law
enforcement agencies.
This course includes a survey of the sociological, biological, and psychological theories
involved in juvenile delinquency, modern trends in prevention, and treatment.
This course includes a basic, practical approach to fingerprint classification, identification,
and filing system for the police officer, investigator, or beginning fingerprint technician.
This course covers an introduction to investigative techniques which stress the examination
of questioned documents, fingerprint techniques, polygraph examinations, firearms'
identifications, pathology, toxicology, ballistics, and clandestine operations.
This course is designed to introduce students to procedures for photographic documentation
of crime scenes and physical evidence, including preparation of court exhibits and
in-court presentations.
This course is a study of the situational procedures and techniques necessary in defusing
situations identified as crises.
This course includes an overview of the law-making function of the courts, the growth
of common law, the structure and organization of the courts, court processes and procedures
involved in criminal and civil cases, and the question of reform for the administration
of justice.
This course is a study of the application of ethical theories to the criminal justice
profession.
This course is a study of the importance of two-way communication between the criminal
justice system and the community to foster a working relationship to control crime.
A variety of topics are studied, including citizen involvement in crime prevention
and police officer interpersonal relations.
This course is an introduction to the theoretical foundations and scientific principles
of bloodstain pattern analysis in the investigation of crimes of violence, including
the properties, flight characteristics and bloodstain patterns, documentation and
investigative significance of bloodstains.
This course is a study of the fundamentals of interviewing witnesses and interrogating
suspects. Different methods of conducting crime scene searches and methods used in
investigating various crimes are studied in the course.
This course is the study of practical, hands-on instruction in methodology and policies
for the identification, interpretation, collection, packaging, preservation, and chain
of custody of crime scenes and evidence taken from the crime scenes.
This course studies established rules of evidence from arrest to release in the administration
of criminal justice.
This course is an introduction to aspects of the correctional function in criminal
justice, including organization, process, procedure, and clients incarcerated and
on conditional release.
This course includes a study of new trends in criminal justice.
This course covers security procedures, stress management, booking & admissions, DT
use of force, classification procedures, and searches and security.
This course covers defensive tactics, including countermeasures, pressure point control,
handcuffing, joint manipulations, considerations for special needs and diversity,
report writing, Naloxone administrator, interpersonal communications, disciplinary,
emergency and transportation procedures.
This course covers fingerprinting, release procedures, street gang recognition, ethics,
and spontaneous knife defense.
Course topics include but are not limited to: Intro to Criminal Law, Courts, Crimes,
and Procedures, First Amend., Basic Patrol Operations, and Traffic Law. After successful
completion of this course, students will be eligible to complete the SCCJA certification
exam for these instructional blocks.
Course topics include but are not limited to: Domestic Violence, Juv. Procedures,
and Victimology. After successful completion of this course, students will be eligible
to complete the SCCJA certification exam for these instructional blocks.
Course topics include but are not limited to: Report Writing, Interviewing, Officer
Survival, Drug Enforcement, and Crime Scene and Physical Evidence. After successful
completion of this course, students will be eligible to complete the SCCJA certification
exam for these instructional blocks.
Course topics include but are not limited to: Basic Collision Investigation, Uniform
Traffic Ticket, Vehicle Tactics, and Mind Armor. After successful completion of this
course, students will be eligible to complete the SCCJA certification exam for these
instructional blocks.