This course will provide both an overview of criminal justice and a focus on group interaction skills and the management of individual and professional priorities. Some of the areas covered will include behavioral style analysis, communication processes within groups, goal setting, prioritizing, and time-management. The overview of criminal justice will include a focus on Corrections, Criminology, Policing, Crisis Intervention, and Criminal Procedures.

The development of delinquent and criminal behavior, initial handling and proper referrals, presenting police technique and special problems with juveniles. Also covers laws and agencies concerned with juveniles.

This course is intended to introduce the student to major theories of addiction, alcoholism, other chemical dependencies, and compulsive behavior syndromes. Students will consider case examples from a variety of etiological perspectives. The course will examine the concept of codependence and the impact of addictions on the individual, family, and culture. Emphasis is given to familiarity with current literature, breadth of understanding, areas of consensus and controversy, and twelve-step recovery.

Examination of racial, ethnic, gender and religious issues regarding criminal offenders, victims of crime and employees of the criminal justice system.

Study of elements of criminal law, including its purposes and functions. Covers laws of arrests, search and seizure, rights and duties of officers and citizens, and elements necessary to establish crime and criminal intent.

This course examines the laws, procedures, and traditions of the criminal courtroom. After an overview of the philosophical and historical foundation of our modern-day criminal court, the course will study the process through the court system from the filing of charges, setting of bail, plea bargaining, and trial. The roles of the various parties in the courtroom--prosecutor, defense attorney, judge, and jury--will be analyzed. Famous trials in Anglo-American jurisprudence will be used to highlight and illustrate basic concepts.

The study of theories and practices in areas of legality, morality, values and ethics as they pertain to criminal justice with special consideration given to the application of Christian ethical principles to values clarification and decision-making in Criminal Justice agencies and social institutions that influence those agencies.

This course introduces students to the collection of forensic evidence, the analysis of forensic evidence, and the use of forensic evidence in criminal trials.

Relations between the individual and the government as revealed through cases in constitutional law with an emphasis on United States Supreme Court cases involving the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.

This course is an introduction to research methods and data analysis pertinent to the study of crime, criminality, and the criminal justice system.

Participants will receive an in-depth overview of terrorism and counter-terrorism, both domestic and international. The course will touch on the causes and motives that drive terrorists, their methods of operation, and the impact of terrorism on the United States and abroad.

This course provides an in-depth examination of risk analysis and security threats. The Risk Analysis and Security course will identify and assess critical vulnerabilities, compare quantitative and qualitative risk analysis, and utilize risk assessment tools in the decision-making process.

Effective emergency planning is the key to surviving natural and man-made disasters. Risk analysis and the formulation of a comprehensive plan, followed by a vigorous and continuing testing program, are essential elements to surviving an emergency. In this course, there will be an emphasis on developing a comprehensive emergency preparedness plan.

Effective communication is essential during a natural or man-made disaster. Topics covered include staffing the emergency operations center (EOC), coordinating with supporting agencies, and the importance of continuing liaison.

Students completing this course will enhance their research, analysis and critical thinking skills through practical experience in the process of scholarship. As a capstone experience students will plan, research and write a scholarly research piece addressing a current issue within Criminal Justice or Homeland Security relevant to their interests.