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  • CJ 3020: Police Administration

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2010, CJ 1010 and University Advanced Standing. Discusses the issues facing contemporary law enforcement administrators. Focuses on the complexities associated with law enforcement organization leadership and strategic planning, training, and stress management; evaluation, promotion, and disciple; legal issues and police department liability; budgeting; politics; and media relations.
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  • CJ 3040: Community Policing

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2010 (recommended), CJ 1010, and University Advanced Standing. Presents the fundamentals of the community-oriented policing philosophy. Includes the comparison of traditional and community policing philosophies; law enforcement and community relationships. Analyzes the importance of political and public support and involvement; attitudinal changes involving the roles of police management, supervisors, and line personnel; creation of partnership with community organizations and police problem-solving methodologies.
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  • CJ 3060: Corrections in the Community

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): CJ 1300 and University Advanced Standing. Studies the Criminal Justice Community Corrections component. Presents historical origin, development, and current practices in probation, parole, the halfway house, work and educational release, as well as furlough programs. Requires the design of an ideal corrections facility and a pre-sentence investigation report and recommendation.
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  • CJ 3100: Criminal Profiling

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): CJ 1010 and University Advanced Standing. Introduces process of reviewing and assessing the behavioral facts of a violent criminal act from a law enforcement and/or investigative perspective.
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  • CJ 3140: Corrections Law

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): CJ 1300 and University Advanced Standing. Teaches the law as it pertains to the corrections field. Examines civil liability and pertinent constitutional amendments as they relate to corrections covering the areas of probation, incarceration, and parole.
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  • CJ 3270: Criminology

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): CJ 1010 and University Advanced Standing. Introduces the field of criminology, providing an overview of the issues involved in defining, measuring, and explaining crime. Examines the nature, extent, and general characteristics of criminal behavior and the potential causes of criminal offenses and offenders. Reviews early and contemporary theories which attempt to explain criminal behavior from a sociological, psychological, and biological perspective; the effectiveness of theories in explaining crime; theory integration and application of theory to selected issues as they relate to the modern world.
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  • CJ 3300: Victimology

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): CJ 1010 and University Advanced Standing. Presents historic treatment and emerging roles of the crime victim in the criminal justice process. Investigates problems and dilemmas faced by crime victims and victimization risk factors. Studies systemic and societal creation of victims, relationships between victims and offenders, crime victim compensation, and reparations.
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  • CJ 3320: Crime and Gender

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): CJ 1010 and University Advanced Standing. Involves an in-depth approach to the study of women in the criminal justice system from both a theoretical and practical perspective. Covers three main areas: 1) women as offenders; 2) women as victims; and 3) women as criminal justice practitioners.
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  • CJ 3330: Financial Crimes Investigations

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): CJ 1340 and University Advanced Standing. Examines the complex world of financial crimes, money laundering, and the national and international standards for financial institutional compliance.
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  • CJ 3340: Terrorism and the Criminal Justice System

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing and CJ 1010. Examines the phenomena of radicalization and terrorism as they relate to the criminal justice system in America. Evaluates the various radical movements that have led to acts of terrorism, including jihadist extremists, animal rights and environmental extremist, as well as the white supremacist and domestic far-right extremist movement in America. Examines the role of law enforcement in counter terrorism efforts in the United States and law enforcement responses to terrorism. Assesses the challenges of prosecuting, sentencing, and incarcerating terrorists, both domestic and international. Evaluates the movement of Countering Violent Extremism as a means to impede the pathway to terrorism.
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