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CJC 1010-3 Introduction to the Criminal Justice System (3 + 0)
The course examines the criminal justice system in the United States including its problems and reactions to
prevailing social forces. The continuum of the justice system from victims of crime, the police, the courts, to
corrections, is surveyed. The topics covered are for students who are interested in the justice system or who are
going to major or minor in criminal justice. (General Studies-Level II, Social Sciences)
CJC 1100-3 Evolutionary Legal Concepts in Criminal Justice (3 + 0)
Evolution of crucial legal tools and concepts in the criminal justice process, common and statutory law, trial and
appellate court, grand and trial jury, police and citizen, prosecutor and defense attorney, legal insanity, and other
areas, with emphasis on their historical impact.
CJC 2000-3 Introduction to Legal Studies (3 + 0)
This course will provide students with an overview of the United States legal system. Topics such as court
structure, law school, the practice of law and ethical issues will be covered. This course is a requirement for the
Legal Studies minor.
CJC 2010-3 Introduction to Private Security (3 + 0)
An introduction to security and loss prevention in proprietary and governmental institutions. An overview of the
historical, philosophical, and legal basis of private security and its role in modern society. Pertinent operational
aspects of resources protection.
CJC 2100-3 Substantive Criminal Law (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: CJC 1010
This course acquaints students with common law, statutory crimes and with definitions and distinctions between
criminal and civil law. Students are assigned criminal law readings and Colorado criminal code sections.
CJC 2120-3 Evidence and Courtroom Procedures (3 + 0)
Prerequisites: CJC 1010 and CJC 1100
This course explores the rules of evidence and the admissibility of evidence.
CJC 2140-3 Criminal Procedure (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: CJC 2100
This course is a survey of the procedural law governing criminal cases from arrest through final appeal.
CJC 2200-3 Law Enforcement Operations (3 + 0)
This course is an in-depth examination of the complexity and multidimensional aspects of police work in modern
America. The role and function of the police within the occupational, social, political, and organizational context
is presented.
CJC 2500-3 Criminal Investigation (3 + 0)
Prerequisites: CJC 1010
This course includes a survey of processes, procedures and qualifications needed to conduct, record, report and
manage a criminal investigation. The course includes information about supporting victims and witnesses of
crime. The use of forensic science and other technical assistance is examined as support for other procedures.
CJC 2910-1-2 Critical Issues in Criminal Justice:Variable Topics (1-2 + 0)
Prerequisite: permission of department chair
A variable titled course focusing student attention upon critical criminal justice issues. Student may repeat the
course under different titles.
CJC 3120-3 Constitutional Law for Criminal Justice Professionals (3 + 0)
Prerequisites: CJC 2120 and CJC 2140
This course will study the U.S. Constitution and the function of the U.S. Supreme Court in interpreting that
document. The class consists of readings of decisions in the areas of speech, religion, civil rights, privacy, and
other fundamental rights, with special emphasis on cases affecting criminal justice.
CJC 3140-3 Juvenile Law (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: CJC 1100
This course analyzes the operation of the juvenile court, substantive and due process rights of minors, and legal
reasoning underlying the juvenile justice system.
CJC 3200-3 Criminal Justice Administrative Behavior (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: CJC 1010
This course is a comprehensive analysis of criminal justice organizational behavior and management. Roles and
values in management, administrative alternatives, and the role of managers as an agent of change are studied.
CJC 3280-3 Classification and Case Management of the Offender (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: CJC 1010
This course is a study of criminal offender classification concepts, principles, and techniques. Interview techniques,
case diagnosis, and use of testing programs as classification aids are applied in the classroom. Operation
of reception and diagnostic centers and the principles of the treatment process are discussed.
CJC 3290-3 Probation, Parole and Community Corrections (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: CJC 3280
This course examines the history, development, principles and operation of community-based corrections. The
selection, supervision and prediction of success, experimental programs and current trends are studied. Students
prepare a presentence investigation report.
CJC 3340-3 Correctional Problem Solving (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: CJC 3290 or permission of instructor
This course is an introduction to the special problems and needs of the adult offender. The theory and practice
that create a positive counseling milieu for the offender both within and outside the prison setting are studied.
The course content includes the development of skills that make problem solving with the offender successful.
CJC 3350-3 Seminar in Delinquency Causation, Prevention and Control (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: CJC 1010 or permission of instructor
This course is a study of the nature and causes of delinquency and crime, criminal personality and societal
processes. This course includes an introduction to the topological analysis of juvenile delinquency and an
examination of the concepts of prevention, control and prediction.
CJC 3400-3 Criminal Behavior and Criminal Careers (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: CJC 3350
The characteristics of criminal behavior, including biological, psychological, social, and cultural links to deviant
and antisocial behavior are studied. This course examines criminal self-conceptions, criminal personality
and serial criminals.
CJC 3410-3 Criminal Justice and the Social Structure (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: CJC 1100
This course examines criminal justice systems in relation to social power, class structure, ecological patterns, subcultural
developments, and processes of change in the community and in the criminal justice structure. Culture is
examined in order to comprehend the interaction between subcultures in the larger society, as well as develop an
understanding of cultural competence. The course evaluates the ambivalence in the social processes of law enforcement,
courts and corrections, and the problems of professionalization.
CJC 3450-3 Behavior Development (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: CJC 3400
Basic behavior modification principles and techniques for professionals, probation officers and correctional
workers are studied. The course includes a study of critical ethical and legal issues.
CJC 3510-3 Drug Abuse: Legal Issues and Treatment (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: junior or senior standing or permission of instructor
An intensive study of the legal problems of illicit drug trafficking, control of drug abuse, and alternative approaches.
Emphasis on major judicial decisions and administrative procedures used by criminal and civil authorities, the
behavior of the addict, the impact of international conventions, and prognosis for future criminal justice system
responses.
CJC 3700-3 Civil Law for Criminal Justice Administration (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: junior or senior standing
This course provides students with fundamental concepts of civil law as reflected in the law of civil procedure
and civil law court system. The course addresses areas of civil liability for criminal justice practitioners and
allows students to examine public purposes of the law and to develop theories of civil liability.
CJC 3710-3
(WMS 3310) Women and the Law (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: WMS 1001 or permission of instructor
Examination of women's legal rights under the U.S. legal system and Colorado law. Deals with family law,
Equal Employment Opportunity Acts, housing, credit and finance, welfare, social security, abortion, prostitution,
rape, and the ERA. Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CJC or WMS.
CJC 3720-3
(CHS 3200) Chicanos and the Law (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: CHS 1000 or CJC 1010 or permission of instructor and satisfaction of all General Studies
Level I course requirements
The course offers the student a complex understanding of the laws, the legal system, and how they relate to individual
Chicanos and Chicano community rights. The dynamics of difference, cultural conflict with respect to
race, and issues concerning ethnicity will be examined. Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CJC or CHS.
(Multicultural)
CJC 3850-3 Corporate Security Management (3 + 0)
Prerequisites: CJC 1010, CJC 2010
An in-depth examination of the role, techniques, and strategies of corporate security management; the role of
management; OSHA regulations; and institutional security.
CJC 4050-2-3 Criminal Justice Professional Seminar (Variable Topics) (2-3 + 0)
Prerequisite: permission of department chair or senior standing
A variable titled course focusing on the synthesis of concepts and skills present in the criminal justice system.
Designed to provide the criminal justice professional theories and their application to criminal justice policy
implementations. May be repeated under different titles.
CJC 4100-3 Advanced Jurisprudence (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: senior standing
This course analyzes the nature of justice and law within the context of time and culture. It is designed to allow
students to examine the function of law and the impact of social values.
CJC 4300-3 The American Correctional System (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: CJC 1100
This course is a study of the history and development of the American system of corrections and detentions.
It includes a study of the issues of custody, discipline, treatment, and prison programs for reformation and reeducation.
Alternatives to incarceration are identified and analyzed.
CJC 4310-3 Correctional Law (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: senior standing
Constitutional rights and limitation of rights of criminal offenders in the correctional setting are analyzed.
The effects of court rulings on correctional administrators, staff, agencies, and operations are discussed and
reviewed.
CJC 4400-3 Criminal Justice Planning, Policy Analysis, Evaluation and Budgeting Systems (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: CJC 3200 or senior standing
A comprehensive examination of the planning processes within the criminal justice system; the methodologies
of program evaluation; the tools and techniques of policy analysis and formulation and fiscal management
within criminal justice agencies; preparation of budget documents; and management of the politics of the budget
process are studied and evaluated.
CJC 4410-3 Contemporary Police Administration (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: senior standing
This course is a study of contemporary police management practices. The organizational approach to community
policing is examined. A case study of a community policing orientated police department is analyzed. An
in-depth study of a department's philosophy, personnel policies, organizational structure, and other practices
is completed.
CJC 4420-5 Practicum in Corrections (3 + 4)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor
This course is a study of programs and practices of agencies in the correctional system. Students are supervised
while performing relevant tasks at correctional agencies to further develop their skills.
CJC 4430-3 Comparative Criminal Justice (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: CJC 1010 or permission of instructor
This course includes a survey of worldwide criminal justice philosophies, systems and practices, and an examination
of contemporary studies of criminal justice organizations and legal systems in major and emerging
nations.
CJC 4610-3 Current Problems in Criminal Justice Administration (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: junior or senior standing
This course examines criminal justice practices, processes, and philosophies that affect agency strategies.
CJC 4650-3 Ethics for the Criminal Justice Professional (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: senior standing
This course is an in-depth analysis of ethical issues which confront the criminal justice professional. It includes
an examination of the issues of equity and fairness, "whistle blowing" and other issues. (Senior Experience)
CJC 4675-3 Seminar in Criminal Justice Research (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: senior standing, completion of CJC 1010, and a minimum of 15 additional credit hours of
CJC courses
The course provides the student with information and practical experience in research methods for the criminal
justice system, including: finding and evaluating available research, the tools, techniques and methods of
research, legal research and the writing of a research paper or report.
CJC 4676-1 Criminal Justice Research - Lab (0 + 2)
Prerequisites: senior standing, completion of CJC 1010 and a minimum of 15 additional credit hours of CJC
courses
Corequisite: CJC 4675
This course allows student to complete a senior level research paper that will be a major project. The student
must be concurrently enrolled in CJC 4675. The course involves a minimum of 30 hours of work outside of the
classroom and in addition to the work required for CJC 4675.
CJC 4750-3 Crime Prevention and Loss Reduction (3 + 0)
Prerequisites: CJC 1010, CJC 2010, or permission of instructor
An in-depth analysis of the concept, techniques, and strategies of crime prevention and loss reduction, with emphasis
upon the selection and implementation of comprehensive prevention systems and loss-reduction strategies.
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