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CRJ 1010
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Title: | Intro to Criminal Justice: SS3 |
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Long Title: | Introduction to Criminal Justice: GT-SS3 |
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Course Description: | Introduces the basic components of the criminal justice system in the United States. Concepts of crime, crime data, victimization, perspectives, and views of crime, theory, and law are discussed. Particular attention to the criminal justice process, interaction and conflict between criminal justice agencies, and current criminal justice issues are examined. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-SS3 category. |
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Min Credit: | 3 |
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Course Notes: | Added Competencies and Topical Outline. |
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Origin Notes: | ACC |
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Status Notes: | revised-dscrptn,cmptncs,outln 6/1/13 |
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Origin Notes: | GT:SS3 201530 |
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General Notes: | Updated GT/Desc/CLOs/TO effective 202110 |
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Required Course Learning Outcomes:
1. Develop an informed understanding of the basic components of justice processes.
2. Compare the various goals and perspectives of the criminal justice system.
3. Recognize the major sources of crime data, including their uses and limitations.
4. Explore the major theories of crime, criminal behavior, and vicitimization.
5. Examine the historical foundations of law and policing in modern society.
6. Identify criminal court systems and the process of an adversarial system.
7. Evaluate correctional systems, sentences, and the purposes of punishment.
8. Identify future trends in law enforcement, criminal court, and correctional processes.
Required Course Learning Outcomes:
I. Crime and the criminal justice system
A. Crime and criminal justice
B. Nature of crime, criminal behavior, and victimization
C. Criminal law
II. Police in society
A. Historical evolution to modern day policing
B. Role and function
C. Issues in policing
III. Courts
A. Dual court system
B. Prosecution
C. Defense
D. Judiciary
E. Trial process
F. Punishment and sentencing
IV. Corrections
A. Community corrections
B. Incarceration
C. Re-entry
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ACC |
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CCA |
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Community College of Denver |
CCD |
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Colorado Northwestern CC |
CNCC |
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Front Range Community College |
FRCC |
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Lamar Community College |
LCC |
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Morgan Community College |
MCC |
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Northeastern Junior College |
NJC |
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Otero College |
OJC |
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Pueblo Community College |
PCC |
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Pikes Peak State College |
PPCC |
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Red Rocks Community College |
RRCC |
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Trinidad State College |
TSJC |
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