Course Descriptions

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES

CJ5401 ROTA Module I: (Legal Concepts I)
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
Legal Concepts I is the first module of the Reserve Officer Training Academy. The course offers a basic overview of the criminal justice system in Oregon to reserve police officers and focuses on the Oregon Criminal Code and laws police officers enforce while carrying out their responsibilities. Course content is based on Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training performance objectives.

CJ5402 ROTA Module II: (Legal Concepts II)
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
Legal Concepts II is the second module of the Reserve Officer Training Academy. The course exposes reserve officers to the Oregon Motor Vehicle Code, the juvenile justice system, procedural matters and considerations of liability in the administration of the law, and related matters. Course content is based on Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training performance objectives.

CJ5403 ROTA Module III: (Human Behavior)
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
Human Behavior is the third module of the Reserve Officer Training Academy. The course focuses on a variety of topics related to the variety of incidents and people encountered in policing. Topics addressed include professionalism, domestic conflict management, cultural dynamics, communication strategies, traumatic incident awareness and dealing with mentally ill persons. Course content is based on Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training performance objectives.

CJ5404 ROTA Module IV: (Patrol Procedures)
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
Patrol Procedures is the fourth module of the Reserve Officer Training Academy. The course focuses on procedures and practices used in carrying out law enforcement responsibilities. Topics covered include patrol and traffic enforcement procedures, DUII
enforcement, hazardous materials awareness, and contemporary issues in community policing. Course content is based on Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training performance objectives.

CJ5405 ROTA Module V: (Investigations)
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
Investigation is the fifth module of the Reserve Officer Training Academy. The module focuses primarily on aspects of preliminary investigations of crimes and introduces students to death investigations. Students are also exposed to accident investigation, investigative concepts related to controlled substances, and report writing, among other topics. Course content is based on Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training performance objectives.

CJ5406 ROTA Module VI: (Skills Proficiency I)
3 credits (10 lec, 55 lec-lab hrs/total)
Skills Proficiency I is the sixth module of the Reserve Officer Training Academy. The module focuses primarily on skill needed by police officers to carry out their responsibilities related to defensive tactics and high-risk vehicle stops, and on topics related to personal health. Course content is based on Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training performance objectives.

CJ5407 ROTA Module VII: (Skills Proficiency II)
3 credits (10 lec, 55 lec-lab hrs/total)
Skills Proficiency II is the seventh module of the Reserve Officer Training Academy. The module focuses primarily on skills needed by police officers to carry out their responsibilities related to care, use, and limitations of firearms and in relation to emergency vehicle operations. Course content is based on Oregon Department
of Public Safety Standards and Training performance objectives.

CJ9355 Private Security Services Provider Training (Unarmed Private Security Officer)
2 credits (2 lec hrs/wk)
This course covers required training for unarmed private security providers to become certified in Oregon by the Oregon Board on Public Safety Standards and Training.

CJ9375 Search and Rescue Training
2.5 credits (3 lec hrs/wk, 4 TBA hrs )
This course is to prepare students to meet requirements to become Search
and Rescue volunteers. It provides the training to perform search and rescue activities, including use of navigational tools, survival skills, mountaineering skills, and search methods.

CJ9390 Career Development: Criminal Justice Administration
0 credit (up to 324 hrs/total/term)
A variety of in-service training activities conducted within criminal justice agencies in the College district. Current issues and problems are addressed along with methods of alleviating them.

CJ100 Foundations of Criminal Justice
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
This course presents a contemporary view of the criminal justice system and its processes. The structural and theoretical framework of the system is examined and the function, role and practices of police, courts, and corrections components of
the system are surveyed. Career opportunities in the criminal justice field are explored.

CJ101/SOC244 Criminology
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
This course offers an interdisciplinary perspective of crime and criminal behavior in relation to the criminal justice system. Theoretical approaches to explaining crime, criminal statistics, typologies, and victimology will be assessed. The influence of crime theory on public policy will be explored.

CJ110 Introduction to Law Enforcement
3 credits (3 lec/hrs wk)
This course offers a comprehensive look at law enforcement in America ranging from the historical evolution of police systems to an analysis of the work of police officers. Topics addressed include law enforcement jurisdiction and field operations, patrol procedures, organization of law enforcement agencies, selection and socialization of police officers, and current issues related to law enforcement.

CJ130 Introduction to Corrections
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
This course introduces the student to the philosophy and history of corrections in the United States. Sentencing, corrections institutions, and community corrections are addressed along with critical issues in the field. A field trip to a correctional
facility is scheduled as part of this course.

CJ131/SOC220 Institutional Corrections
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
A detailed exposure to correctional facilities used for the punishment of those convicted of crimes. The evolution of the penal institution; levels of custodial
security; and issues relating to custody, treatment, and programs within penal institutions will be explored. Field trips to correctional facilities will be included in this course.

CJ140 Criminalistics
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
Introduces application of science to criminal investigation. Scientific techniques useful in preventing and recognizing crime and in identifying perpetrators of crimes are addressed. Students are introduced to proper techniques for collecting, preserving, and identifying physical evidence and are introduced to the services offered by state and federal crime laboratories.
Prerequisite: CJ210 is recommended, but not required.

CJ198/298 Independent Study in Criminal Justice Administration
1-3 credits (hrs to be arranged)
Prerequisite: Instructor consent.

CJ201/SOC221 Juvenile Delinquency
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
A philosophical, historical, and practical survey of juvenile justice administration in the United States. Considered in the context of an interdisciplinary framework, theories, factors, and characteristics of delinquency will be presented, and treatment and delinquency prevention programs will be surveyed.

CJ203 Crisis Intervention
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
Crisis intervention is a daily function of the professional in public safety. Proper response to a crisis situation may have a profound effect on the overall outcome of the situation. This course will provide students the proper tools to intervene effectively when faced with a crisis situation.

CJ210 Criminal Investigation
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
A study of basic principles and theories of investigative routines focusing upon the primary skills used in all justice agency investigations with specific emphasis on criminal proceedings. Attention will be given to crime scenes, interviewing, evidence collection and preservation, witness and suspect identification information, surveillance, technical resources, investigation operations techniques, and case preparation for prosecutor and courtroom presentation.

CJ213 Interview and Interrogation Skills
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
This course will examine the dynamics of psychological persuasion as they are applied through the course of criminal interrogations. The deliberate, refined processes and techniques of psychological persuasion will be examined, with specific attention to the practical and legal limitations of achieving the goals of criminal interviewing and interrogation.

CJ214 Crime Scene Investigation (Contemporary Applications)
3 credits (2 lec, 2 lec-lab hrs/wk)
A focus on specialized investigative issues specific to a variety of contemporary crime scenes and criminal events varying according to availability of crime scene access in the community. Analysis of crime scenes and events will include the specialized investigative approaches unique to homicides and assaults, arson, crimes against children, hate crime, and environmental crime investigations. Issues discussed include discovery of typical crime events, their investigation, reconstruction, examination, and management by law enforcement investigators.

CJ215 Criminal Justice Administration
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
This course surveys the complexities of organizing and managing a police agency. A variety of topics are covered, including principles of organizing and operating police agencies, leadership, policy formulation, and human resource management along with traditional management functions such as planning and budgeting. Traditional and
non-traditional management principles are addressed.

CJ218 Corrections System (Special Populations Supervision)
2 credits (1 lec, 2 lec-lab hrs/wk)
A focus on the supervisory issues specific to the management of a variety of special corrections populations, including sex offenders, women, violent youth, the elderly/geriatric client, and physically disabled clients under correction supervision. Supervision activities and client supervision techniques required for public safety and effective case management will be discussed.

CJ220 Criminal Law
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
An introductory analysis of the criminal law and the development and philosophy of the criminal law, criminal law as a social force, definitions and concepts, constitutional principles and the classification of crimes in relation to criminal justice administration. The student is introduced to legal research, the study of case law and methodology, and specific criminal offenses.

CJ222 Procedural Law
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
An examination of legal procedure and process considerations related to the investigation of crime, processing of accused persons, and maintenance of order in American society. Rights of individuals and obligations of criminal justice practitioners, particularly law enforcement, will be analyzed. The course focuses on First, Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.

CJ225 Corrections Law
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
An analysis of the legal principles related to the rights and status of persons convicted of crimes in the United States. Constitutional principles related to probation, incarceration, and parole will be addressed along with legal obligations and liabilities of corrections agencies and their employees.

CJ226 Constitutional Law
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
This course presents a thorough overview of the primary freedoms afforded by the first ten amendments and the 14th amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Specific emphasis will be placed on the role of the courts, constitutional case interpretation and rights of the accused.

CJ229 Community-Based Corrections
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
This course examines a variety of community corrections services and treatment options as historically and presently practiced. Focus is on probation and parole systems and services, community-based release programs, and alternatives to incarceration.

CJ230 Juvenile Justice System
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
This course introduces students to the historical and contemporary aspects of the juvenile justice system. Primary emphasis in the course is centered on juvenile justice system philosophy as applied to juvenile offenders from arrest to adjudication.

CJ232 Corrections Counseling and Casework
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
This course offers an overview of approaches to behavior modification through interviewing and counseling along with techniques available to entry-level corrections practitioners in interviewing and counseling. The course also introduces students to advanced methods utilized by professional counselors.

CJ243 Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
This course introduces the student to the relationship of substance abuse to crime and criminal justice administration. Emphasis in the course is on illicit drugs and alcohol. Drug effects, theories of abuse, legislation, enforcement strategies, policy options, and treatment and prevention strategies relative to substance abuse are addressed.

CJ247 Criminal Justice Ethics
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
The course will examine ethical dilemmas pertaining to the administration of criminal justice, focusing on law enforcement, the courts, corrections, research and crime policy dealing with specific ethical issues related to the criminal justice system. An introduction to ethical decision making through the perspectives of Virtue Ethics, Formalism, and Utilitarianism.

CJ280 Field Experience
1-6 credits (3-18 lab hrs/wk)
This course offers career exploration and workplace experience in a variety of supervised settings applicable to the development of the student as a professional in the criminal justice field.
Prerequisite: Instructor consent.

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