CDL COURSE ENTRY FORM


Author: Bernice Kennedy/SUNY
Last modified by: Laura Wait/SUNY
Composed: 12/04/2003 09:16 AM
Curriculum Committee Approval Date:
Modified: 06/18/2015
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Course Number: (prefix) CHS (number) 264824 ESC 2.0 Course number:

Name: Protecting America: Cases and Controversies
Datatel Title: (30char) Protecting America: Cases

Area Coordinator: Al Lawrence Department Code: 10CJ Team: Social

Liberal Study? YES Level: UPPER Credits: 4 Prerequisite? YES
General Education Course? NO GenEd Approval Term/Year:

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Pre-registration Information?
Course will be offered (for online course descriptions, proposed offerings for by term views and web views)
Spring 1		Course will be offered (for final term listings, online registration, online bookordering, web views)
Spring 1
First Term Offered: (Required Format: YearTerm - i.e., 2005SP)
Last Term Offered in Print Version:
Title Changes: LAST TERM OFFERED JAN 2015. ARCHIVED PER AL LAWRENCE.
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Description: Review contemporary issues of policy, law and ethics in criminal justice and homeland security, including drug policy and enforcement, gun regulation, racial profiling, new challenges in homeland security, cameras in the courtroom, the insanity defense, the privatization of prisons, the incarceration of juvenile offenders and the consequences to civil liberties of the fight against terrorism. This course is intended as a capstone study for students in criminal justice and homeland security.

Note: This course has a required video component.

Prerequisite skills and knowledge: The student should have an understanding of the structure and functions of the various parts of the criminal justice system and the relationship of federal, state and local criminal-justice agencies, such as might be learned in a course in Introduction to Criminal Justice. The student should be able to examine facts and problems, analyze issues, research possible remedies, apply theoretical concepts, examine alternatives and formulate and communicate solutions. Familiarity with reading, analyzing and “briefing” legal cases, as might be learned in such introductory law courses as Introduction to Law and the Legal System or Legal Environment of Business, is also necessary to ensure success in this course. Strong skills in writing and documenting work are required.


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Major Course Area
Community & Human Services, Public Affairs		Minor Course Area
Criminal Justice / Homeland Security		SLN Disciplines
Criminal Justice/Criminology
Additional Course Requirements
Video Component, WWW Computer Conference		 Undergrad Certificate Association:


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Archive Course: Yes
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