• CJ 350: Study of Deviant Behavior

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee Southern

  
  This course is a general survey and theoretical review of the definitions, causes, and consequences of deviance and social control. Course content includes analysis of drugs, panics, sex, media violence, emotions of society, and other such concepts.
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• CJ 360: Drugs, Alcohol and Organized Crime

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee Southern

  
  This course addresses the history, pharmacology, health consequences, and crime-related aspects of illegal drugs commonly encountered by the criminal justice field in modern society. Emphasis is placed on the part organized crime plays in connection with illegal drugs and other criminal enterprises in the United States.
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• CJ 380: Forensics and Crime Scene Investigations

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee Southern

  
  The course contains materials concerning the introductory level of forensic investigations and its contribution to the criminal justice system. The course will concentrate on the application of scientific discipline relative to the examination and analysis of physical evidence, the processing of evidentiary environments and the proper collection and preservation of physical evidence in criminal investigations. The course will include instruction on proper crime scene investigative techniques and methods emphasizing �hands on� participation.
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• CJ 385: Wildlife Enforcement

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee Southern

  
  This course surveys the framework of wildlife and conservation laws and is designed as a survey of fish and wildlife policy, law, and law enforcement topics for students majoring in Criminal Justice or Wildlife Management and Enforcement. This course focuses on the theories and fundamentals of natural resources policy, law, and law enforcement. This course will introduce students to state and federal laws affecting wildlife, fisheries and habitat conservation. It will provide historical perspective and up-to-date review of pertinent legislation and case law. The course will emphasize law enforcement practices and procedures as well as advances in wildlife forensics, field data collection and laboratory analyses. Learning objectives will be accomplished through a combination of power point lectures, readings, demonstrations, discussions and guest lectures from practicing professionals. Prerequisites: CJ 101 or permission of instructor. Spring, even-numbered years.
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• CJ 405: Criminal Law

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee Southern

  
  This course provides an analysis of the origin and sources of criminal law as well as definition of parties to crimes and affirmative defenses. The class includes discussions of specific crimes of common law, in-state, and national statutes.
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• CJ 410: Constitutional Law

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee Southern

  
  This course involves an examination of the Constitution of the United States and relevant amendments, concentrating on the Bill of Rights and its interpretation relevant to operations in the criminal justice field. The course will focus on landmark court decisions and their implications on the law enforcement and corrections fields.
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• CJ 420: Research Methods

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee Southern

  
  This course is designed to help the student become familiar with, understand, and apply basic research methods, and their application to the criminal justice discipline. The students will study research designs, sampling methods, types of data, ethical consideration of criminologial research, and an introduction to data analysis. Students will review and become familiar with various methods of research, including qualitative and quantitative research methods as they are used in criminal justice research. Review and discussion of the process of analysis, interpretation, and clarification of problems and issues of confidentiality, as well as the terminology of research, will be used to focus the student�s preparation for the role of research consumer. Prerequisites: CJ 101 or permission of instructor.
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• CJ 430: Laws of Evidence

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee Southern

  
  The course will examine procedural and substantive definitions of evidence and explore evidence as deductive reasoning, logical inference, and supposition within the rules of criminal and civil law. Evidence will be studied from a constitutional perspective as well as the practical applications of court rules regarding the requisite of burdens of proof and standards of admissibility.
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• CJ 440: Management of Criminal Justice Organizations

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee Southern

  
  The course will focus on the planning and human resource management required in modern criminal justice agencies. The course will include theories concerning leadership skills necessary to manage enforcement organizations, positions classification, recruitment, selection, supervision, performance appraisals, promotion, discipline and employee relations.
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• CJ 450: Advanced Readings in Criminal Justice

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee Southern

  
  In this course the student pursues selected readings in a specific area of criminal justice developing a literature review regarding the area and formulating a hypothesis from the review. This course can be taken only once and by permission of instructor.
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