Overview of Courses

• Organized Crime
  This course covers the nature of organized crime; its history in America; the new forms it takes; theories explaining emergence, development, and persistence; and the unique problems law enforcement encounter in controlling organized crime. The nature of organized crime as a unique type of criminal activity are discussed as well as new variations of organized crime such as the Russian Mafia and Trans-National Organized Crime.

• Forensic Psychology
  The goal of this course is to familiarize students with the field of Forensic Psychology. Students will be given a  general overview of police “calls for service”, negotiation teams and strategies, serial killers, school shootings, stalkers, home grown terrorists, and some of the  roles of mental health professionals in the criminal justice field.

• Deviant Behavior
  This course critically examines the nature and extent of deviant behavior in complex, industrial societies. Particular attention will be given to the causes and consequences of deviant behavior and to the social relations and processes associated with the more common forms of deviant and criminal expression within America and other societies. and selected criminological theories.

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