Criminal Justice

This course provides the knowledge necessary to function as a fluent computer user in today’s technological society. Topics include computer terminology, computer hardware and software 
capabilities, what makes a computer powerful, the societal impact of computers, ergonomics, ethical computing behavior, information privacy, and computer security. Students complete projects encompassing Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), as well as an 0information literacy project focusing on effective use of the Web. Students with no computing experience are encouraged to complete a computing keyboarding course (CIS 103) before taking this course.

This course focuses on the study of law enforcement agencies, their role, function, history, and development within the field of criminal justice. This course is a pre/co-requisite for all other criminal justice courses.

This course helps students develop the ability to read, interpret, and apply New Jersey state and county statutes.

The College Success Course (COL103) is a required college-level course that all students should take during the first semester they enroll at the college. The course prepares students for college life by offering crucial information and skills necessary for success in college, including time management, note taking, critical thinking, financial literacy and information literacy. Students also explore academic and career goals. Finally, students become familiar with the full range of academic programs offered at the College as well as the institution’s regulations, policies and procedures.

This course focuses on the stages of the writing process and includes a formal research paper. A variety of writing and reading assignments are designed to develop analytical and critical-thinking skills.

- General Education Course

This course studies the organization and function of law enforcement agencies of various sizes, communication within the agencies and with other agencies, police morals, public relations,and current trends in law enforcement ethics administration.

This course is a study of the nature of crime, current socialproblems and their relevance to crime, and society’s approachto the rehabilitation of the criminal offender and crimeprevention, along with theories on the causes of crime anddelinquency.

This course develops student prose by utilizing the writing process (drafting, revising and editing). Students are required to complete a process portfolio that includes 3-5 typed, revised, and edited MLA papers, reflective and low-stakes writing assignments, and at least one paper that demonstrates proper research techniques. All writing assignments must demonstrate and develop the writing process, critical thinking, and writing skills. Throughout the term, a variety of reading assignments and topics are introduced to develop interpretive and argumentative skills, while developing a critical understanding of well-crafted, professional prose.

- General Education Course

This course covers the development and application of statistical concepts including descriptive statistics, probability, normal distribution, tests of hypothesis testing differences, sampling theory, and correlation.

- General Education Course

This course is a study of the basic concepts in social interaction, analyzing aspects of the immediate culture, defining and evaluating the individual behavior in inter-group relations, social organization and processes, and elements of social control and deviance in a changing society.

- General Education Course

Cross listed asHLS 105 Criminal Investigation.

This course studies the techniques and procedures of criminal investigation, the methods of crime prevention, and the use and acceptance of informants and electronic surveillance. Topics include information retrieval, recognition, development, and preservation of material evidence, and interview and interrogation techniques.

This course explores the ways in which judicial interpretation of the U.S. Constitution has created and allocated power to government actors. Using a case study approach, students will build their understanding of judicial perspectives on the operation of public safety agencies by studying major decisions of the Supreme Court and examining basic Constitutional principles controlling the exercise of governmental power. Topics covered will include the Bill of Rights, search and seizure, use of force, confessions and admissions, bail and punishment, and an introduction to the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection and due process guarantees.

This course prepares students for effective public speaking presentations. Students research, organize, write, and deliver a variety of speeches designed to inform, persuade, motivate, and entertain in diverse public settings.

Supportive lab services are available to support students for the mastery of the art of public speaking.  The lab will provide opportunity for engagement, one-on-one coaching, mentoring and tutoring that will foster innovations in speaking publically, professionally and personally.  Materials used inthe lab will be comprised of the OER textbook and supplemental materials found on the Libguides.  

The student will study the major Ethical theories and will demonstrate a written and verbal understanding of the major issues and problems in the development of Ethical theory and its application to contemporary moral issues. The courseis designedto give the student an historical and thematic introduction to the traditional ethical thinkers and the major controversies of the contemporary world.

- General Education Course

This course explores the general principles and theories of psychology, history and methodology, sensation, perception, learning, memory, motivation, emotion, intelligence, personality, and the physiological basis of behavior. 

This course provides the opportunity for students to exploresignificant and controversial topics in Criminal Justice and theLaw and to engage in in-depth analysis of current events andimportant legal trends. It presents an opportunity for students tofocus on special issues in criminal justice and to complete aresearch project on a topic of interest.

This course is a study of the policy-making process in the American states, with emphasis of the role of the state in the federal system, constitutionalism, state governors, state legislative system, state courts, functions and organizations of county and local governments, intergovernmental relations, and relations among urban governments. 

This is an introductory course for students to learn how basic principles of biology, chemistry, and physics are applied in criminal investigations. Fundamentals of identification, collection and preservation of physical evidence are discussed. In the laboratory, scientific techniques are applied to analyze and compare physical analysis of materials, chromatography, forensic anthropology, DNA fingerprinting, fingerprint analysis, drug identification and toxicology.

- General Education Course

This course follows an historical approach to the evolution of racism, the identification of racism, and a study of power and control in America’s major institutions.

- General Education Course