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Criminal Justice

CJ 001 Introduction to Criminal Justice 3.0 Units CJ 051 Criminal Investigation 3.0 Units
Course Advisory: ENGL 001 with a minimum grade of C. Course Advisory: CJ 001; SCC minimum English and
General Education: Option A: Area B2; Option B: Area 4H, Math standards.
Area 4J; Option C: Area D0, Area D8 Transferable to CSU
Transferable to UC/CSU Hours: 48-54 lecture.
Hours: 48-54 lecture. Addresses the techniques, procedures, and ethical issues
Introduction to the characteristics of the criminal justice in the investigation of crime, including organization of the
system in the United States. Focus is placed on examining investigative process, crime scene searches, interviewing
crime measurement, theoretical explanations of crime, and interrogating, surveillance, source of information,
responses to crime, components of the system, and utility of evidence, scientific analysis of evidence and the
current challenges to the system. The course examines role of the investigator in the trial process. Introduces
the evolution of the principles and approaches utilized the fundamentals of investigation, crime scene search
by the justice system and the evolving forces which have and recording, collection and preservation of evidence,
shaped those principals and approaches. Although justice scientific aid, interviews and interrogation, follow-up and
structure and process is examined in a cross cultural case preparation. (C-ID AJ 140)
context, emphasis is placed on the US justice system,
particularly the structure and function of US police, courts, CJ 052 Investigative Report Writing 3.0 Units
and corrections. Students are introduced to the origins and Course Advisory: CJ 001; CJ 002; CJ 051; Eligibility
development of criminal law, legal process, and sentencing for ENGL 001.
and incarceration policies. (C-ID AJ 110) Transferable to CSU
Hours: 48-54 lecture.
CJ 002 Concepts of Criminal Law 3.0 Units Presents investigative report writing in criminal justice
Course Advisory: ENGL 001 with a minimum grade of C. relative to police, probation, institutional and parole
Transferable to UC/CSU activities. Includes practical experience in preparing field
Hours: 48-54 lecture. notes, statements, and reports.
A study of the history, philosophy and development
of law and various legal systems; case law and legal CJ 053 Legal Aspects of Evidence 3.0 Units
research; corpus delicti, mental elements, capacity to Course Advisory: CJ 001; SCC minimum English and
commit crimes, and defenses; classification of crimes and Math standards.
penalties; elements of major crimes. (C-ID AJ 120) Transferable to CSU
Hours: 48-54 lecture.
CJ 011 Community Relations 3.0 Units A study of the origin, development, philosophy and
Course Advisory: SCC minimum English and constitutional basics of evidence; constitutional and
Math standards. procedural considerations affecting arrest, search and
Transferable to UC/CSU seizure; kinds of degrees of evidence and rules governing
Hours: 48-54 lecture. admissibility; judicial decisions interpreting individual
Examines the complex, dynamic relationship between the rights and case studies. (C-ID AJ 124)
justice system and the community in addressing crime and
conflict. The emphasis is on the challenges and prospects CJ 056 Juvenile Procedures 3.0 Units
of administering justice within a diverse multiculteral Course Advisory: Eligibility for ENGL 001.
population. Topics covered may include crime prevention, Transferable to CSU
restorative justice, confluct resolution and ethics. Hours: 48-54 lecture.
(C-ID AJ 160) Presents the organization, function, and jurisdiction
of juvenile agencies; the processing and detention of
juveniles; juvenile case disposition; juvenile statutes and
court procedures. (C-ID AJ 220)

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