Rochester Community and Technical College · Courses
CRJU
6 courses with the subject CRJU, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
CRJU 1305Introduction to Criminal Justice3
3 hours lecture/week - Common Course Outline This course is an introduction to the American Criminal Justice System. Topics will include the police, courts, and correctional systems. (
3 hours lecture/week - Common Course Outline This course will cover the history and evolution of corrections from early European times through present day America. It will then move to the current state of corrections and the daily challenges that correctional officers go through. The student will also learn about the different type of offenders and inmates that they would be expected to deal with on a daily basis. The class will also discuss the differences between local, state, and federal institutions. (
3 hours lecture/week - Common Course Outline The major topics of this course include the content and meaning of the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment to the United States constitution; the rules of arrest, search and seizure; the legalities of confessions; proper identification procedures; and court procedures. (
3 hours lecture/week - Common Course Outline Juvenile law and procedure will cover a wide range of contacts that law enforcement, correctional and probation officers may have with juveniles. Minnesota juvenile statutes, juvenile court system and the philosophy and theory for dealing with juveniles are introduced. Juvenile delinquency, status offenses, juvenile traffic offenders and children in need of protection and services are discussed. (
3 hours lecture/week - Common Course Outline This course explores the concept of national, state and local defense with attention to the changing issues for the criminal justice system. Student will employ scientific theories and methods to analyze the changing roles of military, law enforcement and private security in defense. Topics will include terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, civil rights and constitutional issues with defending the United States. (
3 hours lecture/week - Common Course Outline This course addresses the concepts and practices of community corrections. The specific content includes halfway house program activities, restitution projects and program coordination, work release activities, court diversion processes and programs, truancy tracking programs, and community outreach initiatives. (