16 courses with the subject ADJ, 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.
Lecture hours per week: 3 Presents an overview of the United States criminal justice system; introduces the major system components– law enforcement, judiciary, and corrections.
Lecture hours per week: 3 Presents the evolution, philosophy, structures and processes of the American juvenile delinquency system; surveys the right of juveniles, dispositional alternatives, rehabilitation methods and current trends.
Lecture hours per week: 1 Surveys the identification, degrees, and admissibility of evidence for criminal prosecution; examines pretrial and trial procedures as they pertain to the rules of evidence. 4 Total 5-6 hours per week.
Lecture hours per week: 3 Surveys fundamental evidence collection procedures, including recognition, selection, handling, packaging and marking. Examines ways to prevent alteration, contamination, damage and tampering. Emphasizes legal requirements for a continuous chain of possession.
Lecture hours per week: 3 Laboratory hours per week: 3 Introduces student to crime scene technology, procedures for sketching, diagramming and using casting materials. Surveys the concepts of forensic chemistry, fingerprint classification/identification and latent techniques, drug identification, hair and fiber evidence, death investigation techniques, thin-layer chromatographic methods, and arson materials examination. Total 6 hours per week.
Lecture hours per week: 3 Laboratory hours per week: 3 Introduces student to crime scene technology, procedures for sketching, diagramming and using casting materials. Surveys the concepts of forensic chemistry, fingerprint classification/identification and latent techniques, drug identification, hair and fiber evidence, death investigation techniques, thin-layer chromatographic methods, and arson materials examination. Total 6 hours per week.
Lecture hours per week: 3 Surveys fundamental photographic skills–exposure, composition, film, filters, darkroom materials and procedures. Emphasizes use of photography for law enforcement purposes and for courtroom presentation. Considers current status and trends in photographic law. Part I of II.
Lecture hours per week: 3 Surveys fundamental photographic skills–exposure, composition, film, filters, darkroom materials and procedures. Emphasizes use of photography for law enforcement purposes and for courtroom presentation. Considers current status and trends in photographic law. Part I of II.
Lecture hours per week: 3 Studies current and historical data pertaining to criminal and other deviant behavior. Examines theories that explain crime and criminal behavior in human society.
Lecture hours per week: 3 Teaches the elements of proof for major and common crimes and the legal classification of offenses. Studies the kinds, degrees and admissibility of evidence and its presentation in criminal proceedings with emphasis on legal guidelines for methods and techniques of evidence acquisition. Surveys the procedural requirements from arrest to final disposition in the various American court systems with focus on the Virginia jurisdiction.
Lecture hours per week: 3 Surveys the historical and current usage of narcotics and dangerous drugs. Teaches the identification and classification of such drugs and emphasizes the symptoms and effects on their users. Examines investigative methods and procedures utilized in law enforcement efforts against illicit drug usage.
Lecture hours per week: 3 Examines the process through which community problems are identified and addressed by police departments in cooperation with the community. Considers current efforts by law enforcement officers to achieve an effective working relationship with the community.
Lecture hours per week: 3 Examines the impacts of historical events and social changes on law enforcement. Evaluates the complexity of providing police services to multicultural communities. Develops sensitivity and understanding of diverse populations and communities of color.
Lecture hours per week: 3 Introduces the role of the trace evidence examiner in forensic science and surveys the various types of trace evidence encountered in criminal investigations. Includes the general properties of trace evidence materials, examination techniques and evidence collection guidelines.
Lecture hours per week: 3 Supervises on-the-job training in selected business, industrial or service firms coordinated by the college. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.Credit/practice ratio not to exceed 1:5 hours.
Requires completion of a project or research report related to the student’s occupational objectives and a study of approaches to the selection and pursuit of career opportunities in the field. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
Source: Southwest Virginia Community College's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
