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Criminal Justiceadministration as they relate to law enforcementagencies. The course will also review and criticallyassess police organizational ethics, corruption, policebrutality, investigation and training.Prerequisite: CRJ 101CRJ 215—Criminal Investigation 13 cr.This course provides an overview and introductionto basic criminal investigations. The course willprovide instruction on proper note taking, reportwriting, interviewing techniques, crime scene searches,suspect identification, crime scene photography,composite sketch drawing, and court preparation.The investigative function and the relationshipbetween investigators and the District Attorney areexplored. Legal issues relative to the investigativefunction such as search and seizure, Mirandawarnings, informant processing, undercoveroperations, wiretapping and surveillance are discussedand evaluated.Prerequisite: completion or concurrent enrollmentCRJ 101CRJ 230—Criminal Justice Internship3 cr.This course provides students with an opportunityto acquire practical “hands-on” experience under thedirect supervision of professionals in a field or areawhich interests them. The internship affordsopportunities for academically related field work in awide range of criminal justice, correctional,government agencies, social service programs, culturalorganizations, businesses, research and non-profitinstitutions.The internship requires 80 hours of supervised fieldwork and 15 hours of class work for a total of 95hours per semester.Prerequisite: Student must be a criminal justicemajor, have completed 30 credits or more, have aCumGPA of 2.5 or higher and have the permission ofthe department chair.CRJ 216—Criminal Investigation 23 cr.The investigation of specific crimes and theexploration of methods utilized in specific criminalinvestigations. The course will explore specific crimessuch as arson, narcotics, sex crimes, child abuse,domestic violence, assaults, burglary, larceny,homicide, auto theft, organized crime, domestic andtransnational terrorist groups and cyberinvestigations. An emphasis on the types of evidencethat are critical to the successful investigation of theabove listed crimes will be thoroughly reviewed andanalyzed. Court room preparation of these specificinvestigations will be thoroughly presented anddiscussed.Prerequisite/Corequisite: CRJ 101CRJ 226—Criminalistics2 lect., 2 lab., 3 cr.This course emphasizes the scientific investigationof crime. The importance of crime scene preservationand laboratory examination of forensic evidence ascritical steps in the investigative process areemphasized. The processing of evidence in the fieldand laboratory are performed during in class lecturesand in laboratory settings. Specific areas that will becovered during this class include crime scene searches,recording and securing forensic evidence, developingand recording latent fingerprints, examination ofbody fluids, microscopic examination of evidencesuch as ballistics, firearms, breathalyzer examinationsand polygraph examinations etc.Prerequisite: CRJ 101, CRJ 215, and CRJ 216182 www.sunyorange.edu Spring 2011