Criminal Justice (CJDI)

Examines questions central to the structure and organization of the modern legal system in the United States: Does the law exist to protect the individual from the group or to protect the group from the individual? To what extent does the legal system serve to protect the rights of individuals or limit them in order to promote the common good? Not open to students who have earned credit for CJDI 1020. Falls and Springs. (SSDI)

Applies mathematical and scientific principles to identify, understand, and predict aberrant human behavior. Students explore techniques of forensic science, forensic psychology, and geographic profiling to detect patterns, link cases, and make inferences regarding past and future behavior. Scientific evidence supporting profiling techniques are studied and critically analyzed. Falls. (SIDI)

This course explores cases of cons and frauds in American history, ranging from the likes of nineteenth century hucksters to early twentieth century con artists to major fraud in worlds of high finance and high tech in the twenty-first century. Students will examine how historical, social, and psychological factors shape cons and their victims. Springs Odd. (PPDI)