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Please Note: Courses effective Spring 2012; for earlier terms, please refer to the appropriate class schedule.
Law Enforcement
LAE101 - Introduction to Criminal Justice
Course studies history, development, operation and philosophy of American criminal justice system. Content includes legislative, police, prosecutor, courts and corrections agencies involved in administration of criminal justice current issues and trends juvenile justice system and career opportunities.
3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)
LAE110 - Introduction to Public Safety Careers - Fire, Police, and Emergency Medical Services - I
Course introduces three areas of public safety: fire, police, and Emergency Medical Services. Fire content instructs the student on fire department organization and operations, and general aspects of fire science. Police content instructs the student on police department organization and operations, and different criminal justice careers. Emergency Medical Services content instructs the student on emergency medical technician career paths and introduction to the health care professional careers. The student will be trained as a Citizen Emergency Response Team (CERT) member. Credit cannot be received in both LAE 110 and FIR 110.
3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 1)
LAE111 - Introduction to Public Safety Careers - Fire, Police, and Emergency Medical Services - II
Course continues an introduction in three areas of public safety: fire, police, and Emergency Medical Services. Fire content instructs the student on fire department organization and operations, and general aspects of fire science. Police contentinstructs the student on police department organization and operations, and different criminal justice careers. Emergency Medical Services content instructs the student on emergency medical technician career paths and introduction to the health care professional careers. The student will be trained by American Heart Association (AHA) Standards for CPR, AED, and First Aid. Credit cannot be received in both LAE 111 and FIR 111.Prerequisite: LAE 110 or FIR 110.
3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 1)
LAE121 - Police Organization and Administration
(offered fall semester only)Course studies organization and management of law enforcement agencies. Content includes functional groupings, delegation of authority and specialization, public relations, personnel and training.
3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)
LAE122 - Police Operations
(offered spring semester only)Course presents administration of police line operations. Focus is on patrol function, and prevention of crime. Content includes traffic, investigative, juvenile, vice. and other specialized operational units.
3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)
LAE130 - Vice and Drug Control
Course reviews historical and sociological developments in drug addiction and vice control. Content includes studies of narcotic addiction and effects of hypnotic drugs, bookmaking, gambling, and prostitution.
3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)
LAE135 - Forensics I
Course will familiarize students with the different disciplines of forensic science, the types of examinations conducted in crime scenes and other applications of forensic science in the modern criminal justice system. Students will be provided an overview of crime scene investigations, death investigations, evidence-gathering techniques, and the analysis of physical evidence in the field and laboratory setting.
3 Credit Hours (lecture: 2; lab: 2)
Fee: $15
LAE140 - Corrections
Course is regarding the criminal justice system of corrections, which offers a functional analysis of corrections in the American justice system. The course covers and explores various aspects of the: social history of punishment, environmental conditions, staff and inmate safety, prisoner rights litigation, overcrowding, gender and ethnicity, special needs, gang control strategies, and growth of supermax prisons. The course is a useful introduction to career planning for employment in the corrections field.
3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)
LAE145 - International Terrorism
Terrorism as a political tool used against almost all nations of the world is examined in this course as are known terrorist groups throughout the world.
3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)
LAE150 - Report Writing
Course will improve the report writing and communication skills of students, police officers, detectives, and corrections officers. Students will learn how to write a clear and precise police report, focusing on format, coherence, and voice. Appropriate diction, grammar, punctuation, and spelling will be addressed. Students will also learn how to report incidents and document the crime scene accurately and thoroughly. Course may not meet major requirements at transfer institutions. See your counselor for more information.Prerequisite: EGL 101 or placement in EGL 101.
3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)
LAE192 - Emergency Response Tactical Operations
A course in tactical planning for emergency responders using pre-plan scenarios to coordinate tactical operations. Emphasis is on crisis management by fire, police and support personnel in implementing tactical operations for any and all emergencies. Hazards include fire, hostile intruder, severe weather, utility outages, natural disasters, and facility security. Technologies are used in a lab environment to gain information about the condition of personnel and to assessrisk. Technologies include surveillance, pre-plans, and converged communications to provide information to emergency operations managers for developing the appropriate tactical response and recovery efforts. Credit cannot be received in both LAE 192 and FIR 192. Recommended: CAD 191 or FIR 191.
4 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 2)
LAE201 - Criminology
Course examines aspects of crime. Content includes types of crimes and criminals, factors involved in criminal behavior, control, and prevention.
3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)
LAE215 - The Criminal Judicial System
Course covers criminal court structure of U.S. Content includes historical development of criminal justice within the judicial branch of government, role of the criminal courts in justice system, levels of courts and roles of persons employed in this unit of criminal justice system.
3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)
LAE221 - Criminal Law
(offered fall semester only)Course covers history and principles of criminal law. Content includes development of court system constitutional, statutory and common law civil liability, rules of evidence, and criminal procedures.
3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)
LAE222 - Criminal Law
(offered spring semester only)Course continues LAE 221. Content includes principles of arrest, search and seizure evaluation of evidence and admissibility identification and classification of criminal offenses court decisions, and the Illinois Criminal Code and courtroom and criminal trial procedures.
3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)
LAE235 - Criminal Investigations
Course presents a study of criminal investigation procedure. Content includes conduct at crime scenes, collection and preservation of evidence and methods used in a police science laboratory.
3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)
LAE236 - Electronic Imaging for Police Investigations
Course explores software imaging technology used for law enforcement investigations. Content includes methods, protocols, and techniques for forensic video analysis and enhancement composite drawing software, and computer-aided fingerprint identification and comparison.
3 Credit Hours (lecture: 2; lab: 2)
Fee: $30
LAE240 - Police Defense Techniques
(offered spring semester only)Course examines defense techniques. Content includes principles of self-defense against persons armed with dangerous weapons psychology in use of force physical and mental preparation and practice in defense and control techniquesand arrest and search procedures.
3 Credit Hours (lecture: 2; lab: 2)
LAE245 - Juvenile Delinquency
Course studies causes of juvenile delinquency. Content includes psychological, social and environmental causes organization, jurisdiction and function of juvenile agencies juvenile detention and processing and statutes and court procedures for juveniles.
3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)
LAE250 - Victimology
Course focuses on the criminal event from both the perspective of victims and the motives of offenders. It will examine victimization patterns, typologies, lifestyles, causal factors, consequences and the treatment of victims by thecriminal justice system. Students will identify pre-incident warning signs and learn about strategies used to prevent future harm.
3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)
Fee: $15
LAE260 - Law Enforcement and Community Relations
Course studies relationship between police and public. Content includes police involvement in community activities with emphasis on role of police in community tension and conflict.
3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)
LAE270 - Law of Evidence
(offered fall semester only)Course examines legal aspects of evidence. Content includes search and seizure, civil rights, handling of suspects, evaluation of evidence and court admissibility.
3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)
LAE275 - Industrial Security Administration
Course examines the principles of industrial security. Content includes organization and management of industry and government security, andadministrative and legal responsibilities.
3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)
LAE276 - Traffic Investigation
Course studies traffic and law enforcement. Content includes duties of agencies responsible for highway traffic law enforcement accident investigation regulation and enforcement, and Illinois traffic laws.
3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)
LAE277 - Crowd Control and Disaster Procedures
Course examines group and disaster situations. Content includes behavior of various groups of people under extreme environmental conditions such as riot, natural disaster or wartime attack preventive measures, and techniques forrestoration of order.
3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)
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