Paying for college:
| New course | 400/500 course |
| First term offered : Spring 2012 | ||
| Course Prefix&Number | Descriptive Title | Credits/Hours |
| CJ-429/529 | Tactical Crime Analysis | 4 - |
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Abbreviation for Class Schedule(20 spaces) TacCrime Analysis |
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Catalog Description: Building on knowledge learned in CJ-428/528, this course introduces students to tactical crime analysis. Using advanced software and qualitative and/or quantitative models to analyze their data, students will develop a tactical plan that addresses an immediate crime pattern or series of crimes with the goal of devising quick response tactics (actions that could be employed in a field setting) to deter or apprehend an offender. (Prerequisite CJ-428/528) |
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Course Goal and Objectives: By the end of the course, students will be able to: ¿ Articulate the relevant terms and concepts of tactical analysis ¿ Understand the theoretical foundations of tactical analysis ¿ Identify patterns and series using several methods ¿ Fully analyze patterns and series for spatial, temporal, offender, victim, modus operandi, and other factors ¿ Create an effective tactical analysis product ¿ Identify effective police tactics to intercede in patterns and series |
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Justification for adding the course (e.g. alignment with other institutions, program revision, etc.): This course is the third in a series of three courses that will introduce students to the field of crime analysis, which is an emerging technical discipline that has come to inform and direct criminal justice policy. |
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Faculty and facilities needed: None |
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Brief Course outline: See attached syllabus |
| Step | Approver | Decision | Timestamp |
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| 1 - Department | Stephen Gibbons | Approved | February 21 2012 |
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Comments: Edit the teaching philosophy as follows (mostly typos):
In addition to completing the 400-level requirements, graduate students in the 500-level course will be required to complete the following:
Additional readings and group discussion, with particular emphasis placed on developing a more sophisticated understanding of the criminal justice system and criminological theory including the arguments that define the field and the varieties of methodologies use in this field of inquiry.
Additional writing assignments, including critical analysis of sources and either an expanded course research paper or an additional paper above the requirements for the 400-level. This generally entails a well-presented (15 to 20 page) research paper suitable for publication in a professional or peer- reviewed journal.
Criminal justice faculty will assess graduate student discussion and writing at a higher level of sophistication, argument, evidence, and conclusions than done at the undergraduate level.
Where appropriate, graduate students will have the opportunity to mentor undergraduate students in slash courses by leading discussion, teaching a class, or working with them on assignments.
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| 2 - Division | John Rector | Approved | February 23 2012 |
| 3 - Division Curriculum | Mark Henkels | Approved | February 26 2012 |
| 5 - Curriculum Committee | Thaddeus Shannon | Approved | March 20 2012 |
| 5 - Graduate Committee | Marie LeJeune | Approved | February 29 2012 |
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Comments: Edit as presented at grad committee: Attached syllabus should read CJ 429/529. |
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| 6 - Faculty Senate | Gavin Keulks | Approved | March 20 2012 |
| 7 - Dean | Stephen Scheck | Approved | March 22 2012 |
| 8 - Provost | Kent Neely | Approved | March 22 2012 |
| CJ-429 529 Syllabus.docx | Download | |
| Teaching Philosophy of 400500 CJ Courses.docx | Download |
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