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COURSES

 

Criminology (Crim)

1. General Administration of Justice (3)
Administration of criminal justice in the United States stressing factors that affect this administration.

2. Police Organization and Administration (3)
Fundamentals of police organization and administration applied to field operations; records and reports, patrol; traffic; investigation; vice, crime prevention; public relations; police ethics; allied problems.

10. Police Records (2)
Open only to criminology majors. Organization and installation of a police record system; types and functions of records; recording procedures.

72. Report Writing (3)
(See Engl 72)

101. Police Patrol (3)
Open only to criminology majors. Patrol administration; contemporary patrol methods; principles of effective patrol; distribution of the force; the police beat; patrol strategy; tactics; communications systems.

105. Criminal Law (2)
The California Penal Code; general principles of criminal law and procedures; classification of crimes; specific offenses; elements of crimes; law of arrest; law of evidence; court testimony.

110. Traffic Control and Regulation (2)
Organization and functions of the police traffic division; application of educational, engineering, and enforcement methods; traffic surveys; traffic flow; parking and congestion; accident investigation; elements of a sound traffic program.

115A-B. Criminal Investigation and Identification (3-3)
Open only to criminology majors. Principles and techniques of criminal investigation; police photography in investigation; scientific crime detection methods; criminal identification systems.

120. Crime Prevention and Juvenile Delinquency (3)
Prerequisite: Psych 7 or 10, Soc 1A or equivalent. Organization and function of crime prevention agencies; police techniques in the prevention of delinquency and crime; case work; the policewoman; consolidation of community resources in preventing crime and delinquency.

121. Practice in Youth Supervision (2)
Limited enrollment subject to approval of instructor and agency. Open only to criminology majors. Prerequisites: Crim. 120, senior standing. Recommended: Sociol. 120A. Observation and participation in supervision of youth committed to a forestry camp of the California Youth Authority.

129. Detection of Deception (2)
Open only to criminology majors. Prerequisite: Psych 7 or 10. Devices for measuring emotional responses to verbal stimuli; psychology and physiology of deception; analysis of detection of deception techniques; laboratory performance investigations; application to police investigations.

132. Criminology (3)
Prerequisite: Psych 7 or 10, Soc 1A or equivalent. Crime and criminals from the social and cultural viewpoint; knowledge and practice in the field of criminology.

133. Penology (3)
Prerequisites: Sociol. 1A-B or equivalent. Punishment, prisons, jails and prisoners (adult and juvenile); historical origins of punishment for crime, the criminal law, the prison system; problems of prison administration.

134. Social Pathology (3) (Same as Sociol 134)
Prerequisites: Sociol. 1A-B or equivalent. The ills of society as a basis for diagnosis, evaluation, and methods of treatment.

135. Probation and Parole (3)
Principles and practices in probation and parole.

153. Psychology of the Criminal (3)
Prerequisite: Psych 7 or 10, Soc 1A or equivalent. Psychological bases of crime; motivation, alcoholism, economic and cultural pressures; forms of crime; criminal careers.

180. Training in Public Service (1-2)
Maximum total credit 5 units. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Planned and supervised experience or study in a field of occupational specialization.

190. Independent Study (1-5)


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