Criminal Justice w/ Abnormal Psychology

260 hours/Instructor Supported/Textbooks Included

Criminal Justice Overview

Have you been searching for information about criminal justice jobs? Are you interested in careers in criminal justice? This course can help you get started! Our criminal justice distance learning course can provide training about careers in criminal justice and could be a stepping stone toward getting one of many exciting criminal justice jobs.

We recognize there is an increasing need to fill a variety of jobs in criminal justice fields. We also recognize the importance of gaining quality training that can help you be even more prepared for a career in criminal justice. That is why our distance learning course provides a thorough introduction about careers in criminal justice. New Brighton's convenient and affordable criminal justice course can help you get the training you need to learn more about the exciting world of criminal justice jobs.

Criminal Justice Outline

Criminal Justice Module 1
Criminal Justice and the Law

• The criminal justice system
• History of law enforcement
• Jurisdiction of law enforcement agencies
• Roles and organization of the police
• Critical issues in policing
• Criminal law and crime control
• Causes of Crime
• Specific criminal offenses
• Use of force
• Response techniques
• Law enforcement as a profession
• Ethics and professional conduct
• Concepts of leadership

Criminal Justice Module 2
Community Policing

• Speech and interpersonal communication
• Cross-Cultural communication
• Managing communication conflict
• Note taking and report writing
• Radio operations
• The principles of policing
• Community policing defined
• New police officer competencies
• Working with diversity
• Building community partnerships
• Problem solving techniques
• The SARA problem solving method
• Problem solving through group consensus
• Crime prevention through environmental design
• Barriers to problem solving

Criminal Justice Module 3
Career Preparation & Policing

• Career preparation
• Police officer skills and qualities
• Recruitment, selection, promotion, and retention
• Attitude and personal performance
• Training and education
• Preparation for patrol
• Weaponless defense
• Weapons
• Use of force policy
• Stress management
• Public safety officers' Bill of Rights
• Types of patrol
• Communications systems and equipment
• Vehicle operations
• Patrol techniques
• Field interviews
• Collision response
• Foot pursuits
• Vehicle stops
• Administrative duties
• Types of evidence
• Witness testimony
• Documentary evidence
• Physical evidence
• Search and seizure
• Miranda and Admissions / Confessions

Criminal Justice Module 4
Policing: Special Situation & Investigation

• Policing: special situations
• Lost and missing persons
• Mentally imbalanced and intoxicated persons
• Sudden infant death syndrome
• Emergency medical response
• Suicides
• Dealing with juveniles
• Elder abuse
• Animal control
• Aircraft accidents
• Fires
• Natural disasters
• Civil disturbances
• Bombs, bomb threats, terrorism
• Hostage situation
• Investigations
• Sources of information
• Victim and witness interviews
• Computerized databases
• Preliminary investigations
• Crime scene processing
• Surveillance and undercover assignments

Criminal Justice Module 5
The Courts & Corrections

• The courts and the judicial process
• Case preparation
• The courts
• Juvenile justice procedure
• The courts' impact on law enforcement
• Courtroom presentation
• The correctional process
• History of corrections
• Philosophies in corrections
• Non-institutional corrections
• Institutional corrections
• Capital punishment
• Issues in corrections

Abnormal Psychology Overview

The Abnormal Psychology course is the study of abnormal behavior in order to describe, predict, explain and change abnormal patterns of functioning. Designed for anyone interested in the way we perceive and respond to our experiences, and especially for people considering careers in psychology, this course covers the dynamics and prevention of abnormal behavior, including neuroses, psychoses, character disorders, psychosomatic reactions, schizophrenia, and other abnormal personality patterns.

Abnormal Psychology Outline
Abnormal Psychology Module 1

• Science and Clinical Practice
• Defining Abnormality
• Understanding Treatment
• Abnormality in the Past
• Current Trends
• The Case Study
• The Correlational Method
• The Experimental Method
• Alternative Experimental Designs
• Biological Model
• Psychodynamic ModelBehavioral ModelHumanistic-Experiential ModelSociocultural ModelClinical Assessment
• Diagnosis
• Treatment Decisions

Abnormal Psychology Module 2
Problems of Stress and Anxiety

• Generalized Anxiety Disorder
• Phobias
• Panic Disorder
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
• Stress and Arousal
• Acute and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
• Psychophysiological Stress Disorder
• Somatoform Disorder
• Dissociative Disorder

Abnormal Psychology Module 3
Problems of Mood

• Unipolar Depression
• Bipolar Disorders
• Treatment for Unipolar Depression
• Treatment for Bipolar Depression
• Suicide
• Triggers for Suicide
• Underlying Causes of Suicide
• Age and Suicide
• Treatment and Suicide

Abnormal Psychology Module 4

• Problems of Mind and Body
• Anorexia Nervosa
• Bulimia Nervosa
• Causes of Eating Disorders
• Treatment of Eating Disorders
• Substance-Related Disorders
• Depressants
• Stimulants
• Halucinogens, Cannabis and Combinations of Substances
• Causes of Substance-Related Disorders
• Treatment of Substance-Related Disorders
• Sexual Dysfunction
• Treatment of Sexual Dysfunction
• Paraphilias
• Gender Identity Disorder

Abnormal Psychology Module 5
Problems of Psychosis

• Symptoms of Schizophrenia
• Biological View of Schizophrenia
• Psychological View of Schizophrenia Sociocultural View of Schizophrenia
• Institutional Care in the Past
• Institutional Care Takes a Turn for the Better
• Antipsychotic Drugs
• Psychotherapy
• The Community Approach

Abnormal Psychology Module 6
Life-Span Problems

• Paranoid Personality Disorder
• Schizoid Personality Disorder
• Schizotypal Personality Disorder
• Antisocial Personality Disorder
• Borderline Personality Disorder
• Histrionic Personality Disorder
• Narcissistic Personality Disorder
• Avoidant Personality Disorder
• Dependent Personality Disorder
• Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
• Problems of the DSM-IV-TR Categories
• Oppositional Defiant Disorder
• Conduct Disorder
• ADD/ADHD
• Elimination Disorders
• Long-term Disorders
• Old age and Stress
• Depression in Later Life
• Anxiety Disorders in Later Life
• Substance Abuse in Later Life
• Psychotic Disorders in Later Life
• Disorders of Cognition

Abnormal Psychology Module 7
Law and Society

• Criminal Commitment and Insanity
• Criminal Commitment and Incompetence to Stand Trial
• Civil Commitment
• Protecting Patients' Rights
• Malpractice Suits
• Professional Boundaries
• Jury Selection
• Professionals Ethics

Textbooks Included:

Introduction to Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice (2nd Edition) (Paperback) by P.J. Ortmeier

Abnormal Psychology (Hardcover) by Ronald J. Comer

Computer Requirements
Internet Access

Broadband or high-speed internet access is strongly recommended. Broadband includes DSL, cable, and wireless connections.

Dial-Up internet connections will result in a diminished online experience. Moodle pages may load slowly and viewing large audio and video files may not be possible.

Hardware

Virtually all Windows-Mac-Linux hardware configurations and processors are acceptable.

1 GB RAM recommended

Software

Operating Systems

Windows XP or Vista and Mac OS X 10 and higher, most Linux distributions

Web Browsers

Mozilla Firefox 2 and 3 (previous versions will work also)

Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8

Safari is not currently recommended as it cannot display certain Moodle editing menus for both students and instructors

Media Plug-ins (These may be required depending on your course media-click on the links below to download the latest versions)

Adobe Flash Player

Adobe Acrobat Reader

Apple Quicktime

Windows Media Player

Real Player

PowerPoint Viewer (use this if you don’t have PowerPoint)