• CJ 4000: Critical Legal Studies

  3.00 Credits

  Weber State University

  
  Critical Legal Studies comprehends the development and application of the criminal law and criminal justice institutions in the United States from a critical perspective. The course begins with a short review of slavery and race, civil rights and civil liberties, and the transformation of legal thought in America. Readings provide a perspective for how the criminal law and justice system are used to bolster the lives of the affluent classes while remaining oblivious or acting as a detriment to the lives of disadvantaged, underrepresented and marginalized members of society. The course concludes with readings that provide an understanding for the meaning of justice, the role of the law in fostering a more just society, and the legal tools available to the advocate of social change to propose changes through legal reform.
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• CJ 4065: Law and Society

  3.00 Credits

  Weber State University

  
  This course explores how law operates in society and how society influences the nature of the law. Topics may include the role of race in law, legal consciousness, efficacy of legal action, and the nature of the legal profession. Students may take either POLS 4065 or CJ 4065, but may not take both courses.
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• CJ 4110: Phys Methods in Forensic Sci

  4.00 Credits

  Weber State University

  
  Physical methods for evidence analysis including microscopy, pattern based physical evidence (firearms, footwear, etc.) pattern recovery and analysis and statistical foundations for pattern comparison. Prerequisite:    CHEM 1120 and CHEM 1220 and CJ 2340 and CJ 3120
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• CJ 4115: Friction Ridge Analysis

  4.00 Credits

  Weber State University

  
  Legal and scientific methodology behind identification, analysis and comparison of finger and palm prints including computer database methodology. Prerequisite:    CHEM 1120 and CHEM 1220 and CJ 2340 and CJ 3120
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• CJ 4116: Friction Ridge Development

  4.00 Credits

  Weber State University

  
  Basic and applied scientific theory and practice behind the detection, development, recovery and preservation of latent finger and palm prints. Prerequisite:    CJ 4115
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• CJ 4125: Research Methods Forensic Sci

  4.00 Credits

  Weber State University

  
  Selected topics in forensic instrumentation, trace evidence, pattern evidence, biological and chemical analysis, research methods and data analysis, and senior assessment. Prerequisite:    CJ 4110
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• CJ 4165: Constitutional Rights

  3.00 Credits

  Weber State University

  
  This course critically examines Amendments to the United States Constitution related to criminal justice issues including the 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, and 14th amendments. It examines citizen's rights and criminal justice agent's responsibility and liability in connection with those rights. Prerequisite:    CJ 101 and CJ 1010 and CJ 1330
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• CJ 4167: State Criminal Justice Rights

  3.00 Credits

  Weber State University

  
  This course examines state supreme court decisions interpreting state constitutional provisions similar to the provisions in the U.S. Bill of Rights protecting criminal defendants. Emphasis is placed on discussing state constitutional decisions with broader constitutional interpretations than recognized by the U.S. Supreme Court. This course will focus upon state constitutional provisions analogous to the rights in the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Eighth Amendments, and the state supreme court decisions interpreting those state constitutional provisions. Prerequisite:    CJ 4165
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• CJ 4200: Ethical Issues in CJ

  3.00 Credits

  Weber State University

  
  Critically examines selected criminal justice ethical issues such as capital punishment, official corruption, use of deadly force, discretion and deception by the police. Prerequisite:    CJ 101 and CJ 1010
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• CJ 4300: History of Law Enforcement

  3.00 Credits

  Weber State University

  
  An introduction to the history of America's law enforcement organizations, stressing the development, community issues, and organizational designs. The early leaders in policing and the early crime problems in America will be discussed and studied. From slave patrols prior to the Civil War to the U.S. Marshals of the old west, police development issues will be presented.
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