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Dual Credit Competencies - PC3

Criminal Law

Investigations

Helpful Links
www.ncjrs.org

Local Post-Secondary Programs:

Criminal Justice Program, Pierce College

Administration of Law & Justice Program, TCC

Policing:

Community policing center in WA

WA Association of Sheriff's Police Chiefs

WA State Criminal Justice Training Commission

Community Policing Consortium

www.crime.org

Criminal Justice Resources

PoliceQuiz.com

Courts/Law:

www.uscourts.gov

www.wacourtsonline.com

www.supremecourtus.gov

www.whitehouse.gov

Municipal Research & Services Center of WA

Corrections:

WA State Dept of Corrections

Course Outline         

          ·    Criminal Justice Process
                         o   Explain the concept of "probable cause."
                         o   Understand and explain the elements of the Amendments to the Constitution
                              that impact individual rights, police, and judicial authority.

          ·    Corrections
                         o   Compare and contrast the differences between jails, prisons, reformatories
                              and halfway houses.
                         o   Explain the prisoner's rights movement of 1964 and the impact it has on
                                prisons today.

          ·    History and Foundations of Law
                         o   Common law
                         o   Historical religious perspectives
                         o   Societal rights
                         o   Individual rights

          ·    Law Enforcement/Corrections in America
                         o   Qualification requirements
                         o   Career outlook

          ·    Court system and judicial process
                         o   Federal level
                         o   State level
                         o   Local level
                         o   Trial courts
                         o   Appellate courts
                         o   Administrative courts