CJE-LAW ENFORCEMENT
 

CJE 3670          Introduction to the Forensic Sciences            3

Forensic Science is the application of scientific disciplines and principles to the legal system, particularly the litigation in court of contested factual disputes. Will examine the distinct fields of education and study that collectively comprise the forensic sciences. These fields include among others forensic psychiatry and psychology, forensic anthropology, forensic pathology, forensic toxicology, serology and DNA typing, questioned documents, crime scene investigation, forensic engineering, fingerprint evidence, polygraph and other investigative devices, and forensic chemistry including drug analysis.

CJE 4110          Police in a Free Society          3

Analysis of the police function as an instrument of public policy, problems of federalism, police discretion and selective enforcement, police role and corruption.