CRJ 107 Overview of Cybercrime, Criminal Justice, and the American Legal System

3.0 Credit(s) CS

This multidisciplinary course introduces students to cybersecurity, criminal justice system processes, the American legal system (criminal and civil), the criminal justice and legal systems’ approaches to cybercrime and to evidence linking these components one with another. Students receive a basic overview to of computer security, cyber-attacks and defense, cyber forensics, and cyber-ethics; while learning core cybersecurity concepts, terminology, and technologies. Additionally, the course serves to provide an understanding of the American criminal justice and legal systems’ history, philosophy, and practices. Throughout the course, students will consider the structure and function of the legal system, select substantive areas of the law, and evidence linking the dynamic relationship between law and social policy. Students will examine the evidence linking primary components of the criminal justice system: law enforcement, courts, and corrections as they relate to cybercrime and security. Three lecture hours per week