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Graduate Diploma

Courses Offered in INVESTIGATION

The following courses are available for your Graduate Diploma. Each course provides you a unique educational experience. Each course is developed by an international staff of highly skilled instructors. The course material is updated to provide students with the latest current information in the subject.

Specialized Course

  • Course Name

  • Courses Description

  • Credit Hours

  • Fundamentals of Victimology

  • There are two actors within a criminal act - the perpetrator and the victim - and the victim is often forgotten. This course takes a critical view of the victim's relationship with the perpetrator and the criminal justice system, and the media's and society's varied reactions to victims.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Criminal Behavior

  • This course focuses on issues and concepts associated with the study of crime and criminal behavior. The course introduces key criminological perspectives, themes and theories in criminal behavior.

  • 6 Credits

  • Fundamentals of Criminal Evidence

  • This course is a critical and comparative examination of selected areas of law of criminal evidence. The course seeks to develop your awareness of current issues of particular theoretical or practical interest and the understanding of their application in a practical situation.

  • 6 Credits

  • Criminalists

  • A criminalist examines physical evidence from a crime scene to find the link between evidence, suspect and victim. In this course you will learn to sort, analyze, and identify the physical evidence, using scientific methods, and also learn to prepare useful information for a criminal investigation or trial.

  • 6 Credits

  • Cyber Crime

  • In this course, you will learn how to identify cybercriminal activity and learn how companies and law enforcement agencies are responding to the dangers, these crimes present. Cybercrime will teach you the federal and state laws regarding computer violations and the proper manner for prosecuting crimes of this nature in court.

  • 6 Credits

Fundamentals of Victimology

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction and history of victimology.
    Measurement of crime and its effects.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The criminal justice system and victims.
    The civil justice system and victims.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    The consequences of victimization.
    Empowering victims.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Homicide victims.
    Females as victims.
    Spouses as victims.
    Child victims.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Elderly victims.
    Hate crimes.
    Special victim populations.
    International victimology
    Negligence and intentional torts.
    Third party liability and insurance.
    Constitutional and civil rights of victims.
    Compensation and restitution of victims.

Introduction to Criminal Behavior

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction to criminal behavior
    Developmental risk factors
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Origins of criminal behavior: biological factors
    Origins of criminal behavior: learning and situational factors
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Human aggression and violence
    Criminal psychopathy
    Crime and mental disorders
    Mental disorders and crime: defendants and offenders
    Homicide, assault, and family violence
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Multiple murder
    Terrorism and the psychology of violence
    Sexual assault
    Sexual assault of children and youth, and other sexual offenses
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Property and public order crime
    Violent economic crime and crimes of intimidation
    Substance abuse, alcohol and crime
    Prevention, intervention, and treatment: juvenile offenders
    Correctional psychology

Fundamentals of Criminal Evidence

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction
    The american criminal court system
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Forms of evidencea. introduction
    Doctrine of justification
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    The exclusion of evidence
    Warrantless arrests and searches
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Confessions and the 5
    Witnesses - competency, credibility and impeachment
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Examination of witnesses
    Hearsay
    Privileged communications
    Documentary and scientific evidence
    Cyber-evidence and demonstrative evidence

Criminalists

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction
    The crime scene
    Physical evidence
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Physical properties: glass and soil
    Organic analysis
    Inorganic analysis
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    The microscope
    Hairs, fibers and paint
    Drugs
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Forensic technology
    Forensic aspects of arson and explosion investigations
    Forensic serology
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Dna: the indispensible forensic science tool
    Fingerprints
    Firearms, tool marks, and other impressions
    Document and voice examination
    Computer forensics
    Forensic science and the internet

Cyber crime

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction.
    Computer terminology and history.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    History of crime and computer crime.
    Computers as targets.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Avenues for prosecution and government efforts.
    Applying the first amendment to computer-related crime.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The fourth amendment.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Computer forensic terminology and computer investigations.
    Developing computer forensic science capabilities.
    Computer investigations: pre-search activities.
    On-scene activities.
    Data analysis.
    Conclusions and future issues.

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