CRJ 2010 - Ethics and Legal Issues II

Clock Hours: 102

Course Description:
Ethical issues in corrections will be presented and discussed in a scenario-based setting. Students will be introduced to basic legal concepts, which will apply to them as a correctional officer.

Student Learning Outcomes:
Course Competencies:

The student will apply the definition of ethics, values, and character they learned in the first trimester in scenarios.
Student will receive an introduction to Constitutional law and review cases from the Supreme Court, which are corrections specific.
Students will learn basic legal concepts such as standards of legal justification, search and seizure, Tennessee weapons laws, use of force, and laws of interview/interrogation.
Students will learn the concepts of substantive criminal law such as criminal intent, elements of crimes, levels of criminal involvement, defenses to criminal responsibility, and evidence rules and concepts.