Course Descriptions
CJ100 Survey of the Criminal Justice System
A review of criminal justicesystems and procedures from criminal violation to final disposition. Covers six primary functional areas of administration of justice and reviews principles of federal, state, criminal, and civil laws as they apply to and affect the system.
3 Credits
CJ101 Criminology
Covers the development and conceptualization of crime, including historical perspective, social and legal definitions, and classifications. Includes an overview of criminology, research, data gathering, and analysis. Introduces major theoretical perspectives on the nature of crime, criminals, and victimization. Identifies current trends and patterns of crime typologies as well as societal and institutional responses.
3 Credits
CJ102 Survey of the Juvenile Justice System
Reviews the juvenile justice system including juvenile court processes and procedures from criminal violation to final disposition. Identifies juvenile justice administrative functions and reviews the principles of federal, state, and local statutes as they apply to and affect the juvenile offender.
3 Credits
CJ103 Program Application and Employment Standards
Introduces information specific to Oregon employment requirements and Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) certification standards. Includes employment disqualifiers as well as desired attributes to assist in selecting the criminal justice career field best suited to specific qualifications. Must pass a criminal history clearance and drug screening, to include Marijuana.
1 Credits
CJ104A Criminal Justice Personal Defense, Beginning
Designed to introduce the knowledge and safety of personal defense to Criminal Justice students. Uses the elements of responding to surprise attacks, principals of leverage, and active movements as key factors in the methods. Develops skills to defend oneself and others, if needed. Prerequisite: CJ103 with a grade of C or better, or consent of instructor.
1 Credits
CJ104B Criminal Justice Personal Defense, Intermediate
Designed to introduce the knowledge and safety of personal defense to Criminal Justice students. Uses the elements of responding to surprise attacks, principals of leverage, and active movements as key factors in the methods. Develops skills to defend oneself and others if needed. Prerequisite: CJ103 with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
1 Credits
CJ104C Criminal Justice Personal Defense, Advanced
Presents an active personal defense course designed to introduce the knowledge and safety of personal defense to Criminal Justice students. Uses the elements of responding to surprise attacks, principals of leverage, and active movements as key factors in the methods. Develops skills to defend oneself and others if needed. Prerequisite: CJ103, and CJ104A or CJ104B; or consent of instructor. (All prerequisite courses must be completed with a grade of C or better.)
1 Credits
CJ105 Defense Tactics
Introduces the knowledge and safety of personal defense to the criminal justice student. Uses the elements of responding to surprise attacks, principals of leverage, and active movements as key factors in the methods. Develops skills to defend oneself and other, if needed. Focuses on mirroring the skills taught at the Oregon police academy to prepare the students for the rigors of their training once hired. Prerequisite: CJ103 with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
3 Credits
CJ106 Deadly Force Tactic and Movement
Presents specialized training and academic opportunities in the tactics and movement utilized during deadly force encounters. Presents students with training needed by the standard law enforcement professional. Focuses on safe tactics, movement, and decision making during potentially deadly force encounters. Prerequisite: CJ103 with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
3 Credits
CJ110 Introduction to Law Enforcement
Introduces the history and philosophy of law enforcement and the administration of justice. Includes current issues and related procedures/policies. Provides a preview of a professional career in law enforcement and how an agency functions in relation to public relations and professional and political ethics.
3 Credits
CJ112 Field Operations and Patrol Procedures
Introduces the nature and purpose of patrol activities. Examines routine and emergency procedures and types of patrol. Focuses on force continuum, officer survival, arrest procedures, field interviews, and ethics. Explores methods of safely responding to various calls and individuals. Includes scenarios on occupational exposure to blood borne pathogens. Covers equipment, technology, and vehicle operation. Identifies gangs, drug use indicators, threat groups, and responses to civil disturbances. Emphasizes report documentation, courtroom testimony, and police tactical communications. Corequisite: CJ103 with criminal history clearance; or current professional in the field; or consent of instructor.
3 Credits
CJ112B Advanced Patrol Procedures
Focuses on the more advanced skills needed on the street by the basic police officer. Introduces students to high risk building clearing, active shooter situations, hostage negotiation, barricaded subjects, perimeter set-up for bombs/improvised explosive devices or hazardous material spills, riot control, and high risk vehicle stops. Designed for base knowledge and skills to be taught in a classroom then practiced in a real world setting, utilizing scenarios to reinforce the knowledge and skills learned. Prerequisite: CJ103 with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
3 Credits
CJ123 Spanish for Law Enforcement
Offers a practical, learner-friendly Spanish language course for law enforcement students and personnel. Emphasizes officer safety, increased community safety, enhanced job performance, and protection from legal liability. Requires no prior knowledge of Spanish. Corequisite: CJ 103 with criminal history clearance; or current professional in the field; or consent of instructor.
3 Credits
CJ125 Public Safety Communications and Documentation
Provides students with specific reading and writing skills needed by Public Safety professionals. Emphasizes proper conventions, grammar, and the factual style used by Public Safety professionals, both computer-generated and handwritten reporting methods.
3 Credits
CJ130 Introduction to Corrections Process
Introduces the corrections process, including historical development through contemporary issues. Reviews the history, current practices, and future considerations of corrections. Identifies the subcomponents of corrections; variations in correctional institutions, levels of custody, administrative practices, correctional staff roles and responsibilities, institutional policies, procedures, and programs. Covers changing custody demographics, safety and security concerns, and current issues.
3 Credits
CJ132 Introduction to Parole and Probation
Introduces the basic philosophies, principles, and functions of parole, probation, and community corrections. Focuses on the role of community corrections in the administration of justice, community corrections options, techniques and training issues, and current challenges and pressures impacting corrections options.
3 Credits
CJ134 Search, Contraband, and Restraints
Focuses on the proper forms and processes for conducting searches of persons such as custodies, staff, volunteers, contractors, visitors, those arrested, and suspects detained by police, corrections and parole and probation officers. Includes proper forms and processes for searches of correctional facilities, private homes, other buildings and common areas, and patrol and non-patrol vehicles. Covers practical techniques for the transportation, restraint, and escorting of those in custody within a correctional facility, in the public, and in court proceedings. Promotes the importance of the safety, security, and orderly operation inside and outside a correctional facility. Prerequisite: CJ103 with criminal history clearance; or current professional in the field; or consent of instructor.
2 Credits
CJ138 Security Threat Groups
Explores the criminal subcultures of security threat groups (STGs) and gangs. Includes the management concepts for individuals at risk of involvement in STGs or gangs, the identifying characteristics of involvement, intervention strategies, and the importance of interagency networking and information-sharing. Outlines concepts of covert communications used by STGs and gangs in communicating within facilities, jail, and on the streets. Corequisite: CJ103 with criminal history clearance; or current professional in the field; or consent of instructor.
2 Credits
CJ142A Managing the Mentally Ill Offender
Focuses on understanding and supervising youthful and adult offenders in confinement by developing an awareness of the dynamics, basic behaviors, and interpersonal interactions commonly found among offenders exhibiting these serious mental disorders: anxiety, dissociative, mood, personality, psychotic (schizophrenia), and mental retardation. Recommended: PSY201 or PSY202, either with a grade of C or better.
2 Credits
CJ144 Suicide Prevention and Intervention Skills
Presents a suicide prevention and intervention practice-dominated course. Designed to help individuals, criminal justice, juvenile, and social service caregivers to recognize and review risk and to intervene to prevent suicide.
2 Credits
CJ145 Long-Term Offenders Management
Addresses management strategies for long-term offenders. Covers inmate perception about serving longer sentences, their views of establishing relationships, and accountability challenges. Includes management of death row inmates, the elderly inmate population with unique special needs, and the security risk posed by lifers attempting to escape. Prerequisite/Corequisite: CJ103 with criminal history clearance; or current professional in the field; or consent of instructor.
2 Credits
CJ146 Officer Survival Mindset
Provides the student with a historical review of issues and scenarios related to officer survival and insight from lessons learned. Introduces the common mistakes in decision-making during contacts and the mindset needed when responding to potentially violent encounters. Describes the survival mindset while at work and home and the way to not only survive nut thrive as a criminal justice professional in all aspects of life. Discusses how to gain the skills, mindset, and the courageous spirit needed for the proper Officer Survival Mindset. Recommended: CJ 110, CJ 112, or CJ 130. (Courses must be completed with a grade of C or better.)
3 Credits
CJ147 Criminal Personality and Errors in Thinking
Introduces personality disorders as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. Addresses errors in thinking which are uniquely present in criminal behavior. Reviews the foundational work of Yochelson and Samenow on the criminal mind. Prerequisite/Corequisite: CJ103 with criminal history clearance; or current professional in the field; or consent of instructor.
2 Credits
CJ153 Ethical Dilemmas and Decision Making in Criminal Justice
Provides students with an introduction to ethical duties and decision making dilemmas facing criminal justice professionals. Provides the basic foundations of ethical reasoning and the standards for determining sound ethical decision making. Increases the learner’s application of ethical reasoning in the face of agency corruption, use of force, gender and race discrimination, due process and duty towards others.
3 Credits
CJ155 Science and Law in Use of Force
Presents specialized training and academic opportunities in the science and law in the use of force. Prerequisite: CJ103 with a grade of C or better; consent of instructor.
2 Credits
CJ170 Juvenile Justice Ethics and Boundaries
Provides students with an introduction to ethical and boundary issues that confront workers in the juvenile justice system. Increases the capacity for the identification and analyses of issues and the development of positions relative to the issues. Focuses on more difficult ethical and boundary issues prevalent in juvenile justice today. Corequisite: CJ103 with criminal history clearance; or current professional in the field; or consent of instructor.
3 Credits
CJ171 Juvenile Sex Offenders
Provides in-depth information related to juvenile sex offenders. Introduces an overview of trends in treatment and covers therapeutic interventions necessary to deter a future of repeated victimization or the development of similar abusive behaviors toward others. Covers professional boundaries when working with juvenile sex offenders. Identifies sex-offending behaviors in juveniles and what to look for. Discusses normal and abnormal adolescent sexual development as it relates to juvenile sex offenders. Identifies paraphilia behaviors as they relate to juvenile sex offenders as described in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSMIV). Prerequisite/Corequisite: CJ103 with criminal history clearance; or current professional in the field; or consent of instructor.
2 Credits
CJ200 Family Violence and Deviancy
Discusses the role of criminal justice and multi-disciplinary approaches to crimes of family violence. Examines “red flag” behaviors and detection of crimes such as domestic violence, child abuse, incest, sexual assault and escalation patterns.
3 Credits
CJ203 Crisis Intervention
Introduces an overview of a crisis state to include its potential root cause, the needed officer response and mitigation in such contacts.Covers initial recognication, intervention, defusingand assessment, resolution and/or referral, with emphasis on subject and officer safety. Includes personalrecognition of threat levels, voluntary compliance, verbal and non-verbal communication, active listening, and mediation.
3 Credits
CJ206 Crime and Delinquency
Introduces the historical development of childhood and the legal concepts of delinquency. Studies crime and delinquency rates and typologies focusing on data variations impacted by age, sex, race/ethnicity, socio-economic and educational status, urbanization, and other key factors as independent variables. Introduces major theoretical perspectives and their application in the study of juvenile delinquency. Covers key concepts affecting juvenile victimization.
3 Credits
CJ207 Criminal Justice Diversity Issues
Introduces the civil rights of citizens related to religion, ethnicity, culture, race, gender, age, disability, and sexual preference. Explores the legal and societal responsibilities of criminal justice professionals to the protection of those rights in the course of public safety duties. Involves creative, critical, and solution-oriented thinking throughout the course. Corequisite: CJ103 with criminal history clearance; or current professional in the field; or consent of instructor.
3 Credits
CJ208 Criminal Justice Leadership
Surveys the leadership practices as understood in the last 75 years and looks to the twenty-first century for a reconstructed understanding of leadership in the postindustrial era. Offers a definition and paradigm for leadership that distinguishes leadership from management in fundamental ways. Looks at how leadership is implemented and understood within criminal justice agencies. Prerequisite: CJ103 with a grade of C or better with a criminal history clearance; current professional in the field; or consent of instructor.
3 Credits
CJ209 Introduction to Victimology
Traces the criminal justice system’s historic and current response to crime victims as it relates to their rights. Provides a comprehensive overview of the offender-victim relationship, while addressing victim support policies and programs. Presents a realistic approach to understanding the dynamics of victimization and the broad range of coping mechanisms that victims employ to deal with their particular experiences. Introduces the concept of trauma informed care.
3 Credits
CJ210 Criminal Investigations 1: Crimes vs. Persons
Covers historical development of criminalistics. Introduces current basic techniques and components involved in major persons-related crime scene investigations. Includes skills necessary to process the scene. Identifies specialized procedures and technology used to identify, profile, locate and apprehend offenders. Stresses importance of case documentation. Emphasizes escalation-cycling patterns of serious offenders. Includes factual case studies and cold cases. Focuses on qualities of a successful investigator. Corequisite: CJ103 with a criminal history clearance; or current professional in the field; or consent of instructor.
3 Credits
CJ211 Property Crimes
Introduces basic techniques and components involved in major property-related crime scene investigations. Includes skills necessary to process scene. Identifies specialized procedures/technology used to identify, locate, and recover stolen property. Covers methods to identify and apprehend individuals. Emphasizes correlation between property crimes and drug use. Includes preparation of court testimony, and current trends in cyber, terrorism, identity, and narcotic investigations. Corequisite: CJ103 with criminal history clearance; or current professional in the field; or consent of instructor.
3 Credits
CJ212 Police Report Writing
Provides the necessary information to become a knowledgeable and successful writer of narrative police reports, documenting both original crimes and follow-up investigations. Utilizes a specialized format to meet different types of investigative activities, e.g., crime scene processing, interviews with suspects and witnesses, probable cause statements, and the execution of search warrants. Re-emphasizes basic writing skills and spelling accuracy related to criminal justice terminology. Corequisite: CJ103 with criminal history clearance; or current professional in the field; or consent of instructor. Prerequisite: Successful Completion of CJ125 with a “C” or higher; or current professional in the field; or consent of instructor.
3 Credits
CJ215 Criminal Justice Administration
Surveys the administrative practices of criminal justice agencies with special emphasis on law enforcement. Covers administration in the public services area including organizational theory and management, personnel management, and policy and procedures formulation. Corequisite: CJ103 with criminal history clearance; or current professional in the field; or consent of instructor.
3 Credits
CJ217 Interviewing and Interrogation in Criminal Justice
Focuses on becoming a knowledgeable interviewer and interrogator. Introduces multiple interviewing and interrogation technique used in Law Enforcement. Includes a brief review of constitutional constraints and professional ethics specific to interviewing and/or interrogation of suspects, witnesses, complainants, and victims. Covers interview and interrogation objectives, preparation, approaches, and technical aids. Presents the importance of listening and documentation. Includes practical scenarios/role playing. Prerequisite: CJ103 with criminal history clearance; or current professional in the field; or consent of instructor.
3 Credits
CJ220 Substantive Law and Oregon Criminal Code
Introduces the origin and structure of common-law crimes, case decisions, and the development of statutory crimes. Reviews the amendments of the constitution which protect citizens during criminal inquiries, introduces the elements of a crime, and the types of affirmative defenses presented at a criminal proceeding. Provides distinctions between criminal and civil law. Addresses criminal court procedures, criminal law case reading, federal and state law, and selected Oregon criminal code sections.
3 Credits
CJ222 Profiling and Case Studies of Serial Killers
Analyzes a specific offender type, the serial killer. Includes historical perspective, motives, phases, and pre-cursory behaviors. Emphasizes the methodology of profiling, crime scene analysis, modus operandi, and offender signature as developed by the FBI Investigative Support Unit to assist law enforcement. Covers victimologies, VI-CAP, NCMEC, CASKU and Oregon H.I.T.S. systems. Uses individual case studies. Corequisite: CJ103 with criminal history clearance; or current professional in the field; or consent of instructor.
3 Credits
CJ224 Missing and Abducted Children
Provides specialized training regarding non-custodial child abductions and missing children. Includes victimology, motives, kidnap murder, grooming techniques, crime scene indicators, and forensic evidence. Introduces National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), Amber Alert Plan, FBI’s Child Abduction and Serial Killer Unit and K-9 usage. Emphasizes the first three hours investigative tasks. Corequisite:
CJ103 with criminal history clearance; or current professional in the field; or consent of instructor.
2 Credits
CJ225 Stalking, Predatory Behaviors, and Personal Safety
Provides information regarding stalking, and related behaviors. Covers types of stalkers, current anti-stalking statutes, and personal and professional security measures. Emphasizes the necessity of documenting and reporting this crime. Describes prohibited behavior, threat levels, and the effects of stalking on victims. Discusses current trends in cyberstalking. Corequisite: CJ103 with criminal history clearance; or current professional in the field; or consent of instructor.
2 Credits
CJ226 Introduction to Constitutional Law
Presents an overview of the U.S. Constitution and related court decisions pertaining to the Bill of Rights. Studies court decisions which determine the admissibility of evidence in criminal cases and which affect police procedures. Considers the criminal procedure process with an emphasis on the role of law enforcement.
3 Credits
CJ229 Domestic Terrorism
Presents the history of terrorism (international and domestic), the causes and methods of terrorism, with an emphasis on contemporary domestic terrorism groups. Covers the basic steps in countering terrorists threat groups, concepts in terrorism, causes, and methods. Assists law enforcement officers, public administrators, security officers, and the general public in recognizing potential terrorist threats. Emphasis on domestic (national) terrorism. Prerequisite: CJ100 and WR121Z, each with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor. Corequisite: CJ103 with criminal history clearance; or current professional in the field; or consent of instructor.
3 Credits
CJ230 Introduction to Juvenile Corrections
Introduces the historical and contemporary aspects of juvenile corrections. Identifies and explores the philosophy, functions, and goals of the juvenile justice system. Emphasizes the role of law enforcement, the courts, community-based corrections, and custodial facilities. Includes an overview of the ongoing debate concerning rehabilitation vs. punishment philosophies in the juvenile justice system, especially as it relates to safety and security issues, and public concerns.
3 Credits
CJ232 Introduction to Corrections Casework
Presents an overview of casework in corrections settings. Includes introduction to behavior modification theories and methods, contemporary counseling methods, assessment processes, and the development of officer-client relations. Emphasizes observation skills, perception issues, information gathering, interpersonal communication skills, and interviewing strategies and techniques as part of corrections casework. Corequisite:
CJ103 with criminal history clearance; or current professional in the field; or consent of instructor.
3 Credits
CJ235 Youth, Drugs and Corrections
Studies current trends, programs and philosophies regarding addiction, treatment options, assessment processes, and related behavioral issues for youthful offenders, specifically in correctional settings and in post-conviction supervision.
3 Credits
CJ236 Public Safety Leadership and Ethics 1: Philosophy of Leadership
Introduces philosophies and ethics for public safety leadership. Focuses on core values, ethics, and decision-making. Explores developing a personal leadership philosophy. Includes defining the difference between leadership and management and completing self-assessments in an effort to gain insight into personal leadership styles and characteristics. Prerequisite: CJ103 with criminal history clearance; or current professional in the field; or consent of instructor.
4 Credits
CJ237 Public Safety Leadership and Ethics 2: Philosophy of Leadership
Explores the various roles of leadership as they relate to being a team builder, delegator, conflict resolution facilitator, coach, and mentor. Focuses on gaining an understanding of communication processes, empowerment, and leading in a diverse environment. Explores various theories of including situational leadership, transformational leadership, and servant leadership. including situational. Prerequisite: CJ103 with criminal history clearance; or current professional in the field; or consent of instructor.
4 Credits
CJ238 Public Safety Leadership and Ethics 3: Philosophy of Leadership
Explores the leadership process and the leader-follower relationship within an organizational setting. Covers the influence of organizational culture, values, and societal issues on leadership effectiveness. Introduces the concepts of learning organizations, organizational health, defenses, and change. Examines how a leader moves an organization from vision to action. Prerequisite: CJ103 with criminal history clearance; or current professional in the field; or consent of instructor.
4 Credits
CJ239 Public Safety Leadership and Ethics 4: Philosophy of Leadership
Correlates the personal core values and characteristics to ethical decisions and behaviors. Explores ethical and principle-centered leadership, including ethical systems, dilemmas, and decision making. Examines the challenges and develops strategies for leading in public safety organizations serving diverse and dynamic communities. Prerequisite: CJ103 with criminal history clearance; or current professional in the field; or consent of instructor.
4 Credits
CJ240 Intake, Assessment, and Informational Interviewing
Introduces the concepts of intake, the purpose and types of assessment tools utilized for determining public risk, institutional risk, and personal treatment needs for the development of an effective treatment plan. Covers conducting interviews at every stage of the process, and applying techniques for informational interviewing. Includes the benefits, costs, and process of changing behavior. Explores the techniques for assuring consistency, accountability, and effectiveness for intake operations.
3 Credits
CJ241 Group Skills for Correctional Clients
Introduces group dynamics, group organization, and facilitation skills for correctional professionals working with clients. Includes an introduction to the various models of group interaction and the principle characteristics and advantages of using group skills with correctional clients. Provides basic concepts for conducting a group and the stages and differential group dynamics. Also presents the basic skills necessary for client selection and development, effective leadership and group management, and techniques for the identification of criminal tactics that disrupt the group process.
3 Credits
CJ245 Public Safety Telecommunications 1
Introduces basic public safety and emergency services telecommunication functions, essential duties, responsibilities, training, and career requirements. Covers entry-level customer service, customer tips, confidentiality, how 9-1-1 works, reasons to call 9-1-1, call taker response, liability, and dispatcher actions. Explores cultural differences in communication, and the ability to tactfully and courteously communicate with callers and difficult people in emergency situations, in suicidal and/or altered mental states. Addresses multi-tasking, decision making, and interpersonal relationships with co-workers and supervisors. Introduces students to mutual aid agreements, agency jurisdictions, appropriate agency referrals, and resources. Acquaints students with Willamette Valley Communication Center, Norcom Dispatch, Oregon State Police Dispatch, state 9-1-1 programs, and Oregon Revised Statutes 403.100-403.380. Covers system failure adjustments and new technological advances, as well as next generation 9-1-1. Prerequisite: CJ103 with criminal history clearance and negative drug screen; or consent of instructor.
3 Credits
CJ246 Public Safety Telecommunications 2
Provides specialized hands-on training for individuals wanting to enter the public safety and emergency services telecommunication career field. Introduces computer aided dispatch through console work stations and use of headsets. Covers telephone, computer, radio, and mapping systems of the Dispatch Operations Section. Introduces National Incident Management System. Includes intensive classroom training and skills-based performance on a variety of simulated calls and incident handling scenarios. Contains first aid, /CPR and /AED certification, and data entry tests with accepted accuracy rates. Includes the use of scenario-based training involving mock police, fire, EMS, and natural disaster responses. Covers team communication, telecommunication ethics, and career survival. Presents both negative and positive examples of dispatch responses and outcomes. Includes a tour of Willamette Valley Communication Center, attendance of Department of Public Safety, Standards and Training Basic Telecommunication graduation ceremony, and completion of a citizen ride-along with either police, fire, or EMS. Prerequisite: CJ245 with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
3 Credits
CJ253 Introduction to Penology
Introduces the theories and practices of punishment. Includes processes devised and practiced for the repression and prevention of crime. Covers a historical overview of society’s choices of punishment, the evolutionary process of punishment reform in the United States, and the continual dilemma of balancing the punishment of offenders and the expectation of rehabilitation.
3 Credits
CJ255 Oral Boards and Multi-Assessment
Presents specialized training opportunities for students who anticipate applying for full-time employment in the criminal justice field. Reviews basic Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) certification requirements. Identifies preparatory steps to be successful in passing oral board interviews and initial phases of a multi-assessment process. Covers stress, voice control, behaviors, appearance, attitude, and dress. Students are recorded and participate in a competitive oral board scored by professionals in the criminal justice field. Corequisite: CJ103 with a criminal history clearance; or current professional in the field; or consent of instructor.
2 Credits
CJ261 Law Enforcement Related Experience 1
Introduces Law Enforcement Related Experience (L.E.R.E.) sequence of courses required for the AAS degree in Law Enforcement. Focuses on topics, training, and practical application covered in L.E.R.E. coursework that aligns with the Mid-Valley Reserve Academy curriculum and incorporates specific Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) content areas. Involves overview of ORS criminal, juvenile, vehicle code, liquor laws and civil liability; ethics; cultural diversity; Oregon Physical Abilities Test (ORPAT) preparation and testing; CPR/AED practical training; and HazMat/Blood borne pathogens. Recommended: CJ110 or CJ112, either with a grade of C or better. Prerequisite: Admission restricted to the students chosen through an application process; and CJ103 with a grade of C or better, with criminal history clearance specific to DPSST employment standards.
3 Credits
CJ262 Law Enforcement Related Experience 2
Introduces basic information and practical application of courtroom testimony, Standard Field Sobriety Tests (SFST) applications, Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) abilities, intoxilyzer technology, and Wet labs. Includes tours of Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) academy and Marion County Correctional Facility complex. Prerequisite: CJ261 with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
3 Credits
CJ263 Law Enforcement Related Experience 3
Introduces new skills and practical application of oleoresin-capsicum (OC), baton, tactical knife, taser, and Multiple Interactive Laser Options (MILO) firearms in order to function safely and effectively as an integral member of a law enforcement team and successfully pass testing for Oregon Physical Abilities Test (ORPAT). Includes information on Oregon Senate Bill 111 (officer-involved shooting(s) protocols), surviving traumatic incidents, family dynamics, death notifications, and use of various recovery services. Prerequisite: CJ262 with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
3 Credits
CJ264 Law Enforcement Related Experience 4
Provides knowledge and skills necessary to investigate motor vehicle crashes, apply correct motor vehicle (MV) codes, conduct traffic stops, recognize Emergency Vehicle Operations Course (EVOC) considerations, and liability issues. Also provides skills needed to effectively write police reports, conduct vehicle searches, make high risk stops, and employ K-9s related to vehicle stops and searches. Prerequisite: CJ263 with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
3 Credits
CJ265 Law Enforcement Related Experience 5
Covers basic investigations through abbreviated formats on domestic violence, stalking, threat assessments, elder and child abuse, arson and explosives, robbery, burglary, sexual assault, identity theft, cyber-crime, narcotic investigations and informants, emotionally disturbed persons (EDP) encounters, homicides, scene preservation, the medical examiner (M.E.) role, and sexual asphyxia deaths. Provides students on Oregon Physical Abilities Test probation a final attempt to successfully complete course within required Department of Public Safety Standards and Training time limit for certification as a Law Enforcement professional in the state of Oregon. Prerequisite: CJ264 with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
3 Credits
CJ266 Law Enforcement Related Experience 6
Introduces additional skills and knowledge on fitness, nutrition, and stress management specifically related to law enforcement personnel. Includes practical application of building searches, active shooter(s), and consims; and culminates in patrol week. Covers functioning safely and effectively as an integral member of a law enforcement team. Offers preparation on entering the job market and becoming more successful in the competitive entry process. Students completing the Law Enforcement Related Experience (L.E.R.E.) series of courses will participate in L.E.R.E. graduation ceremony held at Brooks Regional Training Center and Brooks’ Annual Recruitment Fair involving law enforcement agency stakeholders. Prerequisite: CJ265 with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
3 Credits
CJ267 Introduction to Forensics
Presents a survey of basic crime scene-related forensic science and standard evidence collection. Covers physical evidence, glass and soil, hairs, fibers, paint, arson and explosions, serology, blood patterns, DNA, bite marks, fingerprints, automated fingerprint identification system (AFIS), firearms, tool marks, questioned documents, voice examination, computers, and Internet. Includes emphasis on chain of evidence, and explores future developments in forensic science. Enables hands-on application. Introduces a wide variety of reliable evidence retrieval techniques needed for successful prosecution of criminal cases. Corequisite: CJ103 with criminal history clearance; or current professional in the field; or consent of instructor.
3 Credits
CJ269 Police Ethics and Professional Conduct
Provides in-depth information related to police ethics, on and off-duty conduct, discipline, and policy formation in varied law enforcement settings. Covers professional expectations as a public servant associated with citizens, media, co-workers, family members, friends, and supervisors. Covers boundaries and accountability involving confidential reliable informants (CRIs), crime victims, undercover (UC) assignments and operations, traffic stops, domestic violence (DV), emotionally disturbed persons (EDPs), execution of search warrants, evidence collection and handling, reports, and courtroom testimony. Utilizes extensive scenario-based field activities embedded in Law Enforcement Related Experience (L.E.R.E) 1-6 coverage that requires ethical responses and actions for successful task completion. Recommended: CJ110 or CJ112, either with a grade of C or better. Corequisite: CJ103 with criminal history clearance; or current professional in the field; or consent of instructor.
3 Credits
CJ270 Crime Victim Advocacy
Provides information on the development of local victim advocacy and assistance programs, community resources available to victims, including crime victim compensation. Also includes the role of the advocate, basic advocacy skills training in the areas of children and juvenile victimization as it relates to human trafficking, domestic violence, sexual assault response, and homicide. Includes types of services delivered to victims, and commonly used websites that provide current offender status. Covers the impact of crime on victims and their families, safety planning, and personal victim story and/or advocate’s work experience with specific case(s), or victim panel presentation. Corequisite: CJ103 with criminal history clearance; or current professional in the field; or consent of instructor.
2 Credits
CJ272 Recognizing Child Molesters
Provides specialized training for law enforcement and criminal justice professionals in how to recognize and detect child molesters. Covers the offender’s cognitive and behavioral steps, factors in selecting the child victim, and how offenders avoid discovery. Includes basic information on common sexual disorders, and cyber pedophiles. Corequisiste: CJ103 with criminal history clearance; or current professional in the field; or consent of instructor.
3 Credits
CJ273 Drugs and Pacific Northwest Street Gangs
Provides specialized law-enforcement related training and information on commonly used controlled substances found, distributed, and destined for locations in the Pacific Northwest. Includes Schedule I-IV characteristics, drug appearances, associated paraphernalia, “club drugs,” and anabolic steroids. Covers surveillance tactics, use of informants. Includes similar intelligence gathered on Northwest street gangs, growth, recruitment, and geographical movement, related criminal activities, infiltration, involved schools, tagging, associates, tattoo identification, and importance of documentation by both patrol and detectives. Covers networking with local parole and probation, Oregon Department of Justice, county jails, Department of Corrections (DOC), other Northwest organizations, and professional contacts. Corequisite: CJ103 with criminal history clearance; or current professional in the field; or consent of instructor.
3 Credits
CJ280A Cooperative Work Experience
Offers placement in a business, agency, and/or industry for on-the-job training related to the student's curriculum. Prerequisite: Determined by each curriculum. Guidelines on file in the Cooperative Work Experience office and with each curriculum's CWE Instructor and Director.
1 Credits
CJ280B Cooperative Work Experience
Criminal Justice
2 Credits
CJ280C Cooperative Work Experience
Criminal Justice
3 Credits
CJ280D Cooperative Work Experience
Criminal Justice
4 Credits
CJ280E Cooperative Work Experience
Criminal Justice
5 Credits
CJ280F Cooperative Work Experience
Criminal Justice
6 Credits
CJ280G Cooperative Work Experience
Criminal Justice
7 Credits
CJ280H Cooperative Work Experience
Criminal Justice
8 Credits
CJ280I Cooperative Work Experience
Criminal Justice
9 Credits
CJ280J Cooperative Work Experience
Criminal Justice
10 Credits
CJ280L Cooperative Work Experience
Criminal Justice
12 Credits
CJ281 Corrections Officer Related Experience 1
Focuses on careers within the Oregon Department of Corrections, Federal Bureau of Prisons, local county jails and juvenile facilities and parole and probation agencies. Covers the fitness and nutrition needed for a successful career. Discusses the roles and responsibilities of corrections and parole and probation officers and the ethics required in the professions. Presents an overview of officer mindset, custody, client and resident behavior patterns and relationships, diversity, intake/booking procedures, use of force, and custody rights. Involves defensive tactics skill building and physical fitness training. Prerequisite: Admission restricted to students chosen through an application process and who have successfully completed CJ 103with a grade of C or better, including a criminal history clearance and drug screening specific to Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) employment standards for certification of Corrections personnel in the state of Oregon.
6 Credits
CJ282 Corrections Officer Related Experience 2
CORE 2 focuses on topics, training and modern techniques using in the corrections professions to include: intake and release procedures,risk assessments, classification, custody/clientsupervision, group skills, and community alternatives. Covers the health and wellness needed for a successful career. Includes continued preparation for the abbreviated Oregon Physical Abilities Test (ORPAT), development of health and wellness behaviors, defensive tactics and less lethal options, physical fitness training, report writing and facility tour(s). Prerequisite: CJ 281 with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
6 Credits
CJ283 Corrections Officer Related Experience 3
CORE 3 focuses on topics, training, and modern techniques used in the corrections professions to include: emergency procedures, civil rights issues, court security, work crews, case management, transport procedures, communication skills, hiring procedures and court testimony. Includes continued practice and application in legal and ethical uses of force in order to function safely and effectively as an integral member of a correctional team, completion of the Oregon Physical Abilities Test (ORPAT), development of overall mental health and wellness, defensive tactics skills, physical fitness training, report writing skills and exposure to facility tour(s)/agencies. Prerequisite: CJ 282 with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
6 Credits
CJ289 Corrections Ethics and Professional Conduct
Provides in-depth information related to corrections ethics; on-and-off duty conduct; discipline; and policy formation in city, county, state, and federal correctional institutions. Covers professional expectations associated with citizens, media, co-workers, support staff, administrators, family members, friends, and supervisors. Includes confidentiality issues, inmates’ rights, employee accountability, use of force, contraband, gratuities, security measures involving institutional informants, inmates, inmate family members, and visitors. Examines ethics related to duties and responsibilities of a correctional officer, reports, documents, and courtroom testimony. Utilizes Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) ethics bulletins, and extensive scenario-based field activities embedded in the Corrections Officer Related Experience courses that require proper ethical responses and actions from a corrections professional. Corequisite: CJ103 with criminal history clearance; or current professional in the field; or consent of instructor.
3 Credits
CJ299A Criminal Justice Regional Training Seminar
Criminal Justice
1 Credits
CJ299B Criminal Justice Regional Training Seminar
Criminal Justice
2 Credits
CJ299D Criminal Justice Regional Training Seminar
Criminal Justice
3 Credits