CJ 5480 - Exploring the Criminal Mind, Criminal Enterprises and Government’s Response

Explores how societies develop laws as baselines for normative behavior and how individuals and groups challenge those limits through criminal behaviors. Focuses on the personal, economic, social, and political motivations for crime, the psycho-social aspects of criminal behaviors and the government’s appropriate response. Also explores the 3 ‘Ps’ of policing as they relate to prevention, prediction, and prepared response.

Credits: 3