College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences 2015-2016 Catalog

199 CJI 6115 Overview of Crime Laboratory Management (3 Credits) A review of process management, work flow and future growth will be discussed. This course will provide students with a survey of manpower, quality assurance, safety, and budgeting issues. What job requirements are needed to perform the various jobs from Crime Scene Detective to DNA analyst? Accreditation, certification and outside review of laboratory performance will be explored. The C.S.I. effect and its impact on the modern forensic laboratory will be examined. The competing interests of case analysis, prosecution and investigation will be detailed. Track 12 Emergency Preparedness Leadership: (15 Credits) Track Description: This track will instruct the student on All-Hazards Preparedness at the local, state, and national levels. Topics such as education and training for all professionals, other health care workers, and executives to: prevent, protect, respond, prepare for, and recover from hazardous events and serve as a resource center in all-hazards preparedness and perform research related to all-hazards preparedness will be examined. CJI 6121 All-Hazards Preparedness (3 credits) The course will define the interdisciplinary roles and responsibilities of interdisciplinary professionals, paraprofessionals, and volunteers in all-hazards emergency planning, response, mitigation, and recovery. In view of the constant changes in emergency preparedness this course is designed to provide knowledge, concepts and skills to equip law enforcement professional and other social and health related professions with a background in planning, preventing, protecting against, responding to and recovering from acts of bioterrorism and all-hazards events. Given the role of public health, social service professionals, and law enforcement in emergency preparedness, students will gain insights into effective communication with the health system, the community, and state and local agencies. CJI 6122 Communicable Diseases and Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosive (CBRNE), Challenges (3 credits) Major challenges in all-hazards preparedness, response, and recovery center around issues and challenges with pandemic influenza and other communicable diseases and effects to humans and the environment due to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive events. This course will provide students with an understanding of pandemic influenza, including the risk factors for first responders and the community at large. During a pandemic or a wave of contagious disease, decisions about how to protect the public before an effective vaccine or treatment is available will be reviewed and discussed. Communities, individuals and families, employers, schools, and other organizations will be asked to plan for the use of these interventions to help limit exposure, prevent disease and death, lessen the impact on the economy, and keep societies functioning. The course participants will learn the expectations of preparation and response to a pandemic and to issues related to a CBRNE event or combination of events and the support measures necessary to enforce prevention strategies defined by the community, region, state, nation, and global society. Prerequisite: CJI 6121 CJI 6123 Interagency Disaster Communication (3 credits) This course provides the student with information on the Incident Command system (ICS) joined with the state and federal response efforts in the event of a public emergency. Students will identify the core components in the ICS and the National Incident Management System (NIMS). An overview will describe the history, principles and organizational structure of the ICS and enable the responders to operate efficiently during an incident. The material presented will expand upon information covered in the ICS 100