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True Crime
The True Crime microcredential offers interested individuals the ability to expand their knowledge of criminal investigations situated within a contemporary, real-world context, with a focus on homicide and serial crime.
Required
JUST 339 | True Crime Investigation | 3 |
Select One
JUST 324 | Serial Murderers and their Victims | 3 |
JUST 331 | Profiling and Behavioral Criminology | 3 |
Eligibility
- Current students
- Outside professionals
- Community members
Delivery
- Online
- Classroom
- Hybrid
- Flex
Time to Complete
- Months
- 6 credit hours
Skills
- Identify relevant issues in a criminal case from victim, perpetrator, law enforcement and judicial/courts’ perspectives
- Classify the differences between serial,mass, and spree killers
- Examine the similarities and differences between sex offenders and sexual predators
- Assess demographics of victimization in serial murder
- Explain serial murder from a global perspective
- Analyze law enforcement detection techniques
- Evaluate the relevance of criminal profiling to the investigative process
- Identify the shortcomings, fallacies, and problems associated with profiling
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