CIF4200EN - Forensic Technology

Course description

This course exposes students to the dynamics associated to the assessment of how information technology is utilized within the criminal justice. The elements acquiring, implementing, and evaluating information technology within the criminal justice system will be explored; in addition, the issues associated to the conceptual modifications and organization change within the industry of policing will be evaluated to illustrate the challenges associated to this arena.

How this course benefits students

The course is intended to be both an introduction and an intensification of topics covered in other courses but with an emphasis on the implementation of information technology within criminal justice agencies.

Why this course is important

There have been numerous advancements within the realm of technology that have perpetrators employing devious measures to commit various types of offenses against those that innocently utilize technology for convenience. The criminal justice system incorporates the investigation of information technology into the inquiry of crime mapping patterns, data collection elements, managerial measures, as well as policy implications. This course is designed for students to ascertain the various challenges that subsist within this industry as well as exploring the theoretical applications pertaining to motive and crime causation alike.

Credit hours
3 hours
Subject area
Criminal Investigation & Forensics
Educational level
Bachelor
Learning type
Instructional
Prerequisites
None
Upcoming terms
Pending
* Schedule subject to change. Please contact the Registrar's office with schedule questions.

How this course relates to missional core values

Biblically based

This course is designed to address the importance associated to the implementation of information technology in the process of criminal investigations, awareness, and crime control management; in addition, the Biblical principle and application pertains to the element of wisdom in action as a prudent individual is to consider their steps and refrains from participating in acts of evil and wrongdoing. Technology records all types of behaviors and a prudent person shall consider their steps.

Missionally driven

This course will provide students with the opportunity to investigate the purpose of responsibility in their actions when using a variety of technological measures. The mission pertaining to the implementation of information technology into the realm of criminal justice investigations represents the serviceable avenue that is utilized for protection, evaluation, organization, and crime commission alike.

Contextually informed

This course will provide students with the opportunity to evaluate the strategies associated to the assessment of technological behaviors and risk for the purpose of formulating a plan to assist with the legal process.

Interculturally focused

The culture of analyzing criminal behavior centers upon the notion that behavior is fluid and dynamic in nature; criminal behavior in particular violates norms, laws, and mores that have been established within a given culture. This course merges the technological devices, information, and risks associated to the legal industry to illustrate the synergistic component that subsists within the realm of investigations, assessment, and policy implications within society.

Practically minded

Student will have the opportunity to assess the realistic challenges regarding the assessment of how the environment, technology, and organization change affects the police world and those individuals that are maneuvering through the legal system process. A practitioner lens will be employed in the exploration and investigation of these proceedings to include the assessment of promoting an integrated service delivery, ethical issues, and outcomes.

Experientially transformed

Students will have the opportunity to collaborate together on addressing the serviceable element associated to the mission of assessment and evaluation within the legal realm by employing information technology. There will be activities, assessments, and tasks that will address the appropriate modalities to incorporate in investigating various types of technological evidence that are characteristic of individuals that are maneuvering through the legal system.