刑事学

The Bachelor of Criminal Justice in 刑事学 is intended for students who desire to become law enforcement officers specializing in the area of forensic evidence. 在程序中, you’ll learn to identify, 排序, 比较, 根据严格的法律和科学规则解释和编目证据. The major provides a focus for the student who wishes to be a crime scene investigator but who is not interested in conducting laboratory analysis of evidence.

The criminalistics program combines classroom teaching with a unique progression of hands-on learning that advances your experience from the crime scene to the courtroom. 你要在犯罪现场把理论和实践联系起来, 在那里你可以获得处理模拟犯罪现场的宝贵实践经验.

Professional 刑事学 Training

• The criminalistics program emphasizes investigation of specific crimes including, 但不限于, 杀人, 性侵犯, 加重攻击罪, 抢劫, 入室盗窃, 盗窃, auto 盗窃 and 纵火.
• 你将掌握处理物证的专业知识, including blood and biological, 印象, 指纹, 枪支, 药物, 数字, tool mark and trace evidence.
• You’ll work closely with faculty who bring significant field experience in the discipline.
• 你会有很多体验式学习的机会, 从犯罪现场到死亡调查的实践课程.
• 你会发展的技能是一个成功的犯罪学事业的关键, 比如批判性思维和解决问题的能力.

In the criminalistics program, 你将与拥有多年执法经验的教授一起学习, 包括大量的证据处理工作. Our faculty’s real-world field experience greatly enriches content offered in courses, 帮助你将理论与专业的犯罪学实践联系起来.

俄亥俄州警官培训学院(OPOTA)

To be a sworn police officer in Ohio, you must successfully complete the 俄亥俄州警官培训学院(OPOTA). Tiffin University partners with Terra State Community College to include the cost of the academy in tuition and can be earned in just one semester.

This unique training academy is state mandated for all police officers and covers 枪支s, legal administration, 人际关系, 交通, 巡逻, 开车, 主题控制, 调查, 内乱, 体能调理等方面的执法. Students apply direct, hands-on practice in the crime lab, firing range and police cruisers. 有经验的, 认证讲师和动手应用, 我们的学生在国家认证的考试中始终达到通过率. 一旦该计划的毕业生获得认证, 他们立即有资格获得全职工作.

A Practical, Professional Education

• Technological advances have made forensic information increasingly essential in criminal proceedings.
• 你将获得处理犯罪现场的实际经验.
• You’ll learn best practices for the handling, identifying, and evaluating evidence.
• The practitioner-based focus of our criminalistics curriculum is well aligned with the professional focus of our University.

犯罪学是一个实践性很强的领域, 因此, 对这一领域的培训和准备也应该如此. 在你的应用刑事调查和犯罪学课程中, you’ll investigate a “mock” crime scene, collect and analyze evidence obtained and present your investigation in a “moot” court. In Criminal Trial Evidence, you’ll engage in a mock trial, as you and other students role-play the various participants in a criminal court case. 作为死亡调查课程的一部分, 你将参加一次实地考察，去大都会的一个主要停尸房.

And, as with all our criminal justice programs, you’ll participate in a required internship. Internship possibilities are wide-ranging. 一个刚毕业的学生在白宫礼宾室实习, which led to a permanent job with the White House 工作人员 as Director of Protocol. 另一名学生在酒精管理局完成了她的实习, 烟草, Firearms and Explosives in Washington, D.C.

Bringing Knowledge to Practice

• 在大多数课程中, 教授不只是在上课时间讲课, 而是将讲座与小组作业和实践练习结合起来.
• Group work is constant and replicates the cooperation needed for success in real-world criminalistics.
• Our crime scene house provides hands-on experience in processing mock crime scenes.
• All criminalistics students must complete a 150-hour professional internship in the field.

课程

刑事司法学院核心课程= 18学时

刑事学 Major = 48 hours

• CDS334 Technology and Crime – 3 hours
• 计算机取证概览- 3小时
• CST155操作系统入门- 3小时
• ENF239 Applied Criminal Investigation & 刑事学 – 3 hours
• ENF293 Criminology (w) – 3 hours
• ENF355性犯罪法医调查- 3小时
• ENF432 Death Investigations – 3 hours
• 刑事司法报告写作- 3小时
• FSC115法医科学入门- 3小时
• FSC115L法医科学实验室导论- 1小时
• JUS461刑事司法高级研讨会- 3小时
• JUS465 Trial Evidence (Capstone) – 4个小时
• NAT150人体解剖学和生理学- 3小时
• NAT150L人体解剖学和生理学实验- 1小时
• NAT291 Drugs and the Body – 3 hours
• PSY362 Abnormal Behavior – 3 hours
• 心理学入门- 3小时

合计- 48小时

Some courses may have prerequisites. See course description for details.

刑事司法学士总学时= 121

This is a sample course sequence to illustrate course offerings for this major. Consult the official Academic 公告 for detailed registration and advising information.

样本的课程

应用刑事调查及刑事学(ENF239) -重点调查具体罪行，包括, 但不限于, 杀人, 性侵犯, 加重攻击罪, 抢劫, 入室盗窃, 盗窃, auto 盗窃 and 纵火. 学生们将被要求调查一个“模拟”犯罪现场, collect and analyze evidence obtained and present their investigation in a “moot” court.

Advanced 刑事学 (ENF320) – This course focuses on crime scene investigative processes, methods, and procedures. 它扩展了FSC115和ENF239中涵盖的主题. It offers the student the opportunity to apply scientific theory in a practical setting. 主题包括犯罪现场的第一响应者的角色, 接近犯罪现场的方法, crime scene analysis, a thorough overview of the gamut of physical evidence including blood and biological, 印象, 指纹, 枪支, 药物, 数字, tool mark and trace evidence. 另外, this course offers familiarization with specialized 调查 including death, 纵火, 大规模死亡和性犯罪调查. 它的设计考虑到了现场犯罪学家的职责.

性罪行法证调查(ENF355) – This course presents a detailed overview of the responsibilities of a sex crimes investigator including information regarding victim’s issues, 法律问题, search and seizure issues as well as mechanics of a 性侵犯 investigation and secondary traumatic stress syndrome. This course will also examine different types of offenders and specific issues unique to sex crimes 调查.

格式

在校园 -提供为期15周的学期形式，开始日期为1月和8月

在线 – Offered in two terms per semester starting in January, March, May, July, August and October

美国.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicted that openings for forensic technicians would increase by 14 percent in the decade preceding 2029, which is more than triple the average for all occupations nationally (4 percent).

职业生涯

• Adult Parole Authority
• 酒精，烟草，火器和爆炸物管理局
• 验尸官办公室/法医办公室
• Correctional Officer
• Crime Scene Investigator
• Criminal Investigator
• 侦探
• Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Forensic Laboratories in Police
• Intelligence Agencies
• 执法 Officer
• 律师
• 毒品执法中的私人法医机构
• 特勤处
• 治安官办公室
• Sumter County Youth Center
• U.S. 邮政服务
• U.S. 特勤处

WHERE TU GRADS HAVE WORKED

虽然获得这样的职位竞争非常激烈, TU校友已经在这些机构工作:

• Eastern Ohio 修正 Center
• Federal Police 部门
• Local Police 部门
• 法医办公室，彭萨科拉，佛罗里达州
• Private Investigator
• Seneca County Sheriff’s Office
• State Police 部门

Tiffin University brings in instructors that have the education and the experience to pass on to our students.  我们的教官来自托莱多警察局, Perrysburg Police Division (OH), Norwalk Police Department (OH), Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office (OH), Wayne County Sheriff’s Office (OH), Lucas County Sheriff’s Office (OH), Weirton Police Department (WV), United States 特勤处, 美国陆军, 美国海军, United States Air Force, Ohio Army National Guard, and Ohio Air National Guard.   我们的教官担任过凶杀案侦探, crimes against person detectives, internet child pornography detectives, 指挥人员, 一般的侦探, 警察局长, 特工, undercover narcotics agents, military police officers, road 巡逻 officers, 联邦特遣部队成员和国土安全人员.