Examination of the criminal justice system and process. Including crime, law-making, criminality, prosecution, police, courts, and corrections.

In-depth analysis of Law Enforcement and Corrections within the context of crime analysis, deterrence, prevention, and reform relative to the initial and final phases of the criminal justice process. Additional topics include the authority and responsibilities of these legal structures in relation to specialized areas of local, state, Tribal, and federal law. The course includes a section devoted to traditional and contemporary forms and processes of dispute resolution and order maintenance and their development into contemporary representations in Tribal societies.

Introduces approaches and techniques for conducting interviews and interrogations, with emphasis on the legal and practical differences between interviewing witnesses and victims and interrogating criminal suspects. Various practical and theoretical applications and methods to detect truthfulness and deception based on behavioral, physiological, and emotional responses are identified and explored.

Examines Tribal and federal Indian law from historical and sociological perspectives, the roles and functions of various state, federal, and Tribal agencies relative to Tribal governments, and the Constitutional, legislative, and judicial bases for processes, structures, functions, principles, practices, procedures, and jurisdictions involved in the administration of American Indian law.

Familiarizes students with the fundamentals of legal research, terminology, writing, and analysis, including law library techniques, computer-assisted legal research, citation forms, briefs, and court opinion discussions. Students will develop skills in researching and interpreting applicable federal and tribal statutes and case law, primary/secondary authority, and mandatory/persuasive authority.

This course examines the attitude of the police and community toward each other, an exploration into those factors that help develop mutual understanding and support between the police and the public. These principles will be related to cultural issues on the reservation.

Examination of the definitions of acts and omissions, with an emphasis on historical and philosophical concepts of criminal law.

Deals with rules of evidence of particular import at the operational level in law enforcement and with criminal procedure in important areas such as arrest, force, and search and seizure.

For criminal justice students or laymen; designed to broaden the understanding of the student concerning the various agencies involved in the administration of criminal law. Emphasis is placed upon the more important law enforcement functions and interrelationships from arrest to executive pardon.

An introductory overview of various disciplines involved in the Forensic Sciences and their contributions and application to the investigation and prosecution of criminal acts. Topics include death and injury examination, crime scene documentation and investigation, and blood spatter, hair, fingerprint, and tool and footwear impression analysis.

A historical and contemporary exploration of the physiological, environmental, psychological, and social causes, and society’s responses to, deviance and criminality from both theoretical and empirical perspectives, with a special emphasis on the definitions, extent and efforts at prevention of criminal behaviors.

Special legal status of the juvenile, protective services, the juvenile and family, court movement, and child labor laws. Emphasis on non-criminal aspects of administration of juvenile justice, guardianship, dependency, neglect, child support, paternity, and adoption.

Examines the philosophical, moral, and ethical bases of human behavior in the context of the American legal system. Students discuss justice, law, punishment, moral decision-making, and ethical and legal dilemmas in law enforcement, the courts, and corrections.

Familiarizes students with the techniques and practices of the courtroom by utilizing mock trials in which students act as advocates, witnesses, judges, court officials, and police officers.

Examines assorted approaches to criminal behavioral analysis. Topics include philosophical, taxonomic, and practical analysis and investigation of various types of criminal behaviors and their applications to the investigation and prosecution of crimes.

Provides students with an opportunity to work with professionals and/or experts. For those unable to, or choose not to find internship placement, the capstone requires fulfillment of a plan of independent study relating to the student’s legal area of interest, culminating in a thesis and media presentation.

This course will explore the role, conflicts, and cooperation of tribal police agencies, Tribal courts, and Tribal governments in preventing crime and administering justice on the reservation, including analyzing the structure of tribal law enforcement and the ways it differs from mainstream policing.

Examines impact of the Constitution on the United States and its amendments on the justice system.

Critical examination of the major schools of criminological thought and their influence on the

Critical examination of the major schools of criminological thought and their influence on the development of criminal justice policy.

This course will expose students to the legal basis and purpose of Tribal game and fish management and enforcement practices by studying the Standing Rock Sioux Tribes management and enforcement mechanisms and conflicts, including the interaction of federal, state, and Tribal laws and jurisdictions.

Examines concepts of peacemaking in traditional tribal dispute resolution and contemporary peacemaking courts.

Examines the philosophical, moral, and ethical bases of human behavior in the context of the American legal system. Students discuss justice, law, punishment, moral decision-making, and ethical and legal dilemmas in law enforcement, the courts, and corrections.

Course examines the issues and status of victims in the criminal justice system and society.

This course will emphasize the analysis of crime patterns and criminal behavior and consider the identification of evolving or existent crime patterns and serial crimes, the forecasting of future crime occurrences, and the initiation of target profile analysis.

Study of organizational perspectives in the administration of justice.

Examines the historical and contemporary practices of the American criminal justice system in relation to women, various racial and ethnic groups, the handicapped, the elderly, and other historically marginalized special populations.

Develops student skills in research and writing for justice-related fields. Focuses include legal databases, criminal and civil codes, and remote as well as in-person archival database research. Students will prepare professional writing sample showing writing and independent research abilities.

This is a survey course of recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions related to the rights of Tribes and Tribal members. Students will develop skills in researching, reading, and summarizing case law and an understanding of some of the sovereignty issues facing Tribes today, as well as discuss the broader legal concepts and precedential value of each case.

This course examines various alternative justice and correctional approaches, with a focus on Indigenous justice, and considers the roles of the three main stakeholders in the justice system: victims, offenders, and the community.

Provides students with an opportunity to work with professionals and/or experts. Every effort will be made to place students in an environment that emphasizes cultural integration.

Provides final preparatory steps for entering justice-related careers including gathering a portfolio of writing samples and necessary documentation. Students will be required to research current job openings, fill out sample applications, and reflect on educational experience.