This course studies cyber-attack prevention, planning, detection, response, and investigation with the goals of counteracting cybercrimes. The topics covered in this course include fundamentals of digital forensics, forensic duplication and analysis, network surveillance, intrusion detection and response, incident response, anti-forensics techniques, anonymity and pseudonymity, computer security policies and guidelines, and methods and standards for extraction and preservation of digital evidence.

Advanced individual study under the direction of a faculty mentor. Content area to be determined in consultation with faculty mentor. May be repeated.

This course presents an overview of the criminal and juvenile justice systems and the variety of agencies charged with the detection, prosecution, and subsequent application of penalties. The course begins with an examination of the extent and nature of crime in the U.S. It then reviews the subsystems associated with the criminal and juvenile justice fields, including the police, criminal and juvenile courts, and corrections and treatment processes. The review of each subsystem includes a discussion of its historical development as well as issues currently confronting the profession. Students also explore and evaluate differing philosophies underlying corrections. The course concludes with an examination of the future of the criminal and juvenile justice systems from political and sociological perspectives.

The course examines the various relationships between the crime victim and the police, courts, advocates, and other agencies such as the media. Specific categories of crime victims are studied, including drunk driving victims, sexual assault victims, domestic violence and stalking victims, hate crime victims, and child and elderly victims.