Security & Criminology Full Course Content

Course content:

Week 1

Introduction and definition
Loss prevention
Systematic risk
Nonsystematic risk
Security risk management
Work place

Week 2

Types of security threats
External
Internal
Risk avoidance
Risk reduction
Risk spreading
Risk transfer
Risk acceptance

Week 3

Security policy implementation
Economic risk
Health
Health, safety and environment

Week 4

Social aspect of risk
Information technology and information security
Information assurance and information security
Insurance
Business and management
In human service

Week 5

High security organizations
Financial risk
Financial auditing risk

Week 6

Security: At your own risk!
Human factor: Decision theory and prospect theory
Psychology of risk taking
Maintenance
Risk assessment and analysis
Fear as intuitive risk assessment

Week 7

Anxiety, risk and decision making
Consequence of anxiety
Dread risk
Anxiety and judgmental accuracy
Other consequences: risk and uncertainty
Measurement of uncertainty
Risk
Measurement of risk

Week 8

Risk attitude, appetite and tolerance
Risk as a vector quantity

Week 9

Civil defense
Introduction
History and origin
United Kingdom
United states
Today
Importance
Threat assessment
Conventional
Nuclear
Dirty bombs
Biological
Chemical

Week 10

Stages of security
Mitigation
Preparation
Response
Recovery
Implementation

Week 11

Police and policing
The history of modern policing: how modern policing evolved
The beginning of modern policing
Early public opposition to the police force
Principle of policing: the way and how of policing
Gaining public support for police

Week 12

Guardians or warriors: the changing role of law enforcement

Creating a smarter police force for the 21^st century
Public scrutiny of police practices
Eroding trust, eroding effectiveness
Peelian principles of policing
The jaded warrior
Guardians of democracy: back to basics
High hopes for the future of policing

Week 13

Fighting crime means more than just enforcing law
The concept of law enforcement
Concept of policing
Difference between law enforcement and policing
Why does knowing the difference matters

Week 14

The use of social networking in law enforcement
Using social media to salve crimes
Finding people who need help through social media
Using social networking for police community outreach
The use of social media in hiring decision
Sharing technology and tactics through social media

Week 15

Community oriented policing
How police officers, criminologists and community leaders work together
Professor Goldstein and problems-oriented policing
Building law enforcement and community partnership
Problem salving, and the SARA model in policing
Finding long term solution for police and communities

Week 16

Criminal justice
What is criminal justice?
What is the difference between criminal justice and criminology?
What are the components of criminal justice system
The history of crime and punishment
Modern policing
Explore career in criminal justice

Week 17

What is the difference between criminology and criminal justice?
What is criminology?
What is criminal justice?
Criminal justice and criminology career
All about criminology
Career in criminal justice
Something for everyone in criminology career

Week 18

What is criminology (technical?)
Learn about the study of crime, its courses and its consequences
Etymology of criminology
Who is a criminologist?
School of thoughts within criminology
How criminology improves society
Career in criminology

Week 19

The history of criminology
Crime and criminology: from the ancient to its renaissance
Ancient view of crime and punishment
The first law and codes
Religion and crime
Early philosophy and crime
Secular law and society
Crime and punishment in the middle ages
Foundation for the modern view of crime

Week 20

Environmental criminology
Four elements of crime
Focus on the environment
Crime mapping
Identifying patterns
Broken windows theory
Career potential

Week 21

Crime analyst career profile
What do crime analysts do?
What are the requirements to be a crime analyst?
Private investigation career profile
History of private investigation
What private investigators do
What education and skills are required for private investigators?
How much money can a private investigator earn?

Week 22

Technology that are changing the way police do business
How police can use GOOGLE GLASS, HOLOLENS and AUGMENTAL REALITY to salve crime
How police can use social media to salve crime and engage the public
How law enforcement use biometric for crime, data security and identification
How police can use tablets and smart phones to salve crime
Automatic tags and license plate readers technics for the police
Law enforcement use of GPS

Week 23

Criminology career
Use of technology in criminal justice
Video recording
In-car computers
Rapid identification
Evidence property reporting
Computer aided dispatch
Case management
Preparing for success

Week 24

Law enforcement officers job information
Guide, direct and implementing new technology for your police department
What does a law enforcement technology officer do?
What are the requirements to be a law enforcement technology officer?
Where and how can a law enforcement technology officer train?
What is the salary level of a law enforcement technology officer?
What are the job prospects for a law enforcement technology officer?
Why you should consider becoming a law enforcement technology officer

Week 25

How to become a criminal profiler
Get competitive
Physical fitness requirement
Background investigation
Training

Week 26

How to be a firearm and ballistic expert
Learn more about forensic science career
A clear background investigation
What makes you competitive for firearms and ballistics specialist job?
Learn how to get the experience you need for the job you want
Skills you need to succeed in forensic firearms and ballistics expert career
Becoming a forensic firearms and ballistic expert