The Criminal Justice Technology curriculum is designed to provide knowledge of criminal justice systems and operations. Study will focus on local, state, and federal law enforcement, judicial processes, corrections, and security services. The criminal justice system's role within society will be explored.
Emphasis is on criminal justice systems, criminology, juvenile justice, criminal and constitutional law, investigative principles, ethics, and community relations. Additional study may include issues and concepts of government, counseling, communications, computers, and technology.
Employment opportunities exist in a variety of local, state, and federal law enforcement, corrections, and security fields. Examples include police officer, deputy sheriff, county detention officer, state trooper, intensive probation/parole surveillance officer, correctional officer, and loss prevention specialist.
Latent Evidence is a concentration under the curriculum of Criminal Justice Technology. This curriculum is designed to provide knowledge of latent evidence systems and operations. Study will focus on evidence processing and procedures for local, state and federal law enforcement agencies.
Students will learn both theory and hands-on analysis of latent evidence. They will learn fingerprint classification, identification, and chemical development. Students will record, cast, and recognize footwear and tire-tracks; and process crime scenes. Issues and concepts of communications and the use of computers and computer-assisted design programs in crime scene technology will be discussed.
Graduates should qualify for employment in a variety of criminal justice organizations, especially in local, state and federal law enforcement and corrections agencies.
Utilizes banking systems to investigate and research all transaction information to ensure Banking Secrecy Act (BSA) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) laws and regulations. Responsible for compiling and distributing a monthly report that details the banking networks' BSA/AML errors for the previous month and year-to-date. Responsible for providing and making updates to internal policy and procedures as well as annual updates to the bank operations manual.
The typical job is found under: Bank Secrecy Act Analyst, Risk Analyst, Financial Crime Prevention Onboarding Analyst, Analyst-Fraud & Breach, AML Surveillance Monitoring Analyst and Financial Investigative Analyst.
The Crime Scene Technician Certificate program focuses on the skills needed to get an entry-level job with a local, county or state law enforcement program.
Individuals seeking a career in criminal justice understand that additional credentials are required to enter into the field. A broad introduction to the role of police, the structure and function of the courts; the legal profession, legal education, prison life and other correctional facilities including the study of social reform. This certificate is taught by knowledgeable faculty members with years of real-world, hands-on experience.
The Police Records Specialist Certificate prepares students to perform technical work in developing and validating law enforcement databases.
The typical job requirements for Homeland Security in North Carolina is more oriented towards Intelligence Analysis, Security Management, and Critical Incidents. This certificate would prepare students to perform extensive security audits for private corporations and for local and state government, identifying weaknesses in their overall security. Emphasis placed on risk analysis studies that examine the methods, procedures, and systems for security gaps and vulnerabilities.