- AOJ-001
- Intro to Criminal Justice
- Credit(s) 3
Introduction to Criminal Justice
AOJ 001 introduces students to the characteristics of the criminal justice system
in the United States. Focus is placed on examining crime measurement, theoretical
explanations of crime, responses to crime, components of the system, and current challenges
to the system. The course examines the evolution of the principles and approaches
utilized by the justice system and the evolving forces which have shaped those principals
and approaches. Although justice structure and process is examined in a cross cultural
context, emphasis is placed on the US justice system, particularly the structure and
function of US police, courts, and corrections. Students are introduced to the origins
and development of criminal law, legal process, and sentencing and incarceration policies.
- Class Hours:
- 54 Lecture
- Advisory(s):
- ENG 051A
- Transfers to:
- UC/CSU
- C-ID:
- AJ 110
- AOJ-003
- Intro to Corrections
- Credit(s) 3
Introduction to Corrections
AOJ 003 provides a history of and critical analysis of punishment, the various
types of punishment,alternatives to punishment, and the impact of punishment on the
criminal justice system,corrections, a critical examination of the types of correctional
institutions and the clients housed in each institution, and an examination of contemporary
correctional issues.
- Class Hours:
- 54 Lecture
- Transfers to:
- UC/CSU
- C-ID:
- AJ 200
- AOJ-004
- Control & Supervision Inmates
- Credit(s) 3
Control & Supervision Inmates
AOJ 004 offers an overview of supervision of inmates at the local, state and federal
levels of correctional institutions. The issues of controlling and supervising inmates
in a continuum from daily institutional life through emergency and crisis situations
will e introduced and discussed. The course will emphasize the roles played by the
correctional workers as well as the offenders. Topics will include inmate subculture,
violence and effects of crowding on inmates and staff as coping techniques for correctional
officers in the institutional environment. The causes and effects of abusive tactics
will also be discussed.
- Class Hours:
- 54 Lecture
- Advisory(s):
- ENG 051A
- Transfers to:
- CSU
- AOJ-005
- Concepts of Probation & Parole
- Credit(s) 3
Concepts of Probation and Parole
AOJ 005 includes a historical overview of correctional development in its institutions
and the community methods of prisoner intake and classification survey of treatment
programs community-based correctional programs post-institutional treatment, and examination
of corrections as a career.
- Class Hours:
- 54 Lecture
- Advisory(s):
- ENG 101B
- Transfers to:
- CSU
- AOJ-006
- Correct Interviewing & Couns.
- Credit(s) 3
Correctional Interviewing and Counseling
AOJ 006 is an overview of the techniques in interviewing and counseling available
to practitioners in Corrections. students will learn the use of appropriate techniques
and theories in confidence building,which may be used by the correctional employee
in client interviews and counseling. This is a course for students planning to enter
or already employed within the Correctional Science field.
- Class Hours:
- 54 Lecture
- Advisory(s):
- ENG 101B, and ENG 105B
- Transfers to:
- CSU
- AOJ-007
- Legal Aspects of Corrections
- Credit(s) 3
Legal Aspects of Corrections
AOJ 007 provides students with an awareness of the historical framework,concepts
and precedents that guide correctional practice. Course material will broaden the
individuals perspective of the corrections environment, the civil rights of prisoners
and responsibilities and liabilities of corrections officials.
- Class Hours:
- 54 Lecture
- Advisory(s):
- ENG 051A
- Transfers to:
- CSU
- AOJ-008
- Law and Psychology
- Credit(s) 3
Law and Psychology
AOJ 008 focuses on the interaction and application law and psychology in respect
to criminal behavior. This course will focus on the legal and psychological considerations
in the identification, prosecution, incarceration and treatment philosophies available
to the criminal justice or social service professional. This course may be used as
elective credit for either Administration of Justice or Psychology but not for both.
- Class Hours:
- 54 Lecture
- Transfers to:
- CSU
- AOJ-010
- Principles & Proc of Crim Just
- Credit(s) 3
Princ & Procedures of Criminal Justice
AOJ 010 provides an examination and analysis of due process in criminal proceedings
from pre-arrest through trial and appeal utilizing statutory law and state and constitutional
law precedents.(AA/AS, CSU)
- Class Hours:
- 54 Lecture
- Transfers to:
- CSU
- AOJ-012
- Written Criminal Justice Comm
- Credit(s) 3
Written Criminal Justice Communications
AOJ 012 will cover ideas effectively in a simple, clear and logical manner in
the various types of criminal justice systems reports, letters, memoranda, directives,
and administrative reports. Emphasis is on law enforcement and correctional terminology,
organization of information and use of English; practice experience in note taking
and report writing using standard law enforcement and correction forms; presentation
of testimony in court.
- Class Hours:
- 54 Lecture
- Advisory(s):
- ENG 101B and ENG ENG 105B
- Transfers to:
- CSU
- AOJ-015X
- Occupational Work Experience
- Credit(s) 1 - 8
Occupational Work Experience
Cooperative Work Experience Education (CWEE) develops skills and knowledge by
integrating classroom study with planned, supervised work experience. It is based
on the principle that well-educated individuals develop most effectively through an
educational plan that incorporated work experience. Through these structured experiences,
the students enrich their college studies, which enhance their total development.
Occupational Work Experience is supervised employment which is intended to assist
students in acquiring desirable work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in the
field of the student's major. Students may earn up to 8 units per semester for a maximum
of 16 total units. Credits are awarded for paid or voluntary work. For every 75 hours
of paid work completed within the semester, 1 unit or credit is awarded. For every
60 hours of volunteer work completeted within the semester, 1 unit of credit is awarded.
Occupational Work Experience credits are counted as electives toward an Associate's
Degree at West Hills College Lemoore and are transferable to four year universities
(for specific transfer eligibility, please contact a counselor or an advisor).
- Class Hours:
- Work Experience
- Transfers to:
- CSU
- AOJ-016
- Human & Comm Rela in Crim Just
- Credit(s) 3
Human & Comm. Relations in Crim Justice
AOJ 016 examines the complex, dynamic relationship between communities and the
justice system in addressing crime and conflict with an emphasis on the challenges
and prospects of administering justice within a diverse multicultural population.
Topics may include the consensus and conflicting values in cultural, religion, and
law.
- Class Hours:
- 54 Lecture
- Transfers to:
- UC/CSU
- AOJ-020
- Criminal Law
- Credit(s) 3
Criminal Law
AOJ 020 offers an analysis of the doctrines of classification of crimes against
persons, property, morals, and public welfare. Special emphasis is placed on the classification
of crime, the general elements of crime, the definitions of common and statutory law,
and the nature of acceptable evidence. This course utilizes case law and case studies
to introduce students to criminal law. The completion of this course offers a foundation
upon which upper-division criminal justice course will build. The course will also
include some limited discussion of prosecution and defense decision making, criminal
culpability, and defenses to crimes.
- Class Hours:
- 54 Lecture
- Prerequisite(s):
- AOJ 001
- Advisory(s):
- ENG 001A
- Transfers to:
- UC/CSU
- AOJ-022
- Criminal Evidence
- Credit(s) 3
Criminal Evidence
AOJ 022 This course examines categories of evidence and legal rules governing
its admission and exclusion in the criminal process.
- Class Hours:
- 54 Lecture
- Transfers to:
- UC/CSU
- C-ID:
- AJ 124
- AOJ-024
- Criminal Investigation
- Credit(s) 3
Criminal Investigation
AOJ 024 addresses the techniques, procedures, and ethical issues in the investigation
of crime, including organization of the investigative process, crime scene searches,
interviewing and interrogating, surveillance, source of information, utility of evidence,
scientific analysis of evidence and the role of the investigator in the trial process.
- Class Hours:
- 54 Lecture
- Transfers to:
- CSU
- C-ID:
- AJ 140
- AOJ-029
- Criminology
- Credit(s) 3
Criminology
AOJ 029 is an introduction to major types of criminal behavior, characteristics
of offenders, factors which contribute to crime and delinquency; the criminal justice
process; the function of law enforcement, the courts, probation, parole and institutions;
changes in crime control and treatment processes; the role of society.
- Class Hours:
- 54 Lecture
- Advisory(s):
- ENG 101A and ENG 101B
- Transfers to:
- CSU
- AOJ-032
- Juvenile Delinquency
- Credit(s) 3
Juvenile Delinquency
AOJ 032 is an examination of the origin, development, and organization of the
Juvenile Justice System as it evolved in the American Justice System. The course
explores the theories that focuses on Juvenile Law, courts and processes, and the
constitutional protections extended to juveniles administered in the American Justice
System.
- Class Hours:
- 54 Lecture
- Advisory(s):
- ENG 001A (Recommended, Previous or concurrent).
- Transfers to:
- UC/CSU
- AOJ-050A
- P. C. 832 Arrest Control Mod
- Credit(s) 3
P. C. 832 Arrest Control Module
AOJ 050A is the 40-hour Arrest and Control Module P.C. 832 and meets the requirements
set forth by the California Peace Officer Standards for Training (POST) for the Arrest
Control Module, only. It is one half of the first tier of training for individuals
desiring to be peace officers. Successful students must pass two examinations: (1)
a physical methods of arrest/defensive tactics practical (a pass-fail test where the
student must demonstrate to the instructors' satisfaction, the proper methods for
approaching a subject to taken into custody (individual may be of the opposite sex,
physically larger and stronger that the student), controlling that individuals with
voice commands, empty hand control, including a defensive take-down, if necessary,
and the proper method for searching and cuffing the individual; AND (2) the P.C. 832
state written exam. The student must pass BOTH exams to pass this component of P.C.
832, known as AOJ 50A. A DOJ Clearance Letter is not required for this component.
Certificates issued to successful students are valid for three years from their issuance
date. Should the student become employed as a peace officer within this three-year
period, however, the certificate freezes and remains valid until he or she leaves
that agency and there has been a three-year or greater break in peace office employment.
Unlimited, expires every 3 years unless employed by P.O.S.T. certified agency.
- Class Hours:
- 54 Lecture
- Advisory(s):
- ENG 101B and ENG 105B
- P/NP
- AOJ-050B
- P.C. 832 Firearms Module
- Credit(s) 0.5
P. C. 832 Firearms Module
P.C. 832 AOJ 050B meets the 24-hour firearms requirement of the two-module P.C.
832 course as certified by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards for
Training (POST). The first three meetings are classroom instruction and the final
four involve live fire on the police range. Prior to being admitted to the range students
must provide the Program Coordinator with a Department of Justice Clearance Letter
stating that they are not of a class of persons prohibited from possessing a concealable
firearm and do not have active restraining orders against them. To obtain this, students
must have their fingerprints taken (Live Scan) at the local police/sheriff's department
and pay a fee for the search and services. This is not required for students sponsored
by a law enforcement agency provided the agency is willing to state such on department
letterhead. Information on how to fill out the Live Scan request for service form
can be obtained from the AOJ Office or the Registration office. No other background
checks will suffice for this mandate. If the Clearance Letter is not provided, the
student will be dropped. Students must each provide their own firearm, ammunition,
holster, utility belt, magazines or speed loaders and the appropriate holders, eye
and ear protection, and a handgun cleaning kit made for their firearm type. There
will be no sharing of firearms. All firearms and equipment must be approved by the
Range Master. Students under 21 must deliver to the Coordinator a letter signed by
a parent or guardian meeting the specifications set forth in section 12100 of the
California Penal Code, giving their permission for the student to possess a concealable
firearm, ammunition, and to participate in this firearms training course. Students
under 18 may not take this course. The certificate issued to those passing the course
is valid for three years only, unless the student becomes employed as a peace officer.
Students are reminded that there is a 10-day waiting period for the delivery of new
or used firearms. Questions should be referred to the Administration of Justice Office.
DO NOT BRING YOUR FIREARM OR AMMUNITION TO THE CLASSROOM
- Class Hours:
- 27 Laboratory
- P/NP