CRJ 132 - Constitutional Law
Last Date of Approval: Spring 2019
3 Credits
Total Lecture Hours: 45
Course Description:
This course is designed for students majoring in criminal justice. The course covers arrest, search and seizure, review of court systems, procedures from incident to final disposition, principles of constitutional, federal, state, and civil laws as they apply to and affect members of the criminal justice system. This course will help students refine their critical thinking skills as they evaluate various topics and concepts while searching for underlying connections between the concepts, which is a skill that should be beneficial in criminal justice careers.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: None
Mode(s) of Instruction: traditional/face to face, online
Credit for Prior Learning: This course offers an opportunity for students to earn Credit for Prior Learning for skills that they have brought with them to Iowa Central. For more information, please ask the instructor and see the Iowa Central Community College catalog.
Course Fees: none
Common Course Assessment(s): none
Student Learning Outcomes and Objectives:
Student Learning Outcomes:
• Demonstrate a general understanding of the structure and content of the United States Constitution and its historical beginnings in early American government
• Explain the three branches of United States government and the separation of powers
• Define the Amendments in the Bill of Rights that interact with the criminal justice profession.
• Explain the powers of the State and the Federal government
• Demonstrate an understanding of current and historic constitutional case law that affects the criminal justice profession
Objectives:
• Student(s) should acquire an in-depth understanding of the Constitutional restrictions on the authority of law enforcement to:
1. Investigate,
2. Interrogate,
3. Search for evidence,
4. Seize evidence,
5. Engage in wiretapping and electronic surveillance,
6. Detain for investigation,
7. Arrest,
8. Use of force,
9. Compel suspects to submit to procedures involving the use of their bodies as a source of evidence against them (i.e., lineups, blood samples, DNA, etc.)
• Students should also be able to apply Constitutional principles to routine fact situations
• Student should be able to explain the consequences to the person affected, to themselves, and to the criminal justice system, of violating constitutional principles
• Students should demonstrate a general understanding of the Constitutional rights of the accused during the trial, post-trial, and punishment phases of the criminal justice process.
• Students should be able to explain the foundation of the American Constitution, its early beginnings and how it structured our current government.
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