Course Descriptions

Administration of Justice

MAJ 6619
Forensic Behavior Analysis
3 credits

This course will examine the behaviors that are exhibited by criminals based upon an analysis of critical behavioral markers. Behavior will be reviewed from a variety of perspectives, including criminological, psychological, and physiological. Crime scene analysis will be discussed as a source of profiling criminal behavior, and the use of the polygraph will be explored as an attempt to examine diagnostic tools to predict and explain deviance and criminal behavior.