2022-2023 Pierce College Catalog 
    
    May 02, 2024  
2022-2023 Pierce College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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CJ 226 Criminal Justice Response to Terrorism (5 credits)



Course Description
A course designed to familiarize students with the basics of terrorism, the history, laws and recent issues and criminal justice responses to terrorism in the 21st Century.

Course Content
A. Introduction to terrorism
B. Terrorism in US history
C. Laws and legal issues
D. Terrorism on land
E. Maritime terrorism (including MARSEC)
F. Responding and defending land-based targets
G. Aviation and airline security
H. Weapons of mass destruction
I. Recovery and issues of emergency management (FEMA)
J. Future trends of terrorism
K. Web-based and other information resources
L. Critiquing the “War on Terrorism” from a civil liberties perspective
M. Preparing household emergency kits and plans (CERT)
N. Issues of policy and disaster terrorism response
O. Issues impacting first responders

Student Outcomes
1. Describe domestic and international threats to US security.

2. Explain the difference between terrorism and disasters.

3. Create a personal/household disaster plan and kit.

4. Analyze an aspect of terrorism legislation, including its strengths/weaknesses.

5. Identify and utilize local/state/federal resources, programs and community disaster plans.

6. Examine individual biases regarding who is and who is not perceived to be a ‘terrorist’.

Degree Outcomes
Programs Outcome: Graduates will critically evaluate past, present and future discrimination and privilege of individuals, societies, groups and institutions.

Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions.

Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50



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