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Apr 21, 2026
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2026-2027_College Catalog
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LET 113 - Criminal Justice Crime Control Policies and Practices
Credits: 3
Lecture: 3 Lecture.
Focus on changing the distribution of crime opportunities rather than offender motivation. Topics include application of situational crime prevention strategies, problem-oriented crime control approaches, hot spots policing, defensible space, and crime prevention through defensible space.
Course Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- identify major crime prevention/environmental theories;
- describe the four stages in the Scanning, Analysis, Response and Assessment (SARA) Model;
- explain the uneven distributions crime in American society;
- distinguish between the environmental perspective and traditional theories of criminality;
- use environmental design theory to design crime control strategies;
- discuss the major criticisms and ethical concerns relating to environmental crime prevention.
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