CJS 2011 - Intelligence and Crime Analysis Methods I

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Lab None
Course Description: Students in law enforcement, criminal justice and other public safety areas will study critical thinking methodologies and how to apply them to case studies. Topics include how to conduct basic and advanced research through open sources while discussing the use of closed sources of information. Students will be asked to demonstrate effective oral and written communication based on the methodologies and research techniques learned during the course.
MnTC Goals
None

Prerequisite(s): CJS 2010 or instructor consent.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content

Critical Thinking Methodologies Brainstorming Key Assumption Check Red Cell Analysis Outside-In Analysis Devil’s Advocate Analysis
Basic and advance open source internet and database searches Credibility Validity
Closed source access Clearance levels Access Options
Closed sources of information Federal agency databases Commercial databases
How to develop effective oral and written communication in an analysis context

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to:

identify practical critical thinking methodologies
apply appropriate critical thinking methodology to case studies
demonstrate effective written and oral communication.
conduct basic open source internet research.
identify other sources of information and who has access to them.

Competency 1 (1-6)
None
Competency 2 (7-10)
None

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CJS 2011 - Intelligence and Crime Analysis Methods I