LAJ 551 - Legal Liability for Professionals

Description:
The course will provide an overview of liability issues facing criminal justice personnel. Students will also analyze strategies that will enable them to reduce risk of exposure to civil and criminal liability. Formerly LAJ 575, students may not receive credit for both. Course will not have an established scheduling pattern.

Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: admission to the master of science program in law and justice or instructor permission.

Credits:
(5)

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Identify, explain, and critique major legal liability issues in criminal justice and develop potential solutions. Solutions will include a discussion of the advantages and limitations.
Analyze principles of civil liability under state and federal law and examine the impacts on the criminal justice system.
Apply principles of civil liability to various types of fact patterns
Describe the basic role and responsibility in potential liability situations of persons in their chosen profession.

Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
Approved Fall 2017

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