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ADJ - Administration of Justice

ADJ 234

TERRORISM AND COUNTER-TERRORISM

(3.00 CR.)

Prerequisites are ADJ 100 and ADJ 107. Surveys the historical and current practices of terrorism that are national, transnational, or domestic in origin. Includes biological, chemical, nuclear, and cyber-terrorism. Teaches the identification and classification of terrorist organizations, violent political groups and issue-oriented militant movements. Examines investigative methods and procedures utilized in counter terrorist efforts domestically and internationally. Lecture 3 hours per week.