Students analyze specific elements of selected criminal code offences, including offences against the person, property and public order. Students research case law, assess its impact on criminal offences, and use case law to argue and defend decisions.

Students examine pertinent sections of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and their impact on Canadian criminal procedure. Topics include citizen and police arrest and release authorities, police powers of search and seizure, with and without warrant, police discretion and its implications. Students become familiar with police terminology and apply the procedures required to effect arrest and release.

This course acts as a foundational introduction to Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) and experiential learning. Within the course, students are orientated on the range of relevant agencies/organizations across the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors that can offer Work-Integrated Learning opportunities. Students identify potential WIL options related to their professional and academic aspirations and consider how to prepare for the WIL placement. Service learning and volunteer opportunities beyond formal WIL are identified and discussed for students seeking impacts in the community.

This course promotes the importance of possessing total health and wellness for meeting the lifestyle and physical demands individuals in law enforcement face. Selected wellness topics will be presented to illustrate core issues in police work. Students are required to take a proactive role in the development of their personal health by self-evaluation, by attending lectures and participating in-group discussions on selected wellness issues and topics, and by participating in-group activity sessions. Additionally, students will design and implement an effective personal fitness program that will prepare them for the physical requirements of the Bona Fide Occupational Requirements and the Ontario Police College Component Fitness Testing Standards.

Introduction to Industrial Relations is an interdisciplinary subject, drawing on labour law, economics, sociology, psychology, history, politics, and personnel management. While all these disciplines have much to say about industrial relations, the focus of this course will be the economic implications of unionism and collective bargaining practices within Justice and Public Safety sectors in Canada.

This course will help Justice Studies students to communicate better within the justice system and beyond. Students will find the skills they develop in this course to be useful in many other relevant Justice Studies courses that require various aptitudes in conducting research, essay writing and/or making presentations. The first half of the course introduces students to different registers of writing, along with a solid foundation in grammar. The second half focuses on discipline specific competencies, including writing legal briefs, writing academic research policy following proper APA usage; as well as being able to write factual, concise and accurate reports, and to effectively communicate publicly and in legal proceedings.

Students examine the role of community policing acting in equal partnership with the diverse groups in contemporary society to identify and implement effective solutions for community problems. The course begins with an analysis of traditional policing and moves on to a discussion of community policing as the future of policing. Emphasis is placed on learning the skills - self-direction, tolerance, problem solving, critical thinking, conflict management, and mediation - needed for practicing effective community policing.

Students examine the role of forensic science in criminal investigations. Emphasis is placed on using evidence such as fingerprints, hair, fibres, bullets and blood patterns to identify and link a suspect to a crime. Also, the identification, collection, packaging and protection of forensic evidence from a crime and presentation of evidence in court are studied.

Students critically analyze and interpret specific elements of selected criminal code and federal legislation having an impact on the administration of justice. These include federal statutes dealing with offences related to young persons, firearms, controlled drugs and substances, and various procedural statutes such as the Interpretation Act and the Canada Evidence Act. Emphasis is placed on researching case law and assessing its impact on the enforcement of federal statutes.

Students analyze specific elements of selected Provincial legislation that have an impact on the administration of justice in Ontario. Specific statutes include the Highway Traffic Act, the Liquor Control Act, the Mental Health Act and the Family Law Act, among others. Also, the role of the Province in establishing laws and the interplay of various agencies and police in the enforcement of these statutes are examined.

Students examine police governance and accountability issues related to the Police Services Act, police complaints, First Nations policy and management and labour issues. Topics include use of force and officer safety theory and related issues.

This course focuses on career readiness and experiential learning through a Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) placement with a justice-related organization in the public, private, or non-profit sector. Students will seek and secure a placement experience, where they will apply theoretical knowledge, reflect on their skill and professional development, and consider how to further develop their career readiness. Students will be expected to maintain a record of their community service activities.

This course promotes the importance of possessing total health and wellness for meeting the lifestyle and physical demands individuals in law enforcement face. Selected wellness topics will be presented to illustrate core issues in police work. Students are required to take a proactive role in the development of their personal health by self-evaluation, by attending lectures and participating in-group discussions on selected wellness issues and topics, and by participating in-group activity sessions. Additionally, students will design and implement an effective personal fitness program that will prepare them for the physical requirements of the Bona Fide Occupational Requirements and the Ontario Police College Component Fitness Testing Standards.

This course promotes the importance of possessing total health and wellness for meeting the lifestyle and physical demands individuals in law enforcement face. Selected wellness topics will be presented to illustrate core issues in police work. Students are required to take a proactive role in the development of their personal health by self-evaluation, by attending lectures and participating in-group discussions on selected wellness issues and topics, and by participating in-group activity sessions. Additionally, students will design and implement an effective personal fitness program that will prepare them for the physical requirements of the Bona Fide Occupational Requirements and the Ontario Police College Component Fitness Testing Standards.

This course offers students a critical look at prison populations, treatment programs, progressive reforms, correctional officers, and an opportunity to analyze whether feasible alternatives to Correctional Institutions exist.

Focusing on the Canadian Justice and Public Safety sectors, the Human Resources Management course provides an overall understanding of the human resources function and its effects on the achievement of organizational goals and strategic objectives. Drawing on organization behaviour theories such as planned change, performance enhancement, goal setting, group dynamics and motivation the course examines essential human resources activities of planning, staffing, employee development, legal compliance, performance management, compensation, and employee maintenance in a variety of organizational settings

This introductory course is designed to develop a foundational understanding of current accounting principles and their implication for published financial reports of Justice and Public Safety sector organizations. It builds the base of knowledge and understanding required to succeed in more advanced study of accounting. The course approaches the subject from the point of view of the user of accounting information rather than that of a person who supplies the information.

Students will learn how mental health and addictions can present in individuals and the ways in which practitioners in justice services areas can collaboratively respond with trauma informed intervention to crisis situations with competence, empathy, and compassion. Students will have the opportunity to collaborate interprofessionally to enhance critical and systems thinking. The course also prepares students for the impact that responding to calls of crisis, trauma, and distress can have on the first responder through learning about emotional well-being and building a personal self-care plan.

This course is designed to present the student with the theory and skills to provide appropriate counselling services to clients. The course will provide students an opportunity to develop and practice counselling skills through the counselling seminars as well as introducing students to a number of counselling theories and their application in the field.

This course takes an interdisciplinary approach to studying conflict analysis and resolution through theory, research and practice. Students consider conflict situations in a complex and in-depth manner and will demonstrate competence through the use of case studies, basic assumptions and theories, strategic planning, and mediation practice and problem solving. The relationship between reconciliation and justice is also explored.

This course presents students the various steps in the investigative process and how to strike a balance between the extraordinary powers of the State to search, seize, detain and interrogate, and individual rights and freedoms.

This course examines the role of police in society, including theories of policing, the history of policing and such issues as police citizen interaction, relations with visible minorities, methods for controlling police behaviour, and the effectiveness of the police in carrying out specific policy directives.

This course focuses on career readiness and experiential learning through a Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) placement with a justice-related organization in the public, private, or non-profit sector. Students will seek and secure a new placement experience, applying theoretical knowledge, reflecting on their skill and professional development, and evaluating how their placement and community service experiences contribute to career readiness. Students will be expected to maintain a record of their community service activities.

This course examines various aspects of Federal and Provincial legislation as it relates to the use of motor vehicles. Emphasis is placed on police authority to enforce these laws and the social and moral consequences of this enforcement activity.

This course will transcend the standard practicalities of community economic development and explore the theoretical foundations for, and motivations behind successful community transformation and empowerment.

This course introduces students to the concepts and professional practices of cybercrime prevention, while preparing them to investigate complex criminal activities conducted through digital and online platforms. It covers the holistic framework of policies, techniques, and procedures used by organizations to protect assets, people, and infrastructure from criminal activities in cyberspace. Students learn how to evaluate cyberthreats and criminal activities in the online environment, and to utilize cybersecurity techniques to prevent, investigate and disrupt multifaceted criminal actions that occur both physically and in cyberspace.

This course provides a comprehensive introduction to anti-money laundering (AML) processes and investigative techniques within Canada. Students will examine the legal frameworks, mechanisms for financial crime detection, and the regulatory and public safety organizations involved in ensuring compliance with AML standards and expectations for countering the use of the financial system by criminals and terrorist groups to access or move illicit funds. Emphasis is placed on examining how AML and associated forms of financial investigation are used to identify, prevent, and investigate money laundering and related financial crimes at the national and global levels.

This course challenges students to critically examine the role community policing plays in society. Students examine the shortcomings of current policing strategies by analyzing these strategies using concepts such as sustainable crime reduction, evidence based crime prevention, fear management and the 'dark figure of crime'. Also, they study value-added policing services that support a transition towards a comprehensive, qualitative policing model.

This course will be offered as a structured seminar on various topics depending on the interests of the faculty member teaching the course, substantive current topics in Justice studies or student interest. Topics will be announced and course outlines will be available at course selection.

This course uses a systems approach to critically analyze the management practices utilized within the Canadian Justice System. Topics covered include restorative justice, collaborative justice, labour relations, administration and leadership practices and processes, and community and stakeholder involvement in the administration of justice.

This course examines selected topics in community corrections in Canada and elsewhere. Topics studied include probation, parole, conditional release options, conditional sentencing and restorative justice practices. A theoretical analysis of community correctional practices is emphasized.

This course will explore the various conceptions and philosophies of restorative justice as a promising alternative to the conventional juridical model. Students will critically assess both the practical efficacy and challenges of restorative justice in contrast to prevailing legal frameworks.

This course will examine legal, ethical and social issues pertaining to offending behaviour and current institutional responses, practices, and methodologies. Roles and motivations of justice workers and systems will be critically examined with an interest in discovering how we can bring offenders and community into a future state of inclusivity.

This course offers students the opportunity to engage in experiential learning by completing a work term over an entire semester. Students are required to complete a minimum of 420 hours within an approved organization, and to evaluate the role of the placement in advancing their professional development through a series of assignments.

This course prepares students to understand the essential concepts, best practices and applied techniques involved in criminal intelligence analysis. Emphasis is placed on interpreting complex data related to criminal activities, where they analyze the actions of individuals and crime networks in terms of spatial and temporal patterns, including information provided by geographical information systems (GIS). By the end of the course, students will utilize crime and intelligence analysis to transform information into intelligence products that can inform the decisions of law enforcement agencies and other public and private sector organizations involved in crime prevention.

Students explore the operational, legal, and investigative uses of Remote Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) to support community safety and law enforcement operations in Canada. Emphasis is placed on the regulatory requirements and standards for the safe and ethical use of RPAS technologies, while respecting privacy and confidentiality considerations. The course examines relevant platforms, key components and technologies, flight operations, government requirements, and the use of photography and real-time imagery from RPAS platforms to support crime prevention, search and rescue, and traffic investigations, as well as in emerging areas such as emergency management and disaster relief.

The independent study course is designed to provide senior undergraduate students with an opportunity to pursue library or field research under faculty supervision and to prepare a research report or literature review. Formal agreement between the student and the faculty supervisor is required, as is approval of the Chair.

The independent study course is designed to provide senior undergraduate students with an opportunity to pursue library or field research under faculty supervision and to prepare a research report or literature review. Formal agreement between the student and the faculty supervisor is required, as is approval of the Chair.

The independent study course is designed to provide senior undergraduate students with an opportunity to pursue library or field research under faculty supervision and to prepare a research report or literature review. Formal agreement between the student and the faculty supervisor is required, as is approval of the Chair.