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COURSE DESCRIPTION

CJ 229 — Crisis Intervention Training  (5 cr)

Students will demonstrate theories of perception, emotion, motivation, personality, and nonverbal communication used as tools by police officers and members in the criminal justice system to deal with those in crisis. Understanding and predicting human behavior from those suffering from mental illness, drug, alcohol, and prescription drug addictions. Students will develop objective approaches to de-escalation and effective communication skills. Students will be exposed to and must show an understanding of various scenarios presented to them in the form of sit sims in the classroom. (SCC)
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