PSM 102 Crime Prevention and Technologies

3 Credit hours      45 Contact hours

Explores the contemporary security management and loss prevention issues that require expertise in specialized investigative methods. Computer-related investigations, such as child abduction, fraud, and identification theft, will be covered with a focus on how the Internet can be used as an investigative tool. A historical perspective of terrorism as well as special investigative techniques associated with the investigation of terrorist activity will be presented. Additional analyses and discussions will center on forensic advances as they relate to suspect identification and loss prevention analysis.