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BSS/395

Contemporary Issues and Futures in Security

3 credits

Total credits

5 weeks

Course length

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Course level: Upper Division

This course examines the principle issues in contemporary criminal justice as well as the extrapolation of such issues toward potential futures within the criminal justice field. Students focus on relevant research about the current environment of the law enforcement field and analytic conclusions of potential future conditions. Students will apply critical thinking to and engage in in-depth discussion of these concepts in this comprehensive study of local, state, national, and global levels of criminal justice administration.

Please Note: Attendance and participation are mandatory in all University courses, and specific requirements may differ by course. If attendance requirements are not met, a student may be removed from the course. Please review the Course Attendance Policy in the Catalog for more information.

University of Phoenix reserves the right to modify courses. While widely available, not all programs are available to residents of all states. Please check with a University Enrollment Representative.

What you'll learn

Course skills and outcomes

  • Identify security services concepts in the United States.
  • Discuss the significance of technology in security services
  • Assess legal issues related to security operations.
  • Compare and contrast leadership theories in security organizations

  • Discuss the physical protection of facilities, personnel, and stakeholder security.
  • Evaluate security organizational policies, technology, and security services workforces.
  • Analyze security investigative techniques.
  • Assess the security survey process.

  • Identify the principles of supervision in security management.
  • Explain Leader-Member Exchange Theory.
  • Evaluate the role of the supervisor in security management.
  • Discuss supervisory issues in security management.
  • Evaluate decision making in security management.

  • Evaluate decision making in the recruitment process.
  • Analyze recruitment techniques.
  • Describe employment law related to security professionals.
  • Discuss the legal and ethical issues in recruitment of security and selection of security professionals.

  • Describe the legal and ethical issues in employee discipline.
  • Evaluate employee unions and their role with management.
  • Explain the importance of the scheduling process.
  • Evaluate the current relationship between public and private security.

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We’ve been accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (hlcommission.org) for more than 40 years.

Real-world instructors

Learn from instructors who bring an average of 25 years of working experience to the classroom.

Affordable and potentially reimbursable

Our tuition and fees are competitive and fixed. Also, check to see if your employer will cover you for this course.

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