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David Pulido
Residential Faculty - Administration of Justice
Administration of Justice Studies
Applied Sciences and Technology
Office: SC 14 - Room: 15A
831-524-6016 (mobile)
Office Hours
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
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1:30 PM - 3:30 PM | 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM | 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | |
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM | ||||
By appointment | By appointment | By appointment | By appointment |
Classes Taught
Spring 2024
AJS109 | Substantive Criminal Law | 3 Credits | ||||
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Covers philosophy of legal sanctions and historical development from the common law to modern American criminal law, classifications of crimes, elements of and parties to crimes, general definition of crimes, common defenses utilized. Includes specific offenses and the essential elements of each offense. Prerequisites: None. |
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Section | Location | Delivery | Dates | Days | Times | Availability |
26459 |
Dobson Campus |
In Person
Lecture
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01/16/2024 - 05/10/2024 |
TuTh |
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM |
Class Started |
Book Information |
AJS205 | Effective Communication and Report Writing in Criminal Justice | 3 Credits | ||||
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Overview of effective communication for criminal justice agencies. Covers the communication process and flow. Written communication emphasized with report writing, including characteristics of reports and field notes, and the importance and uses of each. Form, style, and procedures for writing various reports, including elements of composition, required substance, proper and improper conclusions, and descriptions of persons and property. Prerequisites: None. |
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Course Notes: Course fees include online access to class materials including textbooks required to complete this course. |
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Section | Location | Delivery | Dates | Days | Times | Availability |
27776 |
Online Course |
Online (On Your Time)
Lecture
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01/16/2024 - 05/10/2024 |
Class Started |
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Notes: This is an Online class that does not meet at specific class times. Students are required to have access to a computer or mobile device, and Internet access, unless otherwise specified.
Before enrolling in their first online class at MCC, students need to view the online orientation and complete the readiness survey on https://www.mesacc.edu/online/get-started for additional information. |
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AJS212 | Juvenile Justice Procedures | 3 Credits | ||||
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Examines the nature and extent of juvenile delinquency to the present. Including but not limited to the history, jurisdictions, terminology, procedures, and institutions of the juvenile justice system. Prerequisites: None. |
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Course Notes: Course fees include online access to class materials including textbooks required to complete this course. |
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Section | Location | Delivery | Dates | Days | Times | Availability |
26465 |
Online Course |
Online (On Your Time)
Lecture
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01/16/2024 - 05/10/2024 |
Class Started |
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Notes: This is an Online class that does not meet at specific class times. Students are required to have access to a computer or mobile device, and Internet access, unless otherwise specified.
Before enrolling in their first online class at MCC, students need to view the online orientation and complete the readiness survey on https://www.mesacc.edu/online/get-started for additional information. |
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AJS225 | Criminology | 3 Credits | ||||
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Study of deviance, society's role in defining behavior; theories of criminality and the economic, social, and psychological impact of crime; relationships between statistics and crime trends. Examines crime victimization and the various types of crime and categories of offenders. Required in the AJS curriculum. Prerequisites: None. |
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Course Notes: Course fees include online access to class materials including textbooks required to complete this course, unless otherwise indicated |
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General Education Designations: Social-Behavioral Sciences [SB] | ||||||
Section | Location | Delivery | Dates | Days | Times | Availability |
26466 |
Dobson Campus |
In Person
Lecture
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01/17/2024 - 05/10/2024 |
MoWe |
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM |
Class Started |
Book Information |
AJS258 | Victimology and Crisis Management in Public Safety | 3 Credits | ||||
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Victimology, the criminal justice system, techniques of crisis intervention and management, and the importance of a multicultural and global perspective. Includes violent crimes, sexual assault, family violence, post-traumatic stress disorder, the role of substance abuse, developing effective coping skills of victims and responders, appropriate community resources, and the cultural responsiveness of the justice system. |
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Course Notes: Course fees include online access to class materials including textbooks required to complete this course, unless otherwise indicated |
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General Education Designations: Cultural Diversity in the US [C], Social-Behavioral Sciences [SB] | ||||||
Section | Location | Delivery | Dates | Days | Times | Availability |
26474 |
Dobson Campus |
In Person
Lecture
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01/16/2024 - 05/10/2024 |
TuTh |
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM |
Class Started |
Book Information |
Spring Flex Start 2024
FSC258 | Victimology and Crisis Management in Public Safety | 3 Credits | ||||
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Victimology, the criminal justice system, techniques of crisis intervention and management, and the importance of a multicultural and global perspective. Includes violent crimes, sexual assault, family violence, post-traumatic stress disorder, the role of substance abuse, developing effective coping skills of victims and responders, appropriate community resources, and the cultural responsiveness of the justice system. |
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General Education Designations: Cultural Diversity in the US [C], Social-Behavioral Sciences [SB] | ||||||
Section | Location | Delivery | Dates | Days | Times | Availability |
28333 |
Online Course |
Online (On Your Time)
Lecture
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01/29/2024 - 05/10/2024 |
Class Started |
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Notes: This is an Online class that does not meet at specific class times. Students are required to have access to a computer or mobile device, and Internet access, unless otherwise specified.
Before enrolling in their first online class at MCC, students need to view the online orientation and complete the readiness survey on https://www.mesacc.edu/online/get-started for additional information. |
Summer 2024
AJS230 | The Police Function | 3 Credits | ||||
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Theories of procedures and methods of operations of public police with emphasis on discretionary powers available to the working police officer. Career opportunities and current trends in law enforcement presented. Prerequisites: None. |
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Course Notes: Course fees include online access to class materials including textbooks required to complete this course. |
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Section | Location | Delivery | Dates | Days | Times | Availability |
15297 |
Online Course |
Online (On Your Time)
Lecture
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07/01/2024 - 08/01/2024 |
Open 16 of 25 |
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Notes: This is an Online class that does not meet at specific class times. Students are required to have access to a computer or mobile device, and Internet access, unless otherwise specified.
Before enrolling in their first online class at MCC, students need to view the online orientation and complete the readiness survey on https://www.mesacc.edu/online/get-started for additional information. |
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Book Information |
AJS258 | Victimology and Crisis Management in Public Safety | 3 Credits | ||||
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Victimology, the criminal justice system, techniques of crisis intervention and management, and the importance of a multicultural and global perspective. Includes violent crimes, sexual assault, family violence, post-traumatic stress disorder, the role of substance abuse, developing effective coping skills of victims and responders, appropriate community resources, and the cultural responsiveness of the justice system. |
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Course Notes: Course fees include online access to class materials including textbooks required to complete this course, unless otherwise indicated |
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General Education Designations: Cultural Diversity in the US [C], Social-Behavioral Sciences [SB] | ||||||
Section | Location | Delivery | Dates | Days | Times | Availability |
15033 |
Online Course |
Online (On Your Time)
Lecture
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05/28/2024 - 06/27/2024 |
Open 10 of 25 |
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Notes: This is an Online class that does not meet at specific class times. Students are required to have access to a computer or mobile device, and Internet access, unless otherwise specified.
Before enrolling in their first online class at MCC, students need to view the online orientation and complete the readiness survey on https://www.mesacc.edu/online/get-started for additional information. |
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Book Information |
AJS260 | Procedural Criminal Law | 3 Credits | ||||
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Concerned with the understanding of procedural criminal law. Examines the processes and procedures followed by law enforcement, attorneys, and the courts in the apprehension and prosecution of criminal offenders. Examines the rationale underlying major court holdings impacting the criminal justice process, the procedural requirements that stem from these holdings and their effect on the daily operations of the criminal justice system. Prerequisites: None. |
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Course Notes: Course fees include online access to class materials including textbooks required to complete this course. |
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Section | Location | Delivery | Dates | Days | Times | Availability |
15059 |
Online Course |
Online (On Your Time)
Lecture
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07/01/2024 - 08/01/2024 |
Open 11 of 25 |
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Notes: This is an Online class that does not meet at specific class times. Students are required to have access to a computer or mobile device, and Internet access, unless otherwise specified.
Before enrolling in their first online class at MCC, students need to view the online orientation and complete the readiness survey on https://www.mesacc.edu/online/get-started for additional information. |
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Book Information |
Fall 2024
AJS101 | Introduction to Criminal Justice | 3 Credits | ||||
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An introduction to crime and society's responses to it. Examines the nature and causes of crime, the criminal law, constitutional safeguards, and the organization and operation of the criminal justice system including the police, courts, jails, prisons, probation and parole departments, and community corrections agencies. Covers the history of the criminal justice system, terminology and career opportunities. Prerequisites: None. |
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Course Notes: Course fees include online access to class materials including textbooks required to complete this course unless noted. |
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General Education Designations: Social-Behavioral Sciences [SB] | ||||||
Section | Location | Delivery | Dates | Days | Times | Availability |
13219 |
Dobson Campus |
In Person
Lecture
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08/20/2024 - 12/13/2024 |
TuTh |
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM |
Open 23 of 30 |
Book Information |
AJS109 | Substantive Criminal Law | 3 Credits | ||||
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Covers philosophy of legal sanctions and historical development from the common law to modern American criminal law, classifications of crimes, elements of and parties to crimes, general definition of crimes, common defenses utilized. Includes specific offenses and the essential elements of each offense. Prerequisites: None. |
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Section | Location | Delivery | Dates | Days | Times | Availability |
15948 |
Dobson Campus |
In Person
Lecture
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08/20/2024 - 12/13/2024 |
TuTh |
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM |
Open 14 of 25 |
Book Information |
AJS212 | Juvenile Justice Procedures | 3 Credits | ||||
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Examines the nature and extent of juvenile delinquency to the present. Including but not limited to the history, jurisdictions, terminology, procedures, and institutions of the juvenile justice system. Prerequisites: None. |
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Course Notes: Course fees include online access to class materials including textbooks required to complete this course. |
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Section | Location | Delivery | Dates | Days | Times | Availability |
13238 |
Online Course |
Online (On Your Time)
Lecture
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08/19/2024 - 12/13/2024 |
Open 17 of 25 |
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Notes: This is an Online class that does not meet at specific class times. Students are required to have access to a computer or mobile device, and Internet access, unless otherwise specified.
Before enrolling in their first online class at MCC, students need to view the online orientation and complete the readiness survey on https://www.mesacc.edu/online/get-started for additional information. |
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Book Information |
AJS225 | Criminology | 3 Credits | ||||
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Study of deviance, society's role in defining behavior; theories of criminality and the economic, social, and psychological impact of crime; relationships between statistics and crime trends. Examines crime victimization and the various types of crime and categories of offenders. Required in the AJS curriculum. Prerequisites: None. |
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Course Notes: Course fees include online access to class materials including textbooks required to complete this course, unless otherwise indicated |
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General Education Designations: Social-Behavioral Sciences [SB] | ||||||
Section | Location | Delivery | Dates | Days | Times | Availability |
13226 |
Dobson Campus |
In Person
Lecture
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08/20/2024 - 12/13/2024 |
TuTh |
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM |
Open 25 of 28 |
Book Information |
Fall Flex Start 2024
AJS101 | Introduction to Criminal Justice | 3 Credits | ||||
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An introduction to crime and society's responses to it. Examines the nature and causes of crime, the criminal law, constitutional safeguards, and the organization and operation of the criminal justice system including the police, courts, jails, prisons, probation and parole departments, and community corrections agencies. Covers the history of the criminal justice system, terminology and career opportunities. Prerequisites: None. |
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Course Notes: Course fees include online access to class materials including textbooks required to complete this course unless noted. |
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General Education Designations: Social-Behavioral Sciences [SB] | ||||||
Section | Location | Delivery | Dates | Days | Times | Availability |
13220 |
Online Course |
Online (On Your Time)
Lecture
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10/14/2024 - 12/13/2024 |
Open 22 of 25 |
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Notes: This is an Online class that does not meet at specific class times. Students are required to have access to a computer or mobile device, and Internet access, unless otherwise specified.
Before enrolling in their first online class at MCC, students need to view the online orientation and complete the readiness survey on https://www.mesacc.edu/online/get-started for additional information. |
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