{"id":3974,"date":"2022-05-02T13:34:31","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T13:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/?p=3974"},"modified":"2025-02-06T13:28:39","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T18:28:39","slug":"the-fbi-a-look-behind-the-curtain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/02\/the-fbi-a-look-behind-the-curtain\/","title":{"rendered":"The FBI: A Look Behind the Curtain"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kadence-column3974_38047d-54 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);}.kadence-column3974_38047d-54 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column3974_38047d-54 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column3974_38047d-54 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column3974_38047d-54 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column3974_38047d-54 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column3974_38047d-54 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column3974_38047d-54{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column3974_38047d-54 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column3974_38047d-54 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column3974_38047d-54 dynamic-main-col\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p>A new undergraduate elective,&nbsp;The FBI: A Look Behind the Curtain&nbsp;(CRJ-345), delves into the inner workings of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,&nbsp;says Adjunct Professor&nbsp;Scott Duffey, who is also co-director of WilmU\u2019s Criminal Justice Institute.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FBI, a law enforcement arm of the U.S. government, has 456 offices nationwide and 90 overseas. Students learn about the agency\u2019s inception and growth throughout its 110-plus-year history and how it\u2019s been depicted in films and books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAdditionally, we address the many federal violations the FBI has&nbsp;jurisdiction over and some of its most notable cases in American history,\u201d says Duffey. \u201cWe provide insight into programs and resources the FBI offers to its law enforcement, community and business partners, and how effective the agency is in combatting terrorism.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students learn about the FBI\u2019s evolution from a leadership standpoint as well, examining the direction of&nbsp;20 directors \u2014 acting and appointed \u2014 from Stanley W. Finch (1908) to current Director Christopher Wray, who took the helm in 2017.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe know that many of our&nbsp;students are interested in employment&nbsp;with the FBI,\u201d says Duffey, \u201cso we talk at length about myriad career paths within the agency.\u201d&nbsp;Wu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>To learn more about this course and others in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilmu.edu\/behavioralscience\/indexs.aspx\">wilmu.edu\/behavioralscience<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new undergraduate elective,&nbsp;The FBI: A Look Behind the Curtain&nbsp;(CRJ-345), delves into the inner workings of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,&nbsp;says Adjunct Professor&nbsp;Scott Duffey, who&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":3975,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,135],"tags":[90,9,383],"class_list":["post-3974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","category-magazine","tag-college-of-social-and-behavioral-sciences","tag-criminal-justice","tag-magazine-spring-2022"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":2,"label":"ACADEMIC NEWS"},{"value":135,"label":"MAGAZINE"}],"post_tag":[{"value":90,"label":"College of Social and Behavioral Sciences"},{"value":9,"label":"Criminal Justice"},{"value":383,"label":"Magazine Spring 2022"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Spring22_FBI-480x480.jpg",480,480,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Rachel Marchione","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/author\/rachel\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":2,"name":"ACADEMIC NEWS","slug":"academic-news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":559,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":460,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":2,"category_count":460,"category_description":"","cat_name":"ACADEMIC NEWS","category_nicename":"academic-news","category_parent":0},{"term_id":135,"name":"MAGAZINE","slug":"magazine","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":692,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":431,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":135,"category_count":431,"category_description":"","cat_name":"MAGAZINE","category_nicename":"magazine","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":90,"name":"College of Social and Behavioral Sciences","slug":"college-of-social-and-behavioral-sciences","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":647,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":71,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":9,"name":"Criminal Justice","slug":"criminal-justice","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":566,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":8,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":383,"name":"Magazine Spring 2022","slug":"magazine-spring-2022","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":940,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":22,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3974"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14537,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3974\/revisions\/14537"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}