Criminal Justice Degree Online

The Mount offers a new Criminology concentration within the Sociology major as of Fall 2008.

Students within Sociology who select the Criminology concentration will take courses in a wide range of areas including victimology; hate crimes; drugs and society; violence and the community; conflict and resolution; and, comparative criminology.

Students will be required to take courses that provide them with an introduction to the discipline of criminology; an analysis of social problems in the United States; an examination of the creation of laws and reaction to crime by society; various aspects of criminal victimization; and, exposure to criminal justice systems across the world.

This concentration will prepare students for scholarly careers in sociology, criminology and social deviance, as well as such professional careers in corrections, law enforcement, youth programming, rehabilitation, victim services, insurance and financial fraud counseling, private investigation, and the judicial court system.

Learning outcomes specific to the Criminology concentration include:
Understanding the structure, function, and interactions of the main components of the criminal justice system including law enforcement, courts, corrections, and juvenile justice.
Describing the historical milestones in the development of justice, crime and punishment within their legal, social and political contexts. Identifying and assessing the main theories in criminology that help to explain the nature and extent of crime, the causes of crime and criminality, the behavior of criminals, and criminal victimization.
Examining the causes and responses to social injustice.
Exploring society’s role in law creation.
Understanding the role of research in sociology/criminology.
Examining policies and programs related to crime, criminology, and criminal justice.

For more information on the Criminology concentration, please contact Dr. Jenifer Lee-Gonyea at jlgonyea@msmc.edu or 845.569.3322 or go to the MSMC Undergraduate Catalog.

What It Means:
Popular culture thrills us with portrayals of local, state and federal enforcement agencies, crime scene investigators and detectives who solve complicated crimes using their powers of deduction and sophisticated technology. However, these are only some of the more high-profile jobs in the field of criminal justice. Criminal Justice professionals work in a variety of positions, both in the public eye and behind the scenes. There are entry level positions, for example, in local law enforcement, including sheriff’s departments and juvenile justice centers; state law enforcement including the court system and attorneys general offices; federal law enforcement including the Department of Homeland Security and the Office of the Inspector General; and private companies including insurance companies and security patrol officers.

Criminal justice is one of America’s fastest-growing career fields. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment for correctional officers, law enforcement officers and security officers is projected to increase as much as 35% through 2010.*

What It Means To You:
The Criminal Justice program of study at the ITT Technical Institutes1 teaches fundamentals of the criminal justice system and criminal justice skills. The program offers a foundation in criminal law, legal procedures, criminal evidence and criminology. Areas of study include law enforcement, the courts and corrections.

The upper-level courses include more in-depth study of the criminal justice systems, along with instruction in areas such as criminalistics, victimology and computer forensics.

Graduates of this program may pursue career opportunities in a variety of entry-level positions involving criminal justice, including local, state and federal law enforcement jobs in policing, crime commissions, parole and probation, corrections and court systems. The program also offers the academic preparation to pursue a broad spectrum of criminal justice careers in the private sector involving workplace security, private investigations, and insurance investigations as private detectives, safety officers and security patrol officers.

Some of the Courses in the Program Include:
Courts and the Criminal Justice System
Criminal Justice Organization and Administration
Principles of Policing and Law Enforcement
Law Enforcement Reporting and Recording
Correctional Programs: Probation and Parole
Criminal Investigation
Forensics and Crime Scene Investigation
The Criminalistics of Cybercrime
Policing Techniques: Interviewing and Interrogation
Essentials of Security
Aviation Security
Crime Prevention
Multicultural Law Enforcement
Substance Abuse and Crime in America
Gangs and Juvenile Justice
The Criminalistics of Computer Forensics
Controversial Issues in Law Enforcement
Homeland Security

Equipment Used By Students In the Program:
Students will have the opportunity to use the following school equipment as required throughout the program: computer systems, network hubs, patch panels, printers and other common computer peripherals.

Length of Program:
Based on the typical class schedule of a full-time student, this program of study is 15 quarters in length. A typical class session lasts approximately four to five hours. Class sessions are generally available in the morning, afternoon and evening, depending on student enrollment. Some programs of study also offer one or more classes via the World Wide Web. This program leads to a bachelor degree.

Admission Requirements:
Please consult the school catalog for an explanation of the admission requirements for this program. Please contact the local school regarding the opportunity to transfer credits earned at other postsecondary institutions to satisfy course requirements of this program.

* Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2002 - 2003 Edition

1 Bachelor’s degree programs are not offered at all ITT Technical Institutes and not all ITT TEchnical Institutes offering bachelor’s degree programs offer this program. See the specific ITT TEchnical Institute’s school catalog for a complete list of the programs offered at that institute.

This program is available at the following campuses. Please select a campus to learn more about this program.

Crm J 403—Violence Toward Women (3 credits). Violence toward women and its relationship to broader social issues such as sexism and social control. Sample syllabus

Crm J 504—Quantitative Methods in Political Science and Criminal Justice (3 credits). Applied statistical skills, enabling understanding of substantive political and social questions. Same as Pol S 504. Sample syllabus

Crm J 505—Comparative Criminal Justice Systems (3 credits). Prereq. Crm J 101. Comparative study of criminal justice systems in the U.S. and selected foreign countries. Credit not granted for both Crm J 405 and 505.

Crm J 530—Criminal Justice: Process and Institutions (3 credits). Process of criminal justice in the context of social, political, and economic environments. Sample syllabus

Crm J 540—Seminar in Criminal Justice Research Evaluations (3 credits). Interrelationship of ideology, data, policy development, and policy implementation in public policy analysis.

Crm J 541—Seminar in Corrections (3 credits). Current issues related to the control, management, and sanctioning of criminal offenders.

Crm J 570—The Police and Society (3 credits). Prereq. Crm J 101. Community and selected social institutional factors as related to their influence on police systems.

Crm J 572—Seminar in Comparative Policing (3 credits). Study of the history, organization, and policies of policing systems in selected countries and of transnational policing.

Crm J 580—Women and the Criminal Justice System (3 credits). Criminal justice system’s treatment of women offenders, victims, and professionals.

Crm J 590—Practicum (6 credits). By interview only. Off-campus professional internship in selected criminal justice agencies. S, F grading.

Crm J 591—Seminar in the Administration of Criminal Justice (3 credits). May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 6 hours. Current issues, problems, and critical concerns within the field of the administration of criminal justice. Sample syllabus

Crm J 592—Topics in Criminal Justice (3 credits). May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 6 hours. Policy formation, administrative management, evaluation, research developments. Sample syllabus

Crm J 600—Special Projects or Independent Study (Variable credit). S, F grading.

Crm J 702—Master’s Special Problems, Directed Study and/ or Examination (Variable credit). S, F grading.

Crm J 800 Doctoral Research, Dissertation, and/or Examination (Variable credit). S, F grading.

Pol S 416—Policy Analysis (3 credits). Analysis of public policy formation, evaluation, and implementation.

Pol S 503—Introduction to Political Science Research Methods (3 credits). Social science research design topics including: measurement, sampling, data sources, experimental and quasi-experimental designs, field and historical designs and content analytic designs. Sample syllabus

Pol S 512—Seminar in American Institutions (3 credits). May be repeated for credit, cumulative maximum 6 hours. Origin, development, and contemporary issues in political organization and structure in the United States. Sample syllabus

Pol S 516—Seminar on Law, Courts, and Judicial Politics (3 credits). Seminar on law, courts, and judicial politics.

Pol S 540—Introduction to Public Administration (3 credits). Prereq. junior or senior officially certified into degree or certificate program that requires this course. Basic theories of administrative organization, relationships, and behavior.

Pol S 542—Proseminar in Administration, Justice, and Applied Policy Studies (3 credits). Analytical perspectives and theoretical issues in administration, justice, and applied policy studies.

Pol S 543—Topics in Public Administration and Policy (3 credits). Prereq. graduate standing. Examination of the literature on the politics of the American public policy process.

Contact Information:
Dept.: Social Science
Office: SS 103
Phone: 537-6224

The Criminal Justice curriculum builds on a Sociology foundation to give students a broad understanding of social deviance and contemporary criminal justice.

Through multidisciplinary studies, students learn about the origins, development, and current conditions of criminal justice systems in the U.S. and in other cultures. This knowledge increases students’ understanding of ways society identifies and reacts to deviant behavior in all forms. The Criminal Justice curriculum complements the Sociology curriculum, and a limited amount of coursework may be applied to satisfying requirements for the Sociology major.

Program Description

Offered through the Department of Psychology/Sociology, a criminal justice endorsement or minor can be earned with any major at Spring Arbor University.

This endorsement could act as a springboard to a better job or a new career within the criminal justice system. Classes cover a range of topics, including the nature and societal impact of crime, a historical overview of criminology theory, current issues and practices in criminal justice systems, and political, administrative, organizational and cultural differences in state and national criminal justice systems. The four 3-credit criminal justice courses are offered online.

A criminal justice minor is available for students. It includes the four online courses and an additional 9 hours of elective credits from select courses offered online or other approved courses.

The criminal justice endorsement and minor draws faculty from psychology, social work and sociology.

Other majors and programs offered through the Department of Psychology/Sociology are:
Global Studies
Psychology
Sociology
Urban Studies

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Program Overview

The ASAP criminal justice systems program helps prepare students for careers in the criminal justice field by developing their knowledge of criminal justice issues, as well as their problem-solving, critical thinking, decision-making and people skills.

This is achieved through an accelerated, cohort model of instruction. Students will meet one night a week for four hours and each class is approximately five weeks in duration. Students move through each class as a group creating many opportunities for networking and support. Work and life experience further develop a collaborative learning environment in each cohort. The criminal justice systems degree can be completed in as little as 21 months.
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Thank you for your interest in the ASAP criminal justice systems program. This program is tailored to meet your busy work and home life schedules. It will deliver an intellectual experience that is coupled with practical and real-life application. Through our ‘cohort’ model, instructors will present you with criminal justice material that is both enjoyable and educationally challenging. ASAP instructors are both academically and professionally experienced, and will help broaden your knowledge of current criminal justice issues.

Your journey with us will be stimulating, and we look forward to helping you achieve all

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The major in International Criminal Justice introduces students to the nature and cause of crime at the international level and to the mechanisms for its prevention and control. Components of the criminal justice system as they apply to transnational and international crime are studied, as well as the impact of international law and human rights in addressing crimes against humanity. The major is intended to equip students with the knowledge and skills needed for careers in which the globalization of crime plays an important role. It also is designed to prepare students for advanced work in graduate or professional school.

Some details:
PART 1: CORE COURSES
PART 2: FOUNDATION COURSES
PART 3: SKILLS COURSES
PART 4: SPECIALIZED AREAS
PART 5: INTERNSHIP
PART 6: CAPSTONE COURSE

Credits required: 39

Prerequisites: ECO 101, GOV 101 and SOC 101. Any two of these courses satisfy the 6-credit general education requirement in the social sciences.

Advisor: Acting Director Rosemary Barberet, 212.237.8676

Additional information: Students who enrolled for the first time at the College in September 2007 or thereafter must complete the major in the form presented here. Students who enrolled prior to that date may choose either the form shown here or the earlier version of the major. A copy of the earlier version can be obtained at the Office of Undergraduate Studies or at the Lloyd George Sealy Library.

PART 1: CORE COURSES Subtotal: 9 credits

Required
Economics 231 Global Economic Development and Crime
Government 259/Law 259 Comparative Criminal Justice Systems
International Criminal Justice 101 Introduction to International Criminal Justice

PART 2. FOUNDATION COURSES Subtotal: 9 credits

Category A
Select one
Anthropology 230 Culture and Crime
Government 250 International Law and Justice

Category B
Select one
Economics 245 International Economics
Government 257 Comparative Politics
Government 260 International Relations
Public Administration 260 International Public Administration

Category C
Required
Sociology 341 International Criminology

PART 3. SKILLS COURSES Subtotal: 9 credits

Category A. Language Skills
Required
One 200-level foreign language course in any language other than English

Category B. Research Methods
Required

Statistics 250 Principles and Methods of Statistics
International Criminal Justice 310 Foundations of Scholarship in International Criminal Justice

PART 4. SPECIALIZED AREAS Subtotal: 9 credits

Students select three courses from Part Four, with at least one in each category.

Category A. Global Perspectives on Crime
Select at least one
Corrections 303 Comparative Correction Systems
Economics 260 Environmental Economics, Regulation and Policy
Government 210 Comparative Urban Political Systems
Government 320 International Human Rights
Government 325 The Politics of Transnational Crime
Government 362 Terrorism and International Relations
Police Science 309 Comparative Police Systems
Police Science 415 Seminar on Terrorism
Sociology 333 Gender Issues in International Criminal Justice
Sociology 225 Migration and Crime

Category B. Area/Regional Studies
Select at least one
African-American Studies Justice 210 Drugs and Crime in Africa
African-American Studies Justice 220 Law and Justice in Africa (formerly AAJ 293)
African-American Studies Justice 229 Restorative Justice: Making Peace and Resolving Conflict
History 325 Criminal Justice in European Society, 1750 to the Present
History 380 The Secret Police in Western Society
Police Science 250 Criminal Justice in Eastern Europe
Puerto Rican/Latin American Studies Government 242/Government 242/History 242 U.S. Foreign Policy in Latin America
Puerto Rican/Latin American Studies Justice 220 Human Rights and Law in Latin America
Puerto Rican/Latin American Studies Justice 230/African-American Studies Justice 230 Comparative Perspectives on Crime in the Caribbean
Puerto Rican/Latin American Studies Justice 250 Drugs, Crime and Law in Latin America
Puerto Rican/Latin American Studies Sociology 401 Seminar in Latina/o Issues: Gender, Race, Ethnicity and the Legal System
Sociology 351 Crime and Delinquency in Asia

PART 5. INTERNSHIP Subtotal: 0-3 credits

A highly recommended elective
International Criminal Justice 381 Internship in International Criminal Justice

PART 6. CAPSTONE COURSE Subtotal: 3 credits

Required
International Criminal Justice 401 Capstone Seminar in International Criminal Justice

Total: 39-42 credits

Course Summary

Students will develop a questioning and critical approach to the understanding of social life and criminal behaviour, as well as skills in analysing theories and evidence and applying research methods to develop knowledge.
Course Structure

First year modules include; Introduction to Criminology, Understanding Social Change, Introduction to Psychology, Introduction to Research Methods, Introduction to Sociology, and Core Sociological Dichotomies.

Second year modules include; Psychology and Crime, Crime and Society, Criminal Justice Systems, Sociology of Health and Illness, and Social Theory.

Third year modules include; a dissertation, Applied Studies, Contemporary Issues in Criminology, Crime and Punishment, and Gender and Modern Society.

Teaching methods will combine teacher led and student led activities and will include lectures, seminars, small group work, workshops and tutorials.
Assessment

All modules are assessed and a range of assessment methods are used, including structured essays, reports, case studies, critiques, reviews and formal examinations.
After the Course

Employers value the qualities and skills of criminology and sociology graduates, and most students find suitable work within a short time of graduation. A number of students also go on to study at postgraduate level. Typical employers include; local and central government, industry, commerce, the NHS, education authorities, further and higher education institutions, and charitable, counselling and voluntary organisations.

Course Summary

Psychology is the science of mind and behaviour and studies both individuals and groups. A range of normal and abnormal human behaviours is studied. Criminology is concerned with the nature, patterns and explanations of criminal behaviour. For the criminology part of the degree students will examine the changing patterns of criminal behaviour, a range of explanations, and the repercussions for the individual and society. Students will develop a questioning and critical approach to the understanding of human and criminal behaviour, as well as skills in analysing theories and evidence and applying research methods to develop knowledge.
Course Structure

First year modules include; Introduction to Psychology, Introduction to Research Methods, Social Psychology, Introduction to Criminology, Understanding Social Change, and Introduction to Sociology.

Second year modules include; Research Methods 2, Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology of Groups, Psychology and Crime, Crime and Society, and Criminal Justice Systems.

Third year modules include; a dissertation (40 credits), Diversity of Human Behaviour, Applied Studies, Contemporary Issues in Criminology, and Crime and Punishment.
Assessment

All modules are assessed using a range of assessment methods including structured essays, reports, case studies, critiques, reviews and formal examinations.
After the Course

Employers value the qualities and skills of psychology and criminology graduates, and most students find suitable work within a short time of graduation. A number of students also go on to study a Masters or PGCE in a related subject. Typical employers include local and central government industry, commerce, the NHS, the prison service, the probation service, education authorities, further and higher education institutions, and charitable, counselling and voluntary organisations.