Criminal Justice Studies
General
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Program Title
Criminal Justice Studies
Degree Designation
MS
Award Type
Masters
Program Level
Graduate
Instruction Mode
Online and On Campus
Program Description
Criminal justice agencies are challenged to provide efficient and effective services and respond to changing local, state, and national conditions. To be successful, justice system leaders need to think strategically, communicate locally and act ethically while developing comprehensive solutions to crime. SCSU's innovative, non-thesis, the master provides a path to excellence for current practitioners in corrections, courts, EMS, fire, law enforcement, and other public safety organizations. Academically distinctive, graduate courses emphasize leadership, communication, research and theory. Our M.S. develops students' awareness and sensitivity to present-day issues and the socio-ecological conditions that contribute to criminality and victimization. Our program builds successful justice system leaders who think strategically, communicate locally, and act ethically while developing comprehensive solutions to crime.
Department/Unit(s)
College/School
College of Health and Wellness Professions
Status
Active
Admission Requirements
What previous degree and/or experience is required prior to admission to this program?
Bachelors Degree
Minimum undergraduate GPA for admission
2.75
Required GPA for graduation
3
Requirements
Free Form Requisites
Admissions Requirements
GPA: 2.75
The GRE is not required.
Program Learning Outcomes
Outcome
Administration of Justice: Contemporary criminal justice system, major systems of social control and their policies and practices; ethics, victimology, juvenile justice; compariative criminal justice.
Outcome
Corrections: History, theory, practice and legal environment, development of correctional philosophy, ethics, incarceration, diversions, community-based corrections, treatment of offenders.
Outcome
Law Adjudication: Criminal law, criminal procedures, ethics, prosecution, defense, and court procedures and decision-making.
Outcome
Law Enforcement: History, theory, practice and legal environment, police organization, discretion, ethics and subculture.
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Research and Analytic Methods: Quantitative and qualitative methods for conducting and analyzing criminal justice research in a manner appropriate for undergraduate students. Application of data analysis and statistics for measuring cirme and assessing criminal justice system responses to crime.
Outcome
Theories of Crime and Justice: The nature and causes of crime, typologies, offenders, and victims; policy implications of theories; ethics; legal and criminal justice system responses to crime and victimization.
Degree Maps
Major Code
1032
Program Code
1792