Overview
MS in Criminal Justice Administration Course Descriptions
Core Courses
ECN607 QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS FOR MANAGEMENT (3 credits)
Scientific approaches to decision making; descriptive and inferential statistics, probability distributions, confidence intervals and hypothesis and hypothesis testing, analysis of variance and process control.
CRJ615 LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY (3 credits)
Addresses the intersection of law and public policy and the impact those disciplinary areas present for the management of criminal justice agencies. Topical areas include: the structure of criminal and civil law, including criminal and civil procedure; the impact of civil and criminal liability principles on leadership and planning in criminal justice agencies; and development and trends in public policy as applied to the criminal justice system. Case study method will be applied for much of the course material.
CRJ616 ETHICAL LEADERSHIP (3 credits)
Examines the main approaches to ethics and the issues of social justice. Through readings and case studies, the course presents a number of models for individual and organizational ethical behavior. This is presented with the view that criminal justice organizations and participants are part of enforcers of rules within a social order.
CRJ623 RESEARCH FOR DECISION MAKING (3 credits)
Designed to serve as a basic overview to criminal justice research methods with emphasis on evaluative research. Research presents multifold challenges regarding access to sample, measurement reliability, complex and ever changing socio-cultural environment that affects human behavior as well as ethical issues. Nonetheless, the research findings in this field often lead to policy implications that have an impact (direct and indirect) on people’s daily lives especially with the growing global nature of crime. The course would also include discussions on ethics of conducting research, data analysis and report writing.
CRJ677 TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGES IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE (3 credits)
Provides criminal justice administrators with an overview of management issues related to technology in criminal justice organizations and operations. The course offers a technical primer of terms and operations involving informational technology, network security, information security, and contingency planning. A case study approach will be used to simulate leadership and planning situations that administrators may face.
CRJ691 LEADERSHIP AND PLANNING PROJECT I (3 credits)
The first part of the major project series related to leadership and planning. Following the identification of a topic, each student will further develop an original project that deals with leadership and planning in an organizational context. During the course, the following elements will be presented: statement of the problem, definition of terms, issue identification, review of the topic from a historical, legal, economic and operational basis.
CRJ692 LEADERSHIP AND PLANNING MAJOR PROJECT II (3 credits)
The second part of the major project series related to leadership and planning. Based on Part I, each student will continue with the completion of project, which may include an analyses of a course of action and evaluation of outcomes.
Homeland Security and Emergency Management Electives
CRJ602 HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT (3 credits)
This course provides an in-depth review of homeland security and emergency management concepts within the framework of criminal justice administration. As this is a graduate course for in-service professions, there will be applied field applications in terms of emergency planning and problem solving. Included in the course are a review of leadership competencies needed for administrators in these important areas.
CRJ612 HOMELAND SECURITY LEADERSHIP IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE (3 credits)
The study of Homeland Security Leadership in Criminal Justice will be, initially, via duel studies of the actions and mindset necessary for personal leader, as well as the fundamentals on where federal, state, and local criminal justice agencies fit in the nation’s overall homeland security efforts. The course culminates with the two topics of leadership and homeland security merging to create effectiveness, the barometer with which a leader is truly measured.
CRJ675 TERRORISM AND COUNTER-TERRORISM (3 credits)
Evolution of terrorism; organization and tactics of terrorist organizations and rogue states; and legal and operational issues of counterterrorism. Objectives of the course include: 1) Define terrorism and describe the principal types of terrorist organizations; 2) Recall the tactics and methodologies utilized by terrorist organizations; 3) Comprehend the various types of countermeasures (counterterrorism) and the limitations on use in free society; and 4) Apply the various legal and regulatory restrictions in various countermeasures.
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