MS in Criminal Justice Administration - Planning and Leadership Course Descriptions

CRJ601 LEADERSHIP AND PLANNING IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE (3 credits)
Provides an overview on leadership and planning concepts within the framework of criminal justice administration. The fundamentals of organizational and planning theory are presented as applicable to public sector organizations and planned change processes. Included in the course is review of leadership competencies needed for administrators.

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.

CRJ611 PUBLIC SECTOR ACCOUNTING AND BUDGETING (3 credits)
Focuses on the uses of accounting information for decision-making by both outside users (creditors, funding agencies, and law-enforcement) and inside users (management). It forms the basis of further study into the sources and uses of accounting information by all stakeholders. This course is designed for those who have obtained a four-year degree in disciplines other than business.

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.

CRJ671 PUBLIC SECTOR PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION (3 credits)
Presents major concepts and trends in human resource administration. Particular attention will be focused on public sector and not for profit organizations. The course will include a number of administrative activities that administrators may have to address including hiring processes, employee evaluation, and compensation. The role of collective bargaining will be explored based on its unique impact on human resource management.

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.

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