Graduate Program Chair
David Weiss, Ph.D.
Graduate Committee
David Weiss, Ph.D
Randall Grometstein, JD, PhD
Richard Wiebe, JD, PhD
Eileen Kirk, PhD
Kristine Artello, PhD, JW, MSW, Adjunt Faculty
Community Justice Concentration (30 cr.)
Program Description
This concentration offers a unique approach to criminal justice, proposing that criminal justice activities may be decentralized to involve community in policing, courts, and corrections. It offers students ways to engage community to prevent crime and reduce the harmful consequences of criminal justice-related activities.
Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes include:
- Describing the concepts and principles of community justice across different aspects of criminal justice, including policing, courts, and corrections
- Critically examining the aims, operation, and outcomes of community justice approaches
- Identifying community partners and stakeholders important to community justice
- Examining examples of community justice approaches both locally and nationally
- Developing a community justice approach to an existing criminal justice practice
- Effectively communicating knowledge and ideas about community justice using a range of writer and data presentation techniques
Plan of Study
Required Courses
CJ 7240 Criminal Justice Process (as required)
CJ 8580 Ethical Issues in Criminal Justice
CJ 7320 Crime Causation
CJ 8100 Program Evaluation
CJ 9680 Cultural Diversity and Communication
Additional Requirements for the Concentration
CJ 7400 Community Justice Approach to Criminal Justice
CJ 8350 Community Reentry and Integration
CJ 7260 Social Relations and the Legal System
Electives
2 or 3 electives
Tracks (Optional)
Corrections Track
CJ 8300 Beyond Incarceration
CJ 8350 Community Reentry & Integration
Leadership Track
CJ 8010 Leadership & Management
Any one of the following three courses:
CJ 8150 Advanced Policy Seminar
CJ 9620: Legalities of Criminal Justice Administration
MGMT (as applicable and approved)
Community Justice Track
CJ 7400 Community Justice Approach to Criminal Justice
Any one of the following two courses:
CJ 8350 Community Reentry & Integration
CJ 7260 Social Relations and the Legal System
Electives
Dependent upon CJ 7240 Criminal Justice Process (as required) and/or desired track
Total 30 Credits
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