Criminal Justice, M.S. - Community Justice Concentration

Graduate Program Chair

David Weiss, Ph.D.

Graduate Committee

David Weiss, Ph.D

Richard Wiebe, JD, PhD

Eileen Kirk, PhD

Kristine Artello, PhD, JW, MSW, Adjunct Faculty

 

Community Justice Concentration (30 cr.)

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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 9100 Program Evaluation  

CJ 8680 Cultural Diversity and Communication  

 

Additional Requirements for the Concentration

CJ 7400 Community Justice Approach to Criminal Justice  

CJ 9350 Community Reentry and Integration  

CJ 7260 Justice, Law and Society  

Electives

2 or 3 electives