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Program Learning Objectives

Students in this program,

Understand the relationships between the major agencies of the justice system, including the police, courts, and corrections.

Understand the key concepts and theories in criminology and criminal justice.

Examine contemporary issues facing the criminal justice system, such as corruption, police brutality, racial profiling, and disproportional minority contact.

Understand the basic principles and practices of rehabilitation, retribution, restitution, and incapacitation.

Evaluate the different explanations regarding the nature, extent, causation, and prevention of crime and delinquency.

Express and communicate criminological and criminal justice knowledge inside and outside the classroom.

Learn how race, gender, sexuality, social class, and age are related to crime, delinquency, and criminal justice.