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What are the benefits of having a
Higher education in criminal justice? |
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It professionalizes criminal justice policies and practices by
producing better-informed citizens and
creating new professions
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| What must educators and students in CJ be aware of? |
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–The changing face of crime
–The new and important role of science in law enforcement
–The necessity of being “ahead of the curve” regarding terrorism
–The importance of utilizing empirical and rational methods
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Education History:
early 1900s
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| The topics of criminology and criminal law began to be explored by law faculties |
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Education History
1920s-1930s
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•the expansion of crime and justice studies in higher education resulted from the desire to professionalize the police
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•criminal justice education programs were criticized for not distinguishing between training and education, and for having a weak empirical and theoretical foundation
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Education History
1998
the Academy of CJ Sciences adopted its Minimum Standards for CJ Education: Guidelines for College and University-Level Programs
Which did what 2 things?
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–institutions were provided with a way to provide self-examination
–established a formal program review mechanism for outside CJ specialist reviewers
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1967 report of President Lyndon Johnson’s Crime Commission
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•called for college education for the police
•To implement this and other recommendations of the Commission, the:
1968 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act was passed.
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| 1968 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act |
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Created the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA) initiative
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| the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA) initiative |
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| Provided grants for criminology research that focused on the social aspects of crime |
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Law Enforcement Education Program (LEEP) initiative
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•Enabled large numbers of police officers as well as other CJ practitioners to attend colleges and universities.
Scrapped in 1978 along with LEAA |
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| Foster, Magers & Mullikin, 2007 |
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observations and reflections on the evolution of
crime-related higher education
The 70s was an energetic decade due to the LEAA that brought the establishment of CJ into higher education
There are concerns about theoretical integrity and coherence
Worries about losing sight of the original reasons that the dicipline was established: address social problems and influence public policy |
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Who are we? A self-analysis of criminal justice specialists
CJ profession is only in North America
Good educators (of CJ topics) must be good entertainers
Services needed:
1) maintenance of the growing system
2) damage control for legislative disasters
3) find better solutions
4) Ultimately we will need to focus on crime prevention
5) speak up when proposterous decisions on crime control are proposed
Avoid policy recommendations that fail when adopted:
1) Don't make claims beyond research demonstrations
2) stand together and defend the science
3) increase amount and quality of research & evaluation
Courts and legislators still don't know who we are
Greatest challenge: irrovocable linkage of crime to EVERYTHING - globally
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