Criminal Justice MS in PSEL Student Learning Outcomes
Assessment Plan for Public Safety Executive Leadership Program
Master of Science degree program
Department of Criminal Justice Studies
St. Cloud State University*
Content Areas |
Related content topics include: |
Administration of Justice |
Contemporary criminal justice system, major systems of social control and their policies and practices; ethics; victimology; juvenile justice; comparative criminal justice. |
Corrections |
History, theory, practice and legal environment, development of correctional philosophy, ethics, incarceration, diversions, community-based corrections, treatment of offenders. |
Theories of Crime and Justice |
The nature and causes of crime, typologies, offenders, and victims; policy implications of theories; ethics; legal and criminal justice system responses to crime and victimization. |
Law Adjudication |
Criminal law, criminal procedures, ethics, prosecution, defense, and court procedures and decision-making. |
Law Enforcement |
History, theory, practice and legal environment, police organization, discretion, ethics, and subculture. |
Research and Analytic Methods |
Quantitative and qualitative methods for conducting and analyzing criminal justice research in a manner appropriate for graduate students. Application of data analysis and statistics for measuring crime and assessing criminal justice system responses to crime. |
*[Source: Based on & adapted from Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) Certification Standards for
College/University Criminal Justice Baccalaureate Degree Programs]
[Approved 3/08]
