Criminal Justice Management BS / MA in Criminal Justice
The Criminal Justice Management BS focuses on the development of leadership, supervision and analytic skills of students who aspire to executive positions in criminal justice agencies such as correctional facilities, courts, and emergency response and law enforcement agencies. The major is designed to introduce students to the American criminal justice system, expose students to management issues and methods, introduce ethical considerations, and provide students with basic academic and management skills that are needed for supervisory and executive positions.
The John Jay Criminal Justice MA Program has a large, diverse, and celebrated faculty who provide students with an advanced understanding of research and practice in the US criminal justice system and related issues. Core classes provide a mastery of the major works and theories of criminology, policing, corrections, judicial studies, quantitative research methods and policy analysis. Students are able to select from numerous electives to build a specialization in Criminology and Deviance, Criminal Law and Procedure, Police or Corrections Administration, and Terrorism Studies. Among the many available electives are courses such as Crime Mapping, Cybercrime, Crime Scene Investigation, Social Aspects of Alcohol and Drug Use, Homeland Security and Terrorism, and Criminal Law. Students are also able to select electives to earn Advanced Certificates in Terrorism Studies, Crime Prevention and Analysis, and Criminal Investigation. The Program also allows interested students to participate in faculty research or undertake internships with criminal justice employers for credit.
Criminal Justice MA Learning outcomes. Students will:
- Demonstrate the attainment of factual knowledge in criminal justice
- Demonstrate knowledge of the institutions, mechanisms and processes of criminal justice
- Demonstrate a thorough theoretical and philosophical understanding of crime and criminal justice policy-making
- Demonstrate an understanding of the constitutional and political contexts of criminal justice
- Formulate practical and meaningful research questions
- Properly use the principles of scientific inquiry
- Collect and interpret data
- Analyze the reliability and validity of data
- Draw conclusions appropriate to the findings of their research
- Apply theory to specific context
- Critically assess the workings of institutions, mechanisms and processes of criminal justice
- Apply their analytical skills to developments in criminal justice
- Use proper grammar and syntax in writing
- Present ideas in an organized manner
- Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the context, audience, and purpose for which they are writing or presenting
- Ground positions and arguments in scholarly research
Credits Required.
Criminal Justice Management BS Courses
|
27 |
| General Education |
42 |
Other Required Undergraduate Courses
|
3-6
|
| Undergraduate Electives |
23-26
|
Criminal Justice MA
|
30-36
|
| Total Credits Required for B.S./M.A. Degrees |
128-134 |
Undergraduate major coordinator. Professor Warren Eller, Department of Public Management (weller@jjay.cuny.edu)
Undergraduate advisor. Ms. Yvonne Purdie, Department of Public Management (212.237.8554, ypurdie@jjay.cuny.edu)
Graduate program director. Professor Valerie West, Department of Criminal Justice (
vwest@jjay.cuny.edu)
Graduate program advisor. Ms. Jennifer Cadeau (646-781-5833,
jcadeau@jjay.cuny.edu), Criminal Justice MA Program
General Information. Bachelor's/Masters Program application and eligibility requirements.
Additional information. Students who enroll in the B.S./M.A. program in September 2017 or thereafter must complete the program in the form presented here. Students who enrolled prior to that date may choose either the form shown here or the earlier version of the major, see the Graduate Program Advisor.
Criminal Justice Management Courses
Required
| CJBS 101 | Introduction to the American Criminal Justice System | 3 |
| PAD 101 | Introduction to Public Administration | 3 |
| PAD 121 | Information in Public Administration | 3 |
| ENG 235 | Writing for Management, Business and Public Administration | 3 |
| LAW 203 | Constitutional Law | 3 |
| PAD 314 | Leadership, Supervision and Performance | 3 |
| PAD 318 | Decisions in Crises | 3 |
| PAD 348 | Justice Planning and Policy Analysis | |
| PAD 445 | Seminar in Justice Administration and Planning | |
Total Credit Hours: 27
Other Undergraduate Courses
Required depending on math placement
Advisor recomendation:
MAT 108 or
MAT 141 can fulfill the Required Core: Math and Quantitative Reasoning ares of the General Education Program.
Note:
STA 250 must be completed when the student is an undergraduate
Total Credit Hours: 3-6
Undergraduate Electives
Students must complete 23-26 credits of electives to fulfill the undergraduate portion of the degree program. Students have free choice of electives. Students can also opt to complete a minor.
Total Credit Hours: 23-26
Criminal Justice MA Program
Degree Requirements
Core Requirements
| CRJ 710 | Issues in Criminal Justice I | 3 |
| CRJ 711 | Issues in Criminal Justice II: Policing and Corrections | 3 |
| CRJ 715 | Research Design and Methods | 3 |
| CRJ 716 | Statistical Software in Criminal Justice | 3 |
| CRJ 730 | Policy Analysis in Criminal Justice | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
The Qualifying Exam prerequisites:
The two-part Qualifying Exam must be taken after completing the two required core CRJ courses, CRJ 715 and CRJ 716, and before completing 24 credits of coursework. Upon completion of CRJ 715 and CRJ 716, both parts of the exam must be taken in the same semester.
A student must have an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher to be eligible to take the Qualifying Exam.
All students are required to register for the Qualifying Exam.
A student who is not registered for the Qualifying Exam prior to the exam date will not be allowed to take the exam.
A student must pass both parts of the Qualifying Exam before entering the final required core class, CRJ 730.
A student is allowed a second attempt at passing each part of the Qualifying Exam. Any student who fails a part of the Qualifying Exam twice may be dismissed from the program. However, in unusual circumstances and at the discretion of the program director, a student may be permitted to take a part of the examination a third time, provided that a plan of study has been approved by the CRJ program director. Students taking the Qualifying Exam in a semester in which they are not registered for classes must register for Maintenance of Matriculation (MAM) in order to sit for the exam.
Specializations
Students must take three classes (9 credits) in one of five specialization areas listed below. The specialization lists provided are not intended to be exhaustive. The program director has discretion to substitute other courses, including courses in the 800-level series, to satisfy the specialization requirement. Students should consult with the program director before taking a course for specialization credit when that course is not on the specialization list. Dual specializations are permissible if the student has fulfilled the requirements of both specializations, but the same electives may not be used for two specializations.
Free Electives
Students must take four additional classes from any of the graduate courses offered at John Jay. Students may choose to take CRJ 793 Comprehensive Review as one of their electives to help prepare for the exam. Students choosing the thesis option do not need to meet the electives requirement (see below).
Thesis Option
Students who complete CRJ 715 and CRJ 716 with an A- average or better may choose to write a thesis instead of taking four elective courses. Students choosing the thesis option must first take CRJ 717 Reading in Research and receive an A- or better. Students must obtain permission from the program director to pursue the thesis option after completing CRJ 717. If permission is granted, they must take CRJ 791 Thesis Prospectus as an Independent Study with their thesis advisor who must be a member of the graduate faculty. Finally, students must submit a thesis approved by their advisor and a second reader within no more than one year after completing CRJ 791. Students choosing the thesis option will complete a total of 30 credits for the master’s degree, six fewer credits than those students who do not write a thesis. However, writing a thesis is a substantial undertaking usually requiring more work than that required by two additional courses.
CRJ Specializations Degree Requirements
Criminology and Deviance
Criminal Law and Procedure
Police Administration
| CRJ 738 | Perspectives on Race and Crime in America | 3 |
| CRJ 739 | Crime Mapping | 3 |
| CRJ 742 | Police Ethics | 3 |
| CRJ 745 | Legal Aspects of Undercover Activity | 3 |
| CRJ 751 | Crime Scene Investigation | 3 |
| CRJ 756 | Critical Issues in Policing | 3 |
| CRJ 757 | Police and the Community | 3 |
| CRJ 759 | Comparative Police Administration | 3 |
| CRJ 760 | History of Police Administration | 3 |
| CRJ 761 | Youth Crime and Delinquency Control | 3 |
| CRJ 762 | Investigation of Violent Crime | 3 |
| CRJ 771 | Special Topics in Criminal Justice | 3 |
| CRJ 783 | Crime and the Media | 3 |
| CRJ 786 | Problem-Oriented Policing | 3 |
| CRJ 787 | Seminar in Crime Analysis and Crime Prevention | 3 |
Correction Administration
| CRJ 703 | Critical Issues in Punishment | 3 |
| CRJ 704 | Probation and Parole: Theory and Practice | 3 |
| CRJ 728 | Critical Issues in Corrections | 3 |
| CRJ 738 | Perspectives on Race and Crime in America | 3 |
| CRJ 739 | Crime Mapping | 3 |
| CRJ 749 | Ethics of Punishment | 3 |
| CRJ 758 | Public Health Challenges in Criminal Justice: An Epidemiological Approach | 3 |
Terrorism Studies
| CRJ 744 | Terrorism and Politics | 3 |
| CRJ 746 | Terrorism and Apocalyptic Violence | 3 |
| CRJ 748 | Counter Terrorism Policy for Law Enforcement | 3 |
| CRJ 765 | Social Movements, Revolution, and Terrorism | 3 |
| CRJ 772 | Seminar in Terrorism Studies | 1.5 |
| CRJ 776 | Intensive Seminar in Terrorism Studies | 3 |
| CRJ 784 | Organized Crime | 3 |
| CRJ 797 | Homeland Security and International Relations | 3 |
| CRJ 798 | Homeland Security and Terrorism | 3 |
| PSY 729 | Terrorism | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: 30-36
Total Credit Hours: 128-134