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Criminal Justice Administration and Planning (BS)

 

The Criminal Justice Administration and Planning major focuses on planning, policy analysis, policy implementation and management as applied to the criminal justice system. The major is designed to introduce students to the American criminal justice system, expose students to management issues and methods based on a chosen area of the criminal justice system or disciplinary perspective, introduce ethical considerations, and provide students with basic academic and management skills.

Some details:
Part 1: Foundation Courses
Part 2: Management Science
Part 3: Criminal Justice Planning And Policy Analysis
Part 4: Concentration-of-Choice

Credits required: 36

Prerequisite: GOV 101. Required courses in the Juvenile Justice concentration also require SOC 101 as a prerequisite. Required courses in the Economics and Crime and Analysis of Economic Crime concentrations also require ECO 101 as a prerequisite. Each of these courses partially fulfills the general education requirements in the social sciences.

Advisor: Professor Richard Culp, Department of Public Management (212.237.8929, rculp@jjay.cuny.edu)

Baccalaureate/Master’s Program in Criminal Justice Administration and Planning: Qualified undergraduate students may enter the Baccalaureate/Master’s Program and thereby graduate with both a bachelor’s in criminal justice administration and planning and either a master’s in criminal justice or the Master of Public Administration degree. For additional information, contact Professor Chitra Raghavan (212.237.8417, bamadirector@jjay.cuny.edu).

Additional information: Students who enrolled for the first time at the College in September 2005 or thereafter must complete the major 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. A copy of the earlier version may be obtained at the Office of Undergraduate Studies or at the Lloyd George Sealy Library.


PART 1. FOUNDATION COURSES Subtotal: 9 credits

Required
Criminal Justice 101 Introduction to Criminal Justice
Law 203 Constitutional Law
Public Administration 240 Introduction to Public Administration


PART 2. MANAGEMENT SCIENCE Subtotal: 9 credits

Required
Public Administration 241 Computer Applications in Public Administration

Select one
Public Administration 346 Administration of Personnel Resources
Economics 280 Economics of Labor

Select one Public Administration 343 Administration of Financial Resources
Accounting 250 Introduction to Accounting

PART 3. CRIMINAL JUSTICE PLANNING AND POLICY ANALYSIS Subtotal: 6 credits

Required
Public Administration 348 Justice Planning and Policy Analysis
Public Administration 445 Seminar in Justice Administration and Planning


PART 4. CONCENTRATION-OF-CHOICE Subtotal: 12 credits

Select one concentration; four courses must be completed in the selected concentration.

Category A. Law Enforcement

Required
Criminal Justice 321/Philosophy 321 Police Ethics
Police Science 201 Police Organization and Administration
Police Science 301 The Police Manager

Electives:
Select one
Physical Education 230 Stress Management in Law Enforcement
Police Science 202 Police and Community Relations
Police Science 204 The Patrol Function
Police Science 309 Comparative Police Systems
Police Science 340 Planning for Police Operations and Management
Police Science 401 Seminar in Police Problems
Public Administration 404 Practicum in Public Administration


Category B. Courts

Required
Criminal Justice 322/Philosophy 322 Judicial and Correctional Ethics
Public Administration 360 Court Administration
Public Administration 420/Law 420 Contemporary Administration and the Judiciary

Electives:
Select one
Government 308 State Courts and State Constitutional Law
Government 435 Seminar in Judicial Processes and Politics
Law 206 The American Judiciary
Public Administration 404 Practicum in Public Administration


Category C. Corrections

Required
Criminal Justice 322/Philosophy 322 Judicial and Correctional Ethics
Corrections 282 Principles of Correctional Operations

Electives:
Select two
Corrections 202 The Administration of Correctional Programs for Juveniles
Corrections 250 Rehabilitation of the Offender
Corrections 320 Race, Class and Gender in a Correctional Context
Corrections 401 Evaluating Correctional Methods and Programs
Corrections 402 Community-Based Correctional Programs
Corrections 415 Major Works in Corrections
Public Administration 404 Practicum in Public Administration


Category D. Juvenile Justice

Required
Corrections 202 The Administration of Correctional Programs for Juveniles
Psychology 477/Sociology 477 Advanced Seminar in Youth, the Family and Criminal Justice
Sociology 309 Juvenile Delinquency

Electives:
Select one
Police Science 306 Police Work with Juveniles
Psychology 275 Family Conflict and the Family Court
Public Administration 404 Practicum in Public Administration


Category E. Economics and Crime

Required
Economics 170 Introduction to the Economics of Crime and Social Problems

Electives:
Select three
African-American Studies Economics 250 Political Economy of Racism (formerly AAE 290)
Economics 215 Economics of Regulation and the Law
Economics 231 Global Economic Development and Crime
Economics 245 International Economics
Economics 265 Public Sector Economics and Policy
Economics 270 Urban Economics
Economics 315/Police Science 315 An Economic Analysis of Crime
Economics 360/Sociology 360 Corporate and White Collar Crime
Fire Science 104 Risk Management


Category F. Analysis of Economic Crime

Required courses
Accounting 251 Introduction to Managerial Accounting
Accounting 307 Introduction to Forensic Accounting

Electives:
Select two
Economics 215 Economics of Regulation and the Law
Economics 360/Sociology 360 Corporate and White Collar Crime
Law 202 Law and Evidence
Police Science 207 The Investigative Function

 

Total: 36 credits