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Eligibility Criteria

High school diploma, GED or equiv. International Education

Credit Hours

18 Hours

Course Duration

2 Months (Self-Paced) Program

Courses Offered

3

Courses Offered In UNDERGRADUATE CERTIFICATE

  • Courses Name

  • Courses Description

  • Credit Hours

  • Research in Criminal Justice

  • This course provides an introduction to the basic methods, techniques, and procedures of social science research. Qualitative and quantitative methods, such as survey research, experiments, observational/field work, program evaluation, and interview approaches appropriate to the study of criminal justice are also examined.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Juvenile Justice

  • This course is based on the origin, philosophy, and development of the juvenile justice system, particularly the juvenile court. Emphasis in this course is placed upon laws, detention, adjudication, probation, after-care, foster homes, and other alternative correctional practices.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Juvenile Delinquency

  • This course examines the nature, trends, remedies, and explanations for juvenile delinquency. You will be introduced to basic terminology relating to juvenile delinquency and the juvenile justice system.

  • 6 Credits
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Research in Criminal Justice

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction to criminal justice research methods: theory and method.
    Ethics in criminal justice research.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Research design: the experimental model and its variations.
    An introduction to alternative data-gathering strategies and the special case of uniform crime reports.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Sampling and survey research: questionnaires.
    Survey research: interviews and telephone surveys.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Participant observation and case studies.
    Unobtrusive measures, secondary analysis, and the uses of official statistics.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Validity, reliability, and triangulated strategies.
    Scaling and index construction.
    Policy analysis and evaluation research

Introduction to Juvenile Justice

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    An introduction to juvenile justice.
    History of juvenile justice.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Causes of delinquency.
    Juvenile gangs.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Abused and neglected juveniles.
    Police and juveniles.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Juvenile courts.
    Juvenile court procedures.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Juvenile case law.
    Transfers and wavers.
    Juvenile probation.
    Juvenile parole.
    Group home programs.
    Shock incarceration.
    The future of juvenile courts.
    Directions for change.

Introduction to Juvenile Delinquency

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Adolescence and delinquency
    The measurement and nature of delinquency
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Individual causes of delinquency
    Social structural causes of delinquency
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Social process theories of delinquency
    Social interactionist theories of delinquency
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Gender and delinquency
    The family and delinquency
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The school and delinquency
    Gangs and delinquency
    Drugs and delinquency
    Prevention, diversion, and treatment
    The juvenile justice process