Criminal Justice- Law Enforcement
The Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Program is designed to prepare students for entry level positions in the criminal justice profession or to provide additional training or further advancement for those already employed in the criminal justice field by emphasizing courses in the theory and practice of Criminal Justice and closely related topics.
Download the Criminal Justice: Law Enforcement Associate in Science Degree overview sheet.
Download the Criminal Justice: Law Enforcement Certificate overview sheet.
Certificates
The Law Enforcement Certificate Program is designed for those individuals who have been accepted into a regional police academy in Massachusetts or who plan on applying for a police position in a municipality whose police officer candidates are trained in a regional police academy.
Program Outcomes
At the completion of this program, the student should be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of structure and functions of the police, courts, and corrections
- Analyze how theories of criminal behavior explain such behavior, and how those theories relate to the criminal justice system
Describe major court decisions related to crime and criminal procedure and how those decisions influence the behavior of those working in or involved with the criminal justice system - Describe the rights under the United States Constitution of those accused of crime, and explain why those rights exist
- Analyze the criminal justice process from initial contact with the police to appeals
- Explain the substance, purpose, and function of criminal law
- Distinguish between the features and purposes of the adult court system and the juvenile court system
Degrees
The Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Program is designed to prepare students for entry level positions in the criminal justice profession or to provide additional training or further advancement for those already employed in the criminal justice field by emphasizing courses in the theory and practice of Criminal Justice and closely related topics.
Program Outcomes
At the completion of this program, the student should be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of the structure and functions of the police, courts, and corrections
Analyze how theories of criminal behavior explain such behavior, and how those theories relate to the criminal justice system - Describe major court decisions related to crime and criminal procedure and how those decisions influence the behavior of those working in or involved with the criminal justice system
- Describe the Constitutional rights in the United States of those accused of a crime, and explain why those rights exist
- Analyze the criminal justice process from initial contact with the police to appeals
- Explain the substance, purpose, and function of criminal law
- Distinguish between the features and purposes of the adult court system and the juvenile court system
Plymouth
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Criminal Justice- Law Enforcement Courses
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Code
Course
Credits
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- CJS 101
Introduction to Criminal Justice
- 3
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- CJS 103
Criminology
- 3
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- CJS 105
Criminal Evidence & Investigation
- 3
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- CJS 109
Criminal Law
- 3
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- CJS 121
Criminal Procedure
- 3
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- CJS 104
Law Enforcement & Society
- 3
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- CJS 111
Criminal Justice Administration
- 3
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- CJS 113
Drugs and Society
- 3
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- CJS 117
Crisis Intervention & the Police
- 3
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- CJS 122
Conflict & Dispute Resolution
- 3
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- CJS 131
Introduction to Homeland Security
- 3
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- CJS 132
Weapons of Mass Destruction
- 3
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- CJS 215
White-Collar Crime
- 3
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- CJS 221
Domestic Violence, Abuse & Neglect
- 3
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- CJS 224
Unequal Justice: Gender, Race, Ethnicity, Class & the Law
- 3
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- CJS 225
Victimology
- 3
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- CJS 297
Criminal Justice Internship
- 3
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- CJS 108
Criminal Justice Ethics
- 3