Justice Studies Certificate

Program Requirements

• AJS 101 - Introduction to Administration of Justice Credits: 3
• AJS 123 - Ethics and Criminal Justice Credits: 3
• AJS 192 - Serial Killers and Mass Murderers Credits: 3
• AJS 200 - Current Issues in Criminal Justice Credits: 3
• AJS 212 - Juvenile Justice Procedures Credits: 3
• AJS 225 - Criminology Credits: 3
• AJS 226 - Victimology and Crisis Intervention Credits: 3
• AJS 278 - Neuroscience and the Law Credits: 3

Program Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the Justice Studies Certificate program, the learner will be able to:

1. Explain the historical development of American criminal law from its English common law roots to the present.
2. Analyze criminal conduct in the context of historical, social, political and legal developments.
3. Analyze the intersection of law, morality, and ethics in modern society.
4. Analyze current issues and trends in crime rates, criminal behavior, and social trends as they impact the criminal justice process.
5. Outline the modern philosophies, organization and treatment/intervention goals of the juvenile justice system.
6. Identify and summarize the various theories of the causes of criminal behavior.
7. Describe the economic and psychological impact of crime on society.
8. Identify and explain victimology and the crisis interventions afforded to victims of crime and their families.
9. Discuss new discoveries in neuroscience and how our increased understanding of the brain is having direct impact on the criminal justice system.
10. Explain theories of causation of serial and mass murderers.