SPEA
Graduate
Student Learning Outcomes
Master of Science in Criminal Justice and Public Safety (MSCJPS)
MSCJPS graduates will be able to:
- Manage and lead individuals and organizations with an understanding of the ethical underpinnings and professional standards of criminal justice and public safety agencies.
- Communicate effectively within a complex and diverse criminal justice or public safety environment.
- Rigorously analyze criminal justice and public safety policies using a variety of tools, including quantitative research methods and statistical techniques.
- Identify public safety risks using various risk analysis tools, and describe ways to plan, prepare, manage, and mitigate natural and human made risks.
- Discuss the philosophical underpinnings and development of law, and critically evaluate how public safety policies balance individual rights and public order.
- Discuss the nature and extent of crime, discuss and critically evaluate major theories of crime, and critically discuss criminal justice system and non-criminal justice programs and policies that respond to crime.
- Critically discuss criminal justice and public safety system actors, agencies, and processes; describe the underlying operations of police, emergency management, courts, and corrections agencies, and identify the major policy issues in criminal justice and public safety systems.
- Identify and critically analyze current criminal justice and public safety policies, using available research, and discuss the strengths and limitations of various approaches.