Program Outcomes - (HC18)

Upon successful completion of all program requirements, graduates will be able todemonstrate the following:

1. Knowledge of the basic structures, functions, and legal bases inherent in the American Criminal Justice system, and an understanding of the historical events that have impacted the development of this system.
2. The ability to access and effectively use a variety of data sources of use in identifying/defining, understanding, and developing possible solutions to issues relevant to the field of criminal justice.
3. The ability to identify the protections guaranteed in the first, fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth, and fourteenth amendments and demonstrate an understanding of the U.S. Supreme Court’s rulings that outline the specifics of those protections.
4. The ability to communicate the range of ethical dilemmas faced by professionals within criminal justice careers, and develop possible actions/solutions to those problems that achieve the various goals inherent within a variety of ethical frameworks.
5. An understanding of the sociological factors that impact our perspective of crime, the creation of law, violation of law and social norms, and the social response to law violation.