Criminal Justice - Midwestern State University (2024)

Nathan R. Moran, Chair (Martin Building 105)
Professors: Fidelie, Kuanliang, Moran
Associate Professor: Atkins
Instructor: Alpers
Professor Emeritus: Grant

Criminal Justice is a discipline that encompasses the preservation and protection of social order in a free society. It includes such principles as democracy, rule of law, constitutionalism, civil liberties, and the safeguarding of citizens against intimidation and oppression. The Criminal Justice curriculum, which is based on the University’s liberal arts core, is designed to prepare students for higher education or entering careers in criminal justice. Graduates are expected to continue their personal and professional development in a variety of practical settings. To achieve this mission, four dimensions of development serve as a basis for the curriculum.

1. Knowledge, Reasoning, Judgment: The Criminal Justice curriculum provides students the opportunity and assistance to acquire knowledge of the roles of policing, courts, laws, corrections, and international affairs as they contribute to social order. Students will gain knowledge of the history, concepts, and critical issues in these areas through criminal justice required courses. The curriculum further provides a theoretical foundation of the discipline, combined with a thorough understanding of the scientific methods, as it applies to criminal justice. This combination is expected to sharpen the students’ reasoning and judgment - qualities imperative to rational functioning in the discipline.
2. Ability, Skills, Integration: The Criminal Justice curriculum provides students with the ability to achieve the professional goals of criminal justice. Students will learn how to prudently integrate knowledge and practice in criminal justice. Furthermore, the curriculum provides students with an opportunity to develop the individual and group skills necessary to meet various role expectations.
3. Conduct, Professionalism, Ethics: The Criminal Justice curriculum will provide graduates with an appreciation for the complexity and dilemmas associated with the criminal justice profession. Criminal Justice students will be exposed to the moral and ethical dimensions of the various careers within the discipline and will be charged with the essential aptitudes necessary for their professional conduct.
4. Vision, Change, Adaptation: The Criminal Justice curriculum will provide students with an understanding of the discipline as it currently exists and as it is envisioned in the future. The Criminal Justice student will be able to apply vision in the face of change and to respond to the evolving nature of criminal justice and society. Furthermore, students will be equipped with the tools of adaptation for making these changes.

Programs and Courses

Programs

• Criminal Justice, B.S.C.J.

• Criminal Justice Minor

Courses

• CRJU 1113 - Introduction to Criminal Justice
• CRJU 2213 - Legal Aspects of Law Enforcement
• CRJU 2223 - Legal Aspects of Corrections
• CRJU 2233 - Police Systems and Practices
• CRJU 2243 - Correctional Systems and Practices
• CRJU 2933 - Judicial Systems and Practices
• CRJU 2943 - Writing for the Criminal Justice Professional
• CRJU 3103 - Criminology
• CRJU 3113 - Organized Crime
• CRJU 3123 - Theories of Crime Analysis
• CRJU 3133 - MS Office for Community Policing
• CRJU 3143 - Disaster Recovery Management
• CRJU 3173 - Victimology
• CRJU 3183 - Cybercrime
• CRJU 3193 - Correctional Classification and Case Management
• CRJU 3213 - Research Methods
• CRJU 3223 - Terrorism
• CRJU 3233 - Specialized Offender Typologies
• CRJU 3243 - Forensic Psychology
• CRJU 3253 - Police-Community Relations
• CRJU 3263 - Multicultural Issues in Criminal Justice
• CRJU 3313 - Law and Society
• CRJU 3323 - Threat Assessment
• CRJU 3713 - Ethical Issues in Criminal Justice
• CRJU 3723 - Geographic Information Systems
• CRJU 3733 - Juvenile Delinquency
• CRJU 3743 - Juvenile Justice
• CRJU 3913 - Fundamentals of Criminal Investigation
• CRJU 3923 - Criminal Intelligence
• CRJU 4123 - Educational Security
• CRJU 4203 - Civil Liability for Criminal Justice Professionals
• CRJU 4213 - Criminal Law
• CRJU 4223 - Criminal Procedure
• CRJU 4233 - Constitutional Law
• CRJU 4243 - Substance Abuse Treatment
• CRJU 4253 - Comparative Criminal Justice Systems
• CRJU 4263 - Correctional Counseling
• CRJU 4273 - Homeland Security
• CRJU 4283 - Crimes Against Children
• CRJU 4333 - Contemporary Correctional Issues
• CRJU 4403 - Profiling Criminal Behaviors
• CRJU 4413 - Administration of Justice
• CRJU 4773 - Internship in Criminal Justice
• CRJU 4901 - Independent Studies
• CRJU 4903 - Independent Studies
• CRJU 4923 - Seminar in Criminal Justice
• CRJU 4993 - Capstone