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Understand the nature and extent of crime, including its legal, social, and economic dimensions
Understand the major theories of the causes of crime, including types of criminal behavior and the characteristics of victims and offenders
Understand how crime is measured and how criminal justice research is conducted, including the skills needed to be a knowledgeable consumer of criminal justice research
Understand the goals, organization, and processes of the agencies comprising the criminal justice system
Understand criminal law, its application, and related legal processes
Understand the major policies and approaches designed to control or reduce crime, their effectiveness, and the processes by which they are created and implemented
Be provided with the opportunity through internships to experience the criminal justice system directly
Be able to think and write clearly, critically and intelligently about the criminal justice system |
