Graduate Course Certificate in Criminal Justice in Juvenile Justice

Eligibility Details

Bachelor's degree, or equiv. International Education

Credit Hours

6 total credit hours

Total Courses

01 courses

Program Duration

3 Months (Self-Paced) Program

Program Fee

$1,560

COURSES OFFERED

A graduate course certificate from CIBT is recognised by a variety of international accrediting bodies, and the decree it carries will open the door to a series of work prospects that will eventually advance your career.

  • Courses Code

  • Courses Name

  • Credit Hours

  • JUJ-007

  • Research Methods In Criminal Justice (JUJ-007)

  • 6 Credits Credits

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  • JUJ-157

  • Juvenile Justice (JUJ-157)

  • 6 Credits Credits

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  • JUJ-430

  • Juvenile Law (JUJ-430)

  • 6 Credits Credits

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  • JUJ-487

  • Juvenile Justice And Ethics (JUJ-487)

  • 6 Credits Credits

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  • JUJ-735

  • Juvenile Delinquency (JUJ-735)

  • 6 Credits Credits

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Research Methods In Criminal Justice (JUJ-007)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Introduction To Criminal Justice Research Methods: Theory And Method.
     Ethics In Criminal Justice Research    
     Research Design: The Experimental Model And Its Variations
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     An Introduction To Alternative Data-Gathering Strategies And The Special Case Of Uniform Crime Reports
     Sampling And Survey Research: Questionnaires
     Survey Research: Interviews And Telephone Surveys    
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Participant Observation And Case Studies  
     Unobtrusive Measures, Secondary Analysis, And The Uses Of Official Statistics
     Validity, Reliability, And Triangulated Strategies
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Scaling And Index Construction
     Policy Analysis And Evaluation Research    
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Data Management: Coding, Tabulation, And Simple Data Presentation    
     Data Analysis: A User'S Guide To Statistics

Juvenile Justice (JUJ-157)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Delinquency And The Juvenile Justice System
     Theoretical Explanations Of Delinquency
     The External Environment
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Gangs
     Police And The Juvenile Offender
     The Courts And Juvenile Justice
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Diversion
     Community-Based Sanctions And Juvenile Institutions
     Goals And Effectiveness Of The Juvenile Justice System
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Organization, Bureaucracy, And Systems
     Decision Making
     Inter-Group Relations And Conflict
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Power And Politics In Juvenile Justice
     The Executives
     Juvenile Justice: An Overview And Assessment

Juvenile Law (JUJ-430)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     An Introduction To Juvenile Justice In The United States
     Measuring Delinquency: Types Of Offenders And Trends
     Theories Of Delinquency
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     An Overview Of The Juvenile Justice System
     The Legal Rights Of Juveniles
     Juveniles And The Police
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Intake And Preadjudicatory Processing
     Prosecutorial Decision Making In Juvenile Justice
     Classification And Preliminary Treatment: Waivers And Other Alternatives
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     The Adjudicatory Process: Dispositional Alternatives
     Nominal Sanctions: Warnings, Diversion, And Alternative Dispute Resolution
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Juvenile Probation And Intermediate Punishments
     Juvenile Corrections: Custodial Sanctions And Parole

Juvenile Justice And Ethics (JUJ-487)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Explaining Delinquency
     Patterns Of Delinquency
     Theories Of Delinquency: Bio-Psychological Explanations
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Sociological Theories Of Delinquency
     Schools And Delinquent Behavior
     Families And Delinquency
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Peers, Gangs, And Delinquency
     Females And Delinquency
     Race, Ethnicity, Class, And Delinquency
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     The Police And Juveniles
     Juvenile Court Process
     Juvenile Corrections
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Preventing Delinquency
     Community Response To Delinquency
     The Future Of Juvenile Justice

Juvenile Delinquency (JUJ-735)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Juvenile Delinquency
     Sociological Overview: Society, Norms, Conformity And Deviant Behavior
     The Dimensions Of The Delinquency Problem
     Biological Explanations Of Juvenile Delinquency
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Psychogenic Explanations Of Juvenile Delinquency
     Sociological Explanations Of Juvenile Delinquency
     Sociological Explanations Of Juvenile Delinquency: Social Learning And Social Control Theories
     Sociological Explanations Of Juvenile Delinquency: Labelling And Radical Theories
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     The Future For Causal Explanations Of Delinquency
     The Family And Juvenile Delinquency
     Schools And Delinquency
     The Youth Subculture
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Juvenile Gangs And Delinquent Behavior
     Juveniles And The Police
     Juvenile Court
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Juvenile Corrections
     Treatment And Prevention Programs
     Rethinking The Delinquency Problem
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