Master's Degree (MCJ) in Corrections

Eligibility Details

Bachelor's Degree or equiv. international education

Credit Hours

60 total credit hours

Total Courses

10 courses

Program Duration

1 Year (Self-Paced)

Program Fee

$27,000

COURSES OFFERED

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  • Courses Code

  • Courses Name

  • Credit Hours

  • CJ-244

  • Crime Management (CJ-244)

  • 6 Credits Credits

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  • CJ-353

  • Psychology Of Different People (CJ-353)

  • 6 Credits Credits

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  • CJ-449

  • Current Issues In Criminal Justice (CJ-449)

  • 6 Credits Credits

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  • CJ-720

  • Comparative Criminal Justice Systems (CJ-720)

  • 6 Credits Credits

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  • CJ-846

  • Laws And Criminal Procedures (CJ-846)

  • 6 Credits Credits

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  • COR-350

  • Current Issues In Criminal Justice (COR-350)

  • 6 Credits Credits

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  • COR-361

  • Advanced Community Corrections (COR-361)

  • 6 Credits Credits

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  • COR-517

  • Ethics In Crime And Corrections (COR-517)

  • 6 Credits Credits

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  • COR-678

  • Advanced Research Methods In Corrections (COR-678)

  • 6 Credits Credits

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  • COR-708

  • Advanced Concepts In Corrections (COR-708)

  • 6 Credits Credits

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Crime Management (CJ-244)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Probation And Parole In Criminal Justice  
     Juvenile Court And Juvenile Justice                           
     Evolution Of Probation  
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Probation And The Courts: History And Administration  
     Sentencing And The Persistence Investigation (Psi)  
     American Prisons And Community-Based Corrections  
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Parole And The Indeterminate Sentence  
     Parole Administration And Services  
     The Philosophical Theories Of Punishment  
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Probation And Parole Officers  
     Probation And Parole Supervision  
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Probation Programs  
     The Intermediate Punishments  
     Probation And Parole In The Twenty-First Century  

Psychology Of Different People (CJ-353)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Introducing Social Psychology  
     Methodology: How Social Psychologists Do Research  
     Social Cognition: How We Think About The Social World  
     Social Perception: How We Come To Understand Other People  
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Self Knowledge: How We Come To Understand Ourselves  
     The Need To Justify Our Actions: Costs And Benefits Of Dissonance Reduction
     Attitudes And Attitude Change: Influencing Thoughts And Feelings  
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Conformity: Influencing Behavior  
     Group Processes: Influence In Social Groups  
     Interpersonal Attraction: From First Impressions To Close Relationships  
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Pro-Social Behavior: Why Do People Help?  
     Aggression: Why Do We Hurt Other People? Can We Prevent It?  
     Prejudice: Causes And Cures
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Making A Difference With Social Psychology: Attaining A Sustainable Future  
     Social Psychology And Health  
     Social Psychology And The Law  

Current Issues In Criminal Justice (CJ-449)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Recruitment And Selection  
     Training The Police  
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Development Of The Professional Policing Model  
     New Policing Philosophies And Strategies  
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     The Police Organization  
     Police Field Work  
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Measuring Police Performance  
     Police Misconduct  
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Police Accountability: Internal And External Mechanisms  
     Technology And The Police  
     Next Steps And Challenges For Police  

Comparative Criminal Justice Systems (CJ-720)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     An International Perspective  
     Crime, Transnational Crime And Justice  
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     An American Perspective On Criminal Law  
     Legal Traditions  
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Substantive Law And Procedural Law In The Four Legal Traditions  
     An International Perspective On Policing  
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     An International Perspective On Courts  
     An International Perspective On Corrections  
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     An International Perspective On Juvenile Justice  
     Japan: Examples Of Effectiveness And Borrowing  

Laws And Criminal Procedures (CJ-846)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Fourth Amendment Standards: Probable Cause To Search, Warrants And Exceptions  
     The Concept Of Stop And Frisk  
     Arrest And Seizure Of The Person  
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Fourth Amendment Searches And Seizures: Houses, Persons, Motor Vehicles And Effects  
     Special Problem Searches: Administrative, Inventory, School, Airport, And Work Searches  
     Principles Of The Exclusionary Rule: Remedies And Exceptions To Constitutional Violations  
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Miranda Warnings And Practice  
     Confession And The Privilege Against Self-Incrimination     
     Identification Procedures: Constitutional Considerations  
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     The Decision To Prosecute: Indictment Or Information  
     Plea Bargaining And Guilty Pleas: Constitutional Standards  
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Pretrial Criminal Procedure: Preliminary Hearing, Bail, Right To Counsel, Speedy Trial, Double Jeopardy, And Collateral Estoppel  
     The Trial: Constitutional Rights And Trial Practice:  Jury Trial, Right To Counsel,  Due Process, And Equal Protection  
     Appellate Practice And Other Post Trial Remedies  

Current Issues In Criminal Justice (COR-350)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Waking Of America To Terrorism
     Terrorism: An Overview
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Defending The Homeland By Rule Of Law
     Terrorists On Main Street, Usa
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Defending Main Street
     Defending Aviation From Terrorism
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Defending Main Street Against Weapons Of Mass Destruction
     The Day After: Rebuilding Main Street, Usa
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Defending Liberty: Today And Tomorrow
     The Cost Of Freedom

Advanced Community Corrections (COR-361)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Probation, Parole And Community Corrections: An Overview
     The History Of Probation
     The History Of Parole
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     The Presentence Investigation
     The Decision To Grant Probation And The Supervision Process
     Parole Selection
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Parole Supervision: A Problematic Process
     Administration
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Correction, Probation And Parole Officers
     Innovative Programs And Intermediate Sanctions
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Pretrial Release, Diversion, Special Programs, And Halfway Houses
     Probation And Parole In The Twenty-First Century

Ethics In Crime And Corrections (COR-517)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Criminal Justice And The Study Of Morality
     Choices, Values, And The Scope Of Ethics
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     How Free Are We? The Challenge Of Determinism
     Is Morality Relative? The Variability Of Norms And Values
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Can We Be Moral? The Problem Of Self-Interest
     Why Should We Be Good? Sources Of Morality
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Becoming Ethical: The Development Of Morality
     Means And Ends: The Importance Of Consequences
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Respecting Persons, Respecting Rights: The Ethics Of Duty
     The Virtuous And The Vicious: Considering Character

Advanced Research Methods In Corrections (COR-678)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     The Research Enterprise In Criminal Justice And Criminology: Theory And Research.
     Frames Of Reference And Problem Formulation
     Research Designs
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Sampling Techniques, Purposes, And Problems.
     Questionnaires: Construction, Application, And Issues
     Interviewing: Types, Applications, And Issues
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Observation And The Use Of Secondary Sources: Types, Applications, And Issues
     The Measurement Of Variables In Criminal Justice And Criminology: Scaling, Applications, And Issues
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Validity And Reliability Of Measures
     Data Coding, Presentation And Description
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Hypotheses, Hypothesis Testing, And Theory Verification: Interpreting Information And Examining Issues.
     Ethical Issues In Research

Advanced Concepts In Corrections (COR-708)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Invitation Of Corrections  
     From Vengeance To Reform: An Historical Perspective
     The Development Of Corrections In The United States
     The Punishment Of Offenders
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     The Rise Of Community-Based Corrections
     Probation
     Nbsp; Intermediate Sanctions
     Nbsp; Parole, Surveillance, And Reentry Programs
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Local Institution
     Nbsp; Federal, State, And Private Institutions
     Correctional Managers And Officers    
     Institutional Violence
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Correctional Programs And Services
     Male Prisoner
     The Female Offenders  
     Juvenile Corrections  
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Nbsp; The Death Penalty
     Nbsp; Incarceration Trends: Race, Gender, Class, And Age
     Politics, Law, And Prison Crowding
     Prisoners’ Rights
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