CJPW.ASA - Criminal Justice Pathway Associate in Science and Arts

Recognize major historical events and figures and their connections to law enforcement

Identify, distinguish the differences and appreciate cultural diversity and its impact on Law Enforcement

Demonstrate critical thinking skills as they relate to Law Enforcement

Identify and discuss Supreme Court rulings that affect Law Enforcement

Identify Law Enforcement Department structures as they relate to Rural and Urban Law Enforcement

Explain the main trends and reform movements in correctional practice and history

Discuss and Identify major correction ideologies and their advantages and disadvantages

Discuss domestic abuse, drunk driving, and other significant crimes

Explore recent crime trends

Discuss the legal process and decisions that prosecutors undertake

Discuss sentencing decisions as a cause of overcrowding in prison facilities

Account for psychological phenomena by using the appropriate concepts, vocabulary, and major theories of the discipline

Explain and evaluate the major theoretical approaches of psychology (biological, cognitive, behavioral, socio-cultural, etc.)

Apply psychological concepts, theories, and research findings to everyday life

Distinguish and defend scientific evidence about human behavior from claims based on pseudoscience, anecdotal evidence, or unwarranted assumptions or appeals to emotion

Students will identify sociological forces (culture, social interaction, power, symbolic meaning) working in their lives and in the lives of members of their community

Students will understand the importance of social interaction for how humans create their social world

Students will locate themselves and their community within major social patterns including: culture, social structure, institutions, class, race, ethnicity, and gender.

Students will communicate, orally and in writing, a critical understanding of society, interaction, and community- meaning that they will move beyond common place understandings of social action toward a deeper and more nuanced understanding of societys composition.

Students will evaluate original works of sociology, applying theory, methods, and data to the evaluation of these works.

Recognize major historical events and figures and their connections to law enforcement

Identify, distinguish the differences and appreciate cultural diversity and its impact on Law Enforcement

Demonstrate critical thinking skills as they relate to Law Enforcement

Identify and discuss Supreme Court rulings that affect Law Enforcement

Identify Law Enforcement Department structures as they relate to Rural and Urban Law Enforcement

Explain the main trends and reform movements in correctional practice and history

Discuss and Identify major correction ideologies and their advantages and disadvantages

Discuss domestic abuse, drunk driving, and other significant crimes

Explore recent crime trends

Discuss the legal process and decisions that prosecutors undertake

Discuss sentencing decisions as a cause of overcrowding in prison facilities

Account for psychological phenomena by using the appropriate concepts, vocabulary, and major theories of the discipline

Explain and evaluate the major theoretical approaches of psychology (biological, cognitive, behavioral, socio-cultural, etc.)

Apply psychological concepts, theories, and research findings to everyday life

Distinguish and defend scientific evidence about human behavior from claims based on pseudoscience, anecdotal evidence, or unwarranted assumptions or appeals to emotion

Students will identify sociological forces (culture, social interaction, power, symbolic meaning) working in their lives and in the lives of members of their community

Students will understand the importance of social interaction for how humans create their social world

Students will locate themselves and their community within major social patterns including: culture, social structure, institutions, class, race, ethnicity, and gender.

Students will communicate, orally and in writing, a critical understanding of society, interaction, and community- meaning that they will move beyond common place understandings of social action toward a deeper and more nuanced understanding of societys composition.

Students will evaluate original works of sociology, applying theory, methods, and data to the evaluation of these works.