Criminal Justice Program > Student Learning Goals
Student Learning Goals
- Understand the nature and extent of crime.
- Understand the causes and theories of crime, including typologies of criminal behavior, including characteristics of victims and offenders.
- Understand how crime is measured and how criminal justice research is conducted, including skills for being a careful consumer of criminal justice research.
- Understand the organization and administration of law enforcement agencies, including legal constraints on law enforcement.
- Understand the criminal law, its application, and the criminal court process.
- Understand the major policies designed to control or reduce crime and their effectiveness.
