Contemporary Justice

Jobs in criminal justice are demanding, rewarding and vital to safe, well-functioning communities. As a graduate of this contemporary justice degree program, you’ll have a solid foundation from which to pursue a position as a criminal investigator, detective, fraud investigator, intelligence analyst, police officer and prosecutor’s office investigator.

It takes a special person to work in law enforcement and confront the difficult issues facing our society today. Graduates of the Tiffin University criminal justice in contemporary justice degree program will be able to:

• Describe the evolving role of criminal justice systems and their relationship to critical societal issues.
• Employ a variety of means and media to communicate with both public and private stakeholders appropriately and effectively
• Evaluate and apply appropriate management and leadership philosophies and approaches to practice in various criminal justice contexts.

当代司法专业培训

• Tiffin University partners with Terra Community College for the 俄亥俄州警官培训学院(OPOTA), allowing you to graduate with their degree in law enforcement and their OPOTA Certification – all in 4 years.
• The program’s unique modular format divides the major courses into areas of 社区维和, homeland security, administration, 伦理和社会问题, 调查与法律.
• 小班授课——总是少于40人, generally closer to 15 students per class – make possible a lot of individualized attention.
• The program is designed specifically for ease of transferability for the working criminal justice professional.
• An internship in the field is a required part of the curriculum, 通常会让你在这个领域找到第一份工作.
• Tiffin University partners with The Washington Center Internship Program, which provides you unique opportunities to intern with federal agencies in Washington D.C.

Faculty who teach in the contemporary justice program bring in-depth knowledge and years of experience from the criminal justice field. 作为一个在线项目, many of the courses are taught by adjunct professors with vast practical experience. All this real-world experience adds great interest and depth to classroom instruction, as real-life examples of current professional practice are regularly applied to academic content.

As part of professional contemporary justice program, you’ll gain theoretical underpinnings of the field that will provide a strong foundation for your career. You’ll participate in a required professional internship, which will provide valuable insights and experience. And, you’ll have the ability to graduate with your four-year degree in addition to the Police Academy, all in four years. Working professionals in the field can complete their degree with extreme efficiency.

A实用的专业教育

As a graduate of the program, you’ll acquire in-depth knowledge and career-ready skills, including:

• Crime scene processing/investigation – fingerprint lifting, impressions/casting, sketching and more
• Evidence processing
• 犯罪现场摄影
• Testifying in court
• 面谈和审讯
• Search warrant
• Report writing

刑事司法专业人员, 特别是执法人员, hold a lot of responsibility within their positions. Literally, lives depend on their education and training. It is important that our students go into the field fully prepared with the skills they need to serve the communities that have entrusted them in these positions.

Our professional, hands-on program enables you to learn these skills in the best possible way – by doing. We’ve had opportunities for students to work with police departments to help solve cold cases. 我们的学生调查模拟犯罪现场. They participate in professional internships – with U.S. Marshals; dozens of police departments such as Toledo PD, Columbus PD, Washington, DC PD and Detroit PD; and many smaller police departments both inside and outside of Ohio. With our partnership with The Washington Center Internship Program, you’ll have unique opportunities to intern with federal agencies in Washington D.C., such as the FBI, Department of Homeland Security and others. And, 在你的研究设计课程, you’ll conduct original research on a criminal justice-related topic important to you – and you’ll have the opportunity to present your research at Tiffin University’s Annual Research Conference.

俄亥俄州警官培训学院(OPOTA)

在俄亥俄州宣誓成为一名警察, you must successfully complete the 俄亥俄州警官培训学院(OPOTA). Tiffin University partners with Terra State Community College to include the cost of the academy in tuition and can be earned in just one semester.

This unique training academy is state mandated for all police officers and covers firearms, legal administration, human relations, traffic, patrol, driving, subject control, investigations, civil disorder, physical conditioning and other aspects of law enforcement. Students apply direct, hands-on practice in the crime lab, firing range and police cruisers. With experienced, 认证讲师和动手应用, our students consistently achieve passing rates on the state-certified exam. Once graduates of the program earn the certification, they are immediately eligible for full-time employment.

CURRICULUM

可转学分:(24学时)

• COM 130语音通讯导论
• CST 111 Digital Literacy and Technology Readiness
• ENG 141 Rhetoric and Introduction to Research Writing
• 修辞学和学术写作
• MAT 181 College Algebra/MAT 185 Quantitative Reasoning/MAT 275 Pre-Calculus
• 应用统计学1
• NAT 130健康生活基础
• Pick one: ART 210 Art Appreciation/CUL 210 Comparative Cultures/ENG 201 Introduction to Literature/HIS 201 Introduction to Historical Events /PHI 110 The Art of Reasoning

龙教育核心:(13学时)

• DEC 100(或公开选修课)
• DEC 200 (or DEC 250 if transferring over 28 hours, or open elective)
• DEC 300(如转乘超过48小时，则为320)
• DEC 400
• DEC 400L

刑事司法核心(18学时):

• JUS 110刑事司法概论
• JUS 201 Criminal Law
• jus202刑事诉讼程序
• JUS 361刑事司法中的伦理问题
• SCS 300研究设计
• SCS 470 Internship 1 (May be substituted with SCS480, 专注于解决专业问题, with substantive criminal justice professional experience and prior Dean approval.)

专业:当代司法(36学时)

• enf150警察与社会
• ENG 301专业传播
• 310威胁评估
• ENF 239 Applied Criminal Investigation Criminalistics
• ENF 293 Criminology
• Pick one: ENF 450 Crime Analysis/ENF 432 Death Invest./ENF 355性犯罪法医调查
• COR 420机构管理
• enf335执法监督
• cd334技术与犯罪
• Any Philosophy class
• SOC 265桃与社会正义
• Pick one: PSY 362 Abnormal Psychology/SOC 360 Multicultural Issues in Society

开放选修课:(30学时)

This is a sample course sequence to illustrate course offerings for this major. Consult the official Academic Bulletin for detailed registration and advising information.

SAMPLE COURSES

enf150警察与社会 – A study of the various response methodologies available to the patrol officer in assisting the citizen’s request for police service. Discusses traffic enforcement from the stop of the violator through traffic accident investigation.

310威胁评估 – An overview of threat assessment and threat management (TA/TM) in various organizations such as social service agencies, schools, 就业和执法场所. The history of threat assessment/threat management, events, legal responses, theories, 包括研究和模型. Policies at aforementioned organizations are explored as are various remedy models. The Identify, Assess, Manage [Federal] model is introduced.

ENF 239 Applied Criminal Investigation Criminalistics – Emphasis on the investigation of specific crimes including, but not limited to, homicide, sexual assault, aggravated assault, robbery, burglary, theft, auto theft and arson. Students will be required to investigate a “mock” crime scene, collect and analyze evidence obtained and present their investigation in a “moot” court.

ENF 293 Criminology – This course provides and introduction to the subject of criminology. Criminology is the study of both criminal behavior and crime itself, and as such, is one of the foundational courses for criminal justice. It explores the different schools of criminological thought, the different eras of criminology research and the theories proposed for crime and criminal motivation. Additionally, there is an emphasis on the development of the history of criminology as the basis for our justice system today.

FORMAT

Online – Offered in two terms per semester starting in January, March, May, July, August and October

The criminal justice field provides a challenging, yet rewarding, career. The field offers a high number of job openings across the country, as well as career mobility – police officers have the opportunity to work in a variety of areas within the field, including patrol, narcotics, detective’s bureau, administration, 学校资源官等等.

CAREERS

• Corporate Security
• Corrections
• 县警长办公室
• 刑事情报分析员
• Criminal Investigator
• Detective
• Fraud Investigator
• Highway Patrol
• Intelligence Analyst
• Police Officer
• 检控署调查员
• Secret Service

你的毕业生在哪里工作过

• Bowling Green PD
• 中密歇根大学
• Columbus PD
• Correctional Officer
• 县治安官办公室
• Dublin PD
• 联邦警察局
• Hamilton PD
• Maryville PD
• 华盛顿大都会警察局.C.
• Middleburg Heights PD
• 俄亥俄州刑事调查局
• Private Security
• Secret Service
• 州警察局
• Tiffin PD
• U.S. Capitol Police
• Westerville PD

Both the Tiffin Chief of Police and Seneca County Sheriff are Tiffin University Criminal Justice alums.

GRADUATE SCHOOL

Many law enforcement students that enter the field do not return to graduate school because a bachelor’s degree is more than sufficient to reach the top ranks of a majority of law enforcement agencies in the country.

If graduate school becomes part of your career plan, however, Tiffin University has a large online graduate program in criminal justice with a variety of concentrations. Our students in these graduate programs often have decades of experience in the field and come to us to get their master’s degrees to attain top administrative positions, 比如警察局长.