Criminal justice careers include correctional officers and who oversee inmates in penal, rehabilitative or juvenile detention and may transport prisoners in transit.
Probation officers help rehabilitate law offenders in custody or on probation or parole and make assessments and recommendations for treatment or supervision plans of offenders.
Police officers enforce laws and ordinances, regulate traffic, control crowds, arrest violators and work to prevent crime.
项目的亮点
- Students have the opportunity to participate in traditional classes to transfer to a four-year school or a more specialized 学位 geared toward careers in police, courts 和修正. Those students interested in contemporary topics in criminal justice can enroll in the Saturday Series.
- Full time students can complete the Associate of Arts or Associate in Applied Science 六个学期获得学位.
- After completing 15 credit hours in criminal justice coursework, 你 are eligible to apply and complete an internship with a criminal justice agency in the area of study 你 are interested in.
Three ways to enter this field
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Choose this 学位 if 你 want in-depth study of a criminal justice area, and do not 计划转学.
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Choose this 学位 if 你 计划转学 and take two years 大学学分 with 你. Our transfer agreements make this an easy transition to four-year colleges and universities like UMKC and others. Examples of classes taken include:
- Intro to 刑事司法
- 犯罪学
- 美国修正
- 青少年犯罪
- 刑事调查
Check with 你r transfer school and 你r 学生成功顾问 for the most accurate and timely transfer information.
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Choose these to become a police officer. You must take a block of courses held at the 十大娱乐彩票平台-Blue河 警察学院. The two-year 学位 includes courses that prepare existing law enforcement officers for positions of increased responsibility.
Student testimonials and interviews
"I like that we don't just focus on one thing. We spent time exploring them all. 从 the police academy to the jail, courthouse, crime scenes, the morgue, and in community, I've learned something valuable in each that I'll take with me even past graduation. I got to see the community. I got to experience the people and share their stories. I was a part of their stories. That's a relationship that never would have been possible without the 刑事司法 program." - Adrian Ausler, Kansas City, student
"I received so much more than just a 学位. I was able to meet friends and it was 比我预料的多. The instructors helped me make it through the program. 精神上, 它挑战你. It was definitely a life-changer." - Chessina Ward, Kansas City, student
民权朝圣
The Metropolitan 社区 College-Penn Valley Brooks Institute is proud to support one of the college's premiere experiences, its annual 民权朝圣.
Since 2002, students, instructors and community members have traveled to the American South on a trip, exploring the rich cultural history of our country's civil rights 运动.
Every spring, 十大娱乐彩票平台 hosts a four-day bus tour in April, traveling to destinations that mark milestone events, many consider sacred to the expression of freedom in the United 州.
职业生涯
To work in the field of criminal justice, 学位 requirements vary with each agency. Some local agencies require only a high school education while others require two-years 大学学分. Most federal agencies require a four-year 学位.
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outlook and personal characteristics needed for this career.
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工作机会
转移变得简单
