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CJA/395

Current Issues/Futures in Criminal Justice Management

3 credits

Total credits

5 weeks

Course length

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Course level: Upper Division

This course examines both the principle issues in contemporary criminal justice management as well as the extrapolation of such issues toward possible futures within the criminal justice management field. Students will focus on relevant research in policing, courts, and corrections that reflect key elements of current conditions and what may be expected in the years to come that will be important to criminal justice administrators. Students will apply critical review and engage in in-depth discussion of these concepts as a basis for comprehensive understanding at local, state, national, and global levels of criminal justice administration.

Please Note: Attendance and participation are mandatory in all University courses, and specific requirements may differ by course. If attendance requirements are not met, a student may be removed from the course. Please review the Course Attendance Policy in the Catalog for more information.

University of Phoenix reserves the right to modify courses. While widely available, not all programs are available to residents of all states. Please check with a University Enrollment Representative.

What you'll learn

Course skills and outcomes

  • Compare managers and leaders.
  • Define management, organization, and leadership.
  • Describe how the environment is changing.
  • Explain the need for learning organizations in criminal justice agencies.

  • Discuss the history of policing.
  • Explain potential problems in the current structure and design of police departments.
  • Discuss the complexities that the immigration debate brings to police managers.
  • Discuss the role the community plays in police management and how that role changes in a multi-cultural community.

  • Identify current management issues facing courts and court administrators.
  • Evaluate the challenges of implementing specialized or alternative courts in the traditional court system for management.
  • Evaluate the impact of court consolidation and restructuring on management and administration.
  • Discuss how advances in technology have modified court structure and performance.

  • Identify the managerial styles used in correctional facilities.
  • Discuss the role that correctional managers play in preventing and responding to gang violence in jails and prisons.
  • Explain how the complexities of gender identity impacted the correctional supervisor.
  • Examine recommendations for developing future correctional leaders.

  • Identify global crimes and criminal issues that impact the management of global justice systems and processes.
  • Examine how terrorism has impacted the management of criminal justice systems across the world.
  • Assess the impact of social media upon the management of criminal justice across the world.
  • Explain how criminal justice managers must balance privacy rights with global crime control.

Why UOPX

Why take courses at University of Phoenix

Accreditation that matters

We’ve been accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (hlcommission.org) for more than 40 years.

Real-world instructors

Learn from instructors who bring an average of 25 years of working experience to the classroom.

Affordable and potentially reimbursable

Our tuition and fees are competitive and fixed. Also, check to see if your employer will cover you for this course.

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