NCJ Number
43762
Editor(s)
G H BRUNS,
C O'HEARN
Date Published
1976
Length
359 pages
Annotation
THIS FIRST IN A SERIES OF FOUR REPORTS OF A 3-YEAR PROJECT TO DEVELOP OR STRENGTHEN GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE AT SEVEN INSTITUTIONS PRESENTS A DETAILED NARRATIVE OF THE EXPERIENCE OF EACH UNIVERSITY.
Abstract
THE NATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDUCATIONAL CONSORTIUM PROJECT WAS FUNDED IN 1973 TO STRENGTHEN HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE FIELD. OF THE SEVEN MEMBER INSTITUTIONS, THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND AND MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY HAD MASTER'S AND DOCTORAL PROGRAMS IN EXISTENCE AT THE TIME OF THE CREATION OF THE CONSORTIUM, WHILE ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA, PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY, NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, AND EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY WERE CHARGED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW GRADUATE PROGRAMS. THIS PRESENTS A DETAILED HISTORY OF PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AT EACH OF THE SCHOOLS. AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, SUCH MOMENTUM WAS ACHIEVED THAT WHEN THE ADMINISTRATION WAS ADVISED THAT THE UNIVERSITY HAD NOT BEEN SELECTED AS ONE OF THE CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE SCHOOLS, THE COMMITTEE REWROTE THE PROPOSAL FOR AN UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM WHICH WAS APPROVED BY THE ARIZONA STATE JUSTICE PLANNING AGENCY. AT EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY, THE SCHOOL OF LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS UPGRADED TO COLLEGE STATUS. NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF OMAHA HAD UNDERGRADUTE PROGRAMS AND DEVELOPED GRADUATE PROGRAMS AS A RESULT OF THE EFFORT. (NORTHEASTERN ALSO DEVELOPED A FORENSIC SCIENCE CURRICULUM.) THE MICHIGAN STATE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROGRAM BEGAN IN 1935; HOWEVER, MAJOR REVISIONS BECOME NECESSARY IN THE 1970'S WHEN A PROLIFERATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES BEGAN OFFERING CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROGRAMS BASED ON THE MICHIGAN STATE COURSES. THE LEAA FUNDS WERE USED FOR THIS REVISION, TAKING COMMUNITY COLLEGE ACTIVITIES INTO ACCOUNT. THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND HAD A DOCTORAL PROGRAM IN SOCIOLOGY WITH A SPECIALIZATION IN CRIMINOLOGY. UNDER THIS GRANT, THE PROGRAM WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE INSTITUTE AND BROADENED TO BECOME A TRUE DOCTORAL PROGRAM IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE. FOR OTHER VOLUMES IN THIS SERIES, SEE NCJ-43763, 43764, 43765, AND 43766.