NCJ Number
32975
Journal
Criminal Justice Review Volume: 1 Issue: 1 Dated: (SPRING 1976) Pages: 91-120
Date Published
1976
Length
30 pages
Annotation
A REVIEW OF THE HISTORY OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDUCATION, FROM THE 1909 NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CRIMINAL LAW AND CRIMINOLOGY TO THE 1975 ACTIVITIES OF THE ACADEMY OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SCIENCES, AND PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE.
Abstract
SPECIAL EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON THE CHARACTER OF THE CURRENT CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROGRAMS, THE PHASES AND MODELS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDUCATION, DEGREE TITLES IN THIS AREA OF STUDY, THE QUEST FOR ACADEMIC RESPECTABILITY, AND CONSORTIUMS AND ASSOCIATIONS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDUCATORS. THE AUTHOR EXPLORES THE SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDUCATION AND SOCIOLOGY, E.G., CRIMINOLOGY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE, E.G., PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION. FINALLY, THE AUTHOR PROGNOSTICATES THE FUTURE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDUCATION - HOLDING THAT CRIMINAL JUSTICE WILL EMERGE AS A RECOGNIZED DISCIPLINE AND THAT ACADEMIC STANDARDS WILL BE FORMULATED AND FOLLOWED, FORCING ALL BUT THE QUALITY PROGRAMS OUT OF THE ARENA. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)