Public Policy Issues –

cja580

(3 credits)

This course addresses the development and influence of public policy with respect to specific justice and security issues facing the American society.

This graduate-level course is 6 weeks. To enroll, speak with an Enrollment Advisor.

Topics and Objectives

The Criminal Justice Policy Process
- Describe the steps involved in the public policy process.
- Examine the role of ideology in the policy-making process.
- Identify key participants in the making of criminal justice policy.
- Describe the history of criminal justice policy in America.
- Identify goals of the criminal justice system.
- Describe the various ways public policies are used to remedy problems and their advantages and disadvantages.
Role of Government in the Policy-Making Process
- Describe how the executive branches participate in the policy-making process.
- Describe how the legislative branches participate in the policy-making process.
- Describe how the judiciary branches participate in the policy-making process.
- Compare and contrast federal, state, and local policy-making processes.
Other Actors in the Policy-Making Process
- Examine the role of bureaucracies in the policy-making process.
- Describe how public opinion and the media participate in the policy-making process.
- Analyze the role of interest groups.
- Examine the impact of economic trends on criminal justice policies.
Policy Issues and the Police
- Describe the role and history of policing in our society.
- Analyze the policy issues affecting the police.
- Evaluate police policy issues that affect the public.
Policy Issues, the Courts, and the Juvenile Justice System
- Explain the role of the courts in policy making.
- Examine the impact of sentencing policies.
- Analyze the role of juvenile justice in the policy making process.
Policy Issues, Corrections, and Security
- Examine the role and history of corrections in our society.
- Analyze the issues facing correctional administrators.
- Identify public policy challenges in corrections.
- Evaluate the changing role of security in our society.
- Analyze how public policy impacts private security.

The University of Phoenix reserves the right to modify courses.
While widely available, not all programs are available in all locations or in both online and on-campus formats. Please check with a University Enrollment Advisor.
Transferability of credit is at the discretion of the receiving institution. It is the student’s responsibility to confirm whether or not credits earned at University of Phoenix will be accepted by another institution of the student’s choice.

Public Policy Issues –

cja580

The Criminal Justice Policy Process

Role of Government in the Policy-Making Process

Other Actors in the Policy-Making Process

Policy Issues and the Police

Policy Issues, the Courts, and the Juvenile Justice System

Policy Issues, Corrections, and Security

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