NCJ Number
175250
Date Published
1995
Length
415 pages
Annotation
The conference whose proceedings are reported in this document was designed to fill a need, primarily within the New York metropolitan area, to address and discuss issues related to the effective education and training of criminal justice personnel.
Abstract
The keynote address advises that part of the problem in criminal justice education is structural, since it is difficult to have a coherent curriculum with an extensive and well- integrated core set of requirements. An address that focuses on international perspectives in criminal justice education provides an overview of recent developments in police training in the United Kingdom. A panel on the "Intersection of Training and Education" is accompanied by a paper on the Connecticut State Police experiential training program. This is followed by a panel on "The University and the Police Academy." This includes a paper on "An Analysis of a Program Awarding Articulated College Credits to Police Academy Students." A third panel addressed "Innovative Approaches to Criminal Justice Education." Other papers and panel discussions pertain to the media and criminal justice, doctoral education in criminal justice, multi-cultural issues in criminal justice education and training, and issues in criminal justice education. Papers and panels also discuss alternative approaches to criminal justice learning, designing criminal justice courses, mediation education and the criminal justice system, criminal justice education and the correctional setting, the university and the field of criminal justice, ethics and criminal justice education, graduate education in criminal justice, and interactive learning.