Administration of Justice - Associate of Arts (Major Code - AJS)

The Administration of Justice Associate of Arts degree is designed to prepare students for a wide variety of criminal justice career fields or for transfer into university degree programs. The degree also provides additional training for certified law enforcement and corrections professionals. To ensure seamless transfer, students must develop their specific program of study in close coordination with a Cochise College advisor.

Learning Outcomes

Students who successfully complete this program will be able to do the following:

• Describe the history of criminal justice in the United States and in historically significant global societies, and explain its impact upon the modern day criminal justice system in the United States.
• Describe the organization and characteristics of the United States system of criminal justice, to include law enforcement, the courts, corrections, and juvenile justice.
• Define and effectively use civil law, criminal law, law enforcement, court or judicial, and juvenile justice terminology.
• Describe the fundamental ethical characteristics required in the criminal justice profession, and demonstrate critical reasoning in the application of ethics to common criminal justice ethical dilemmas.
• Describe, and utilize in critical analysis scenarios, the social and legal definitions of crime, the societal and psychological precursors of crime, and the various categories of crime.
• Describe the relationship of socio-economic status, gender, and race and ethnicity to the definition of crime, and to adjudication and sentencing.
• Identify current and emerging innovations in the criminal justice system to include technology and scientific advances.
• Describe career opportunities within the criminal justice field.

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