University of Maryland Criminal Justice Masters Program in China

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University of MarylandCriminal Justice Masters
Program in China

• Sarah Bacon
• Department of Criminology
• Criminal Justice
• University of Maryland

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Department of Criminology Criminal Justice, UM

• UMs Department of Criminology and Criminal
  Justice has been the No.1 program since 1991
• www.ccjs.umd.edu
• Department offers
• B.A
• M.A
• Joint J.D./M.A. w/ UM School of Law
• Professional M.A. in Criminal Justice
• M.A. in China
• Ph.D

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Department of Criminology Criminal Justice

• Dr. Charles Wellford, Chairman of the Department
  and Director of the Chinese Program
• Notable professors
• Exceptional students
• 32 PhD students
• 103 Masters student (77 US 36 China)

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Ranking of Criminal Justice Programs in the US

• University of Maryland
• University at Albany
• Rutgers University
• Pennsylvania State University
• University of Cincinnati
• Michigan State University
• University of Missouri, St. Louis
• Florida State University

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CRIM Department

• Combines intensive background in a social science
  discipline with graduate-level study of selected
  aspects of crime and criminal justice
• Criminology
• Criminal justice
• Sociology
• Psychology
• Public Administration

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CRIM Department

• Masters Graduates found employment In
• Research
• Teaching
• Federal, state, and local law enforcement
• Courts
• Corrections
• Private security funded programs
• PhD graduates have found employment mostly in
  teaching, research, and government agency
  administration

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University of Maryland

• Is a state university, over 150 years old
• Hosts 35,000 campus students
• Contains 13 colleges
• 96 graduate majors
• 111 undergraduate majors
• Participates in several joint education programs
  with China
• Has a strong Athletics Department
• Basketball team
• Football team, recently reached 1

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Masters Program in China

• The first of its kind in China
• Supported by Chinese Ministry of Justice, Jiangsu
  government, Nanjing City, and Nanjing Normal
  University
• Successfully run by the UMs Department of
  Criminology Criminal Justice, 1 in the world
• Classes taught by eminent professors in the field

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China Masters Degree Program

• Masters degree offered by UMs Department of
  Criminology Criminal Justice
• Includes 5 UM courses and 4 Nanjing Normal
  University courses
• Requires practical training in the U.S.
• Class taught in English and all
  homework/tests/exams/projects done in English

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Skills Learned by Masters Students in China

• Analysis
• Review
• Planning
• Evaluation

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Course Offering in China

• CCJS600 Criminal Justice CCJS605 Program
  Evaluation for Criminal JusticeCCJS611
  Statistical Tools for Criminal JusticeCCJS651
  CriminologyCCJS720 Criminal Justice System
  PlanningCCJS699a  JurisprudenceCCJS699b 
  Alternatives to Criminal ProcessingCCJS699c 
  Criminal ProcessingCCJS699d  International Law
  and ProcessCCJS Masters thesis

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Program Features

• Students often attend lectures/seminars,
  conferences
• Students involved in many projects
• Translation of books and texts
• Publication of papers in periodicals
• Consultation
• Training offered to the public through an
  Education Center

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Trip Mission

• Teach preparatory statistics class for
  Statistics tools for Criminal Justice
• Teach computer analysis software, SPSS
• Improve students skills in
• Collecting data
• Performing analyses
• Drawing conclusions
• Writing Masters theses

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Criminology-Related Differences between the U.S.
and China

• Criminology in the U.S. has more of a focus on
  quantitative data than it does in China
• Many sources of data are available publicly in
  the U.S. (e.g. census data)
• The U.S. supports greater sharing of data across
  institutions and universities
• In the U.S., surveys and data acquisition are
  much more important
• U.S. emphasizes
• Statistical analysis
• Quantitative analysis

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Other Programs in China

• An increasing number of universities in China are
  setting up Criminal Justice colleges or
  departments

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Second Term Begins in September

• The Criminology Masters Program will begin its
  second term in September 2004
• Web site www.mcj.umd.edu

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Cooperation

• Students in the Masters Program in China can be
  your partners
• You can become more involved in our program in
  Nanjing
• The Programs students in Nanjing can collaborate
  on projects with you
• The program will bring a student group from
  Nanjing here sometime next year

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Invitation to Visit Our Classes

• We welcome you to visit our classes
• Statistical classes are scheduled on December 30
  31 and January 1 - 5
• University of Maryland Professor Dr. Shawn
  Bushway will teach Statistics Tools for Criminal
  Justice on January 11 17, 2004

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Conference in July 2004

• International Conference in Nanjing
• New Technology in Criminal Justice
• Sponsored by the Chinese Ministry of Justice and
  the University of Maryland
• Experts in the field will attend and present
• www.conference.umd.edu
• All are invited to join students will receive a
  discount

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Courses at UM (1)

• CCJS100 Introduction to Criminal Justice (3
  credits)
• CCJS100H Introduction to Criminal Justice (3
  credits
• CCJS105 Introduction to Criminology (3 credits)
  
• CCJS200 Statistics for Criminology and Criminal
  Justice (3 credits)
• CCJS230 Criminal Law in Action (3 credits)
• CCJS234 Law of Criminal Investigation (3
  credits)
• CCJS300 Criminological Criminal Justice
  Research Methods (3 credits
• CCJS320 Introduction to Criminalistics (3
  credits.
• CCJS330 Contemporary Criminological Issues (3
  credits)
• CCJS331 Contemporary Legal Policy Issues
• CCJS340 Concepts of Law Enforcement
  Administration (3 credits)
• CCJS350 Juvenile Delinquency (3 credits)
• CCJS352 Drugs and Crime (3 credits)
• CCJS359 Field Training in Criminology and
  Corrections (6 credits)
• CCJS370 Race, Crime and Criminal Justice (3
  credits)

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Courses at UM (2)

• CCJS386 Experiential Learning (3 credits)
• CCJS388H Independent Reading Course in
  Criminology and Criminal Justice (3 credits)
• CCJS389H Independent Research in Criminology
  and Criminal Justice (3 credits)
• CCJS398 Law Enforcement Field Training (1-6
  credits) CCJS399 Independent Study in
  Criminology and Criminal Justice (1-3 credits)
  
• CCJS400 Criminal Courts (3 credits)
• CCJS444 Advanced Law Enforcement Administration
  (3 credits)
• CCJS451 Crime and Delinquency Prevention (3
  credits)
• CCJS452 Treatment of Criminals and Delinquents
  (3 credits)
• CCJS453 White Collar and Organized Crime (3
  credits)
• CCJS454 Contemporary Criminological Theory (3
  credits)
• CCJS461 Psychology of Criminal Behavior (3
  credits)
• CCJS498C Selected Topics in Criminology and
  Criminal Justice Police and Campus
  Interaction (3 credits)

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Courses at UM (3)

• CCJS388H Independent Reading Course in
  Criminology and Criminal Justice (3 credits)
• CCJS389H Independent Research in Criminology
  and Criminal Justice (3 credits)
• CCJS398 Law Enforcement Field Training (1-6
  credits) CCJS399 Independent Study in
  Criminology and Criminal Justice (1-3 credits)
  
• CCJS400 Criminal Courts (3 credits
• CCJS444 Advanced Law Enforcement Administration
  (3 credits)
• CCJS451 Crime and Delinquency Prevention (3
  credits
• CCJS452 Treatment of Criminals and Delinquents
  (3 credits)
• CCJS453 White Collar and Organized Crime (3
  credits)

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Courses at UM (4)

• CCJS454 Contemporary Criminological Theory (3
  credits)
• CCJS461 Psychology of Criminal Behavior (3
  credits)
• CCJS498C Selected Topics in Criminology and
  Criminal Justice Police and Campus
  Interaction (3 credits)
• CCJS498F Selected Topics in Criminology and
  Criminal
• Justice General Linear Model in Criminal
  Justice
• (3 credits)
• CCJS498O Selected Topics in Criminology and
  Criminal Justice Overview of Federal Law
  Enforcement Agencies
• CCJS602 Courts and Sentencing (3 credits)
• CCJS604 Policy Analysis Project (3
  credits)CCJS610 Research Methods in Criminal
  Justice and Criminology
• CCJS653 Seminar in Corrections (3 credits)
• CCJS654 History of Criminological Thought (3
  credits)

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Courses at UM (5)

• CCJS680 Drugs and Crime (3 credits)
• CCJS699 Special Criminological Problems (1-3
  credits)CCJS699E Special Criminological
  Problems Applied Data Analysis (1-3 credits)
• CCJS699W Special Criminological Problems Major
  Components of Recent Changes in Police
  Practices and the Factors That Led to Them
• CCJS710 Advanced Research Methods in
  Criminology
• CCJS720 Criminal Justice System Planning Policy
  Analysis for Crime
• CCJS799 Master's Thesis Research (1-6 credits)
  
• CCJS899 Doctoral Dissertation Research (1-8
  credits)

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My Presentation

• My presentation will be available on the Web for
  you to download
• www.mcj.umd.edu