PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Graduate Certificate in Crime Analysis provides students with the essential skills needed by law enforcement agencies to meet the new demands for sophisticated crime analysis and mapping products.
The Graduate Certificate in Crime Analysis provides information for data-driven management, investigative support and general crime analysis. The certificate addresses the needs of traditional criminal justice graduate students and nontraditional criminal justice practitioners. Theoretical aspects of crime pattern analysis are combined with practical applications to understand the development of data-driven crime prevention strategies. Crime pattern recognition and examination are emphasized.
Students learn to synthesize theory and application in order to produce the knowledge base necessary to fully utilize available technologies to develop and perform complex crime analysis and mapping; perform advanced spatial analyses of crime; and understand the essentials of creating customized crime analysis and mapping applications that are agency-specific.
CURRICULUM
The Crime Analysis Graduate Certificate consists of four required courses.| Total Credit Hours Required: |
| 12
Credit Hours Minimum beyond the Bachelor's Degree |
Required Courses—12
Credit Hours
This sequence of courses can only be started in the Fall
semester, with the courses taken in the order listed below:
- CCJ 6073 Data Management Systems for Crime Analysis (3 credit
hours) – Fall semester
- CCJ 6079 Crime Mapping and Analysis in
Criminal Justice (3 credit hours) – Spring semester
- CCJ 6077
Advanced Crime Mapping and Analysis in Criminal Justice (3 credit hours) –
Summer semester
- CCJ 6717 Criminal Justice Theories of Crime
Analysis and Prevention (3 credit hours) – Fall semester (may be
taken first or last fall)
Application Requirements
Admission is open to those with a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution. An application to the graduate certificate program and official transcripts must be submitted. Applicants must apply online. All requested materials must be submitted by the established deadline.
Application Deadlines
| Crime Analysis Graduate Certificate |
*Fall Priority
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International Transfer Applicants
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*Applicants who plan to enroll full time in a degree program and who wish to be considered for university fellowships or assistantships should apply by the Fall Priority date.
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