CJS 360 Diversity in Criminal Justice
This course provides an in-depth examination of the opportunities and challenges of delivering criminal and juvenile justice services in a multicultural society. The course provides students with a knowledge of the diversity that exists in communities, as well as criminal and juvenile justice agencies. It provides both theoretical and practical information to respond effectively to diversity issues. Examples of community issues include conflict resolution, crime prevention, victimization, and strategies to improve community relationships. Significant focus is given to issues of race, racism, and systemic racism.
4 Undergraduate credits
Effective December 15, 2017 to present
Meets graduation requirements for
Learning outcomes
General
- Identify and analyze the challenge of racism and systemic racism and their impact on law, crime, and justice.
- Articulate the concepts of race, ethnicity, culture, economic class, gender, disability, age, and sexual orientation, and relate these concepts to communication, attitudes, and behavior in the criminal and juvenile justice systems.
- Analyze, evaluate, and apply course material concerning students, community, personal, and professional life experience.
- Analyze, evaluate, and apply concepts of diversity to personal, professional, and community endeavors.
- Evaluate the roles of diverse social groups in U.S. society concerning their interaction in the criminal and juvenile justice systems.
- Articulate the disparity rates within the criminal and juvenile justice systems that have been historically present and currently exist.
- Develop and improve critical thinking and communication skills.
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum
Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Employ the methods and data that historians and social and behavioral scientists use to investigate the human condition.
- Examine social institutions and processes across a range of historical periods and cultures.
- Use and critique alternative explanatory systems or theories.
- Develop and communicate alternative explanations or solutions for contemporary social issues.
Goal 7A: Human Diversity, Race, Power, and Justice in the United States
- Understand the development of and the changing meanings of group identities in the United States' history and culture.
- Demonstrate an awareness of the individual and institutional dynamics of unequal power relations between groups in contemporary society.
- Analyze their own attitudes, behaviors, concepts and beliefs regarding diversity, racism, and bigotry.
- Describe and discuss the experience and contributions (political, social, economic, etc.) of the many groups that shape American society and culture, in particular those groups that have suffered discrimination and exclusion.
- Demonstrate communication skills necessary for living and working effectively in a society with great population diversity.
Summer 2025
| Section | Title | Instructor | books | eservices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | Diversity in Criminal Justice | Sethuraju, Raj | Books for CJS-360-50 Summer 2025 | Course details for CJS-360-50 Summer 2025 |
Fall 2025
| Section | Title | Instructor | books | eservices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | Diversity in Criminal Justice | Sethuraju, Raj | Books for CJS-360-50 Fall 2025 | Course details for CJS-360-50 Fall 2025 |
| 51 | Diversity in Criminal Justice | Hahn, Stephanie A | Books for CJS-360-51 Fall 2025 | Course details for CJS-360-51 Fall 2025 |
Spring 2026
| Section | Title | Instructor | books | eservices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | Diversity in Criminal Justice | Sethuraju, Raj | Books for CJS-360-50 Spring 2026 | Course details for CJS-360-50 Spring 2026 |
| 51 | Diversity in Criminal Justice | Sethuraju, Raj | Books for CJS-360-51 Spring 2026 | Course details for CJS-360-51 Spring 2026 |