Classes

CJBS 101, “American Criminal Justice System,” provides an overview of policing, the courts, the legal system, and crime and punishment.           

SSJ 203, “Policing,” taught at LaGuardia Community College, is an introductory class examining the historical development, present organization, and multiple functions of policing.

PSC 401, “Seminar in Police Problems,” presents students with an in-depth look at past and current issues in policing. The focus of the class will be on discussion, analysis, and critical thinking.

CJBS 415, “Capstone Seminar in Criminal Justice,” affords students the opportunity to reexamine and integrate the practical and theoretical knowledge and critical thinking skills acquired over the course of their studies within the major.

CRJ 711, “Police and Corrections,” is a masters class that continues the overview of the criminal justice system focusing on police, arrests, corrections, imprisonment, and alternatives to incarceration such as probation and parole.

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I have four writing guides. Before turning in a paper, read “Formatting Papers,” and, as needed, “Academic Writing Style,” “Academic Sources,” and Grammar 101.

Grammar 101! Online, PDF version, or buy the booklet on Amazon.com. Do you have trouble with basic English writing? Did they not even teach English grammar in high school? Still kind of wondering what really makes a sentence complete or a subject and verb agree? Not confident with commas? If you answer yes to any of these, then Grammar 101 is for you! You don’t even need to ask your doctor.

Here’s another good guide to basic English grammar, TalkEnglish.com. This is geared toward ESL (English as a second language) students.

In college you must learn and use an accepted citation style, such as American Sociological Association (ASA) style, MLA, or American Psychological Association (APA) style. As a sociologist, I’m partial to ASA, even though John Jay College has a thing for APA. Here is a great guide to APA style: http://irsc.libguides.com/apa/about.

Generally, in the text, an author’s last name is followed by the year of publication in parenthesis. When listing references in a bibliography, the necessary information includes book name, book author, place of publication, year of publication, and publisher must be listed. For instance: Moskos, Peter. 2009. Cop in the Hood: My Year in Baltimore’s Eastern District. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. For an article, you must include the article title and the journal title and volume. For instance: Moskos, Peter. 2007. “Nine-One-One and the Failure of Police Rapid Response.” Law Enforcement Executive Forum. 7(4): 137-150.

Simple, easy, get it right.

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