Category: Criminal Justice Programs
Associate Yourself with Criminal Justice Online
– Pushpa Sathish, Staff Writer
Interested in earning a degree in Criminal Justice? Well, the Ivy Tech Community College in Indiana just announced the launch of its associate’s criminal justice degree offered wholly online. And if you’re worried if it’s properly accredited, rest your fears. The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools has stamped its seal of approval on the degree. Inside Indiana Business reports:
Ivy Tech also offers online degrees in Accounting, Business Administration, Computer Information Systems, Design Technology, Early Childhood Education, General Studies, Human Service, Library Technical Assistant and Office Administration. The college offers more than 320 courses online.
Cyber Course to Combat Crime
– By Pushpa Sathish, Staff Writer
Scotland’s oldest university, St. Andrews, is renowned for its two-decade old research on terrorism. The institution is now extending its knowledge to professionals dedicated to fighting terror the world over through an online course in the study of terrorism. “Certificate in Terrorism Studies”, a transnational e-learning course, kicked off in the cyber world earlier this week, and already has more than 140 enrollments from the police, military, coastguard and aviation spheres in Britain, Australia, Canada, Scandinavia, Thailand, and other countries.
The course has been designed in collaboration with Informa Plc, a global information provider and publishing and training group. It purports to offer students a deeper insight into the minds of terrorists, to understand their methods, ideologies, beliefs, aims, and modus operandi. Learners are also taught strategies and techniques to counter terrorism during the 16-week duration of the course.
Prospective students are carefully screened during the admissions process to prevent possible misuse of what is taught, according to Oliver Gadsby of Informa. Is just four hours of study a week really enough to gain a deeper understanding of the psyche of a hardened terrorist? Those who graduate can tell!
Learning Programme for Prison Inmates
Maytas, the management information system from Tribal Technology, which is being used by over 450 work-based learning providers across the UK, will now be used to provide prison inmates in the South West of England with an individual learning plan. The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) has awarded a £10.7m contract to Tribal Technology under its Offenders’ Learning and Skills Services (OLASS) programme, to provide IAG (Information, Advice and Guidance) services, e-learning delivery and management information systems to 13 prisons and 5 probation areas in the South West of England.
Offenders will have controlled access to the Internet and to digital television, to access courses and increase the time spent on their education. The reform project will encompass tracking, supporting and educating offenders from prison to probation and work. The Government hopes to increase offender participation and achievement to improve their chances of employability and lessen those of re-offending.