Criminal Justice and Public Policy (CJPP)
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, and the Department of Political Science, College of Social and Applied Human Sciences
Criminal Justice and Public Policy is offered as a minor in the honours program and as a major in the honours program. It is designed to provide students seeking a career in the criminal justice system, or planning to pursue an advanced degree with a knowledge base that will enable them to pursue their career objectives. The program offers a unique blend of sociological courses dealing with the criminal justice system as well as courses in Political Science dealing with public policy formation and implementation. It also provides students with the conceptual and methodological tools needed for further study.
Note: admission, including internal or external transfer, to the Criminal Justice and Public Policy minor has been suspended. For more information, please contact the CJPP Program.
Foundation Courses
Code | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
POLS*2300 | Canadian Government and Politics | 0.50 |
POLS*2350 | Law from a Political Science Perspective | 0.50 |
SOAN*2120 | Introductory Methods | 0.50 |
SOC*1500 | Crime and Criminal Justice | 0.50 |
SOC*2700 | Criminological Theory | 0.50 |
POLS*2230 | Public Policy | 0.50 |
or POLS*2250 | Public Administration and Governance |
Students are encouraged to complete the foundation courses in their first 10.00 credits of study.
Students who wish to declare the CJPP major may apply once after having completed the six foundation courses above. Students must apply directly to the program (cjpp@uoguelph.ca) by June 1.Admission to the specialization will be based on the average in the six foundation courses. Acceptance will be competitive based on available spaces, which will vary from year to year. Students with an overall average below 70% in the six foundation courses will not be considered for admission to the major. All decisions will be made at the end of June.
Students from other institutions who transfer to the University of Guelph and wish to declare the CJPP major must also meet the above requirements. If external transfer students are granted credit for one or more of the foundation courses listed above, then they must attain an overall average of 70% or better in the remaining required CJPP foundation courses.
Learning Outcomes
Graduates of the Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice and Public Policy program will demonstrate the ability to:
- Understand the development and functions of major criminal justice institutions (e.g., police, courts, corrections) and the alternatives to the formal system, the activities of actors within these institutions, and how they relate to one another within the broader social, political, and economic world.
- Describe the central institutions and processes of government, the legal system, policymaking, and civic engagement in Canada.
- Evaluate diverse perspectives about local, national, or transnational political issues.
- Apply theories related to the practices and policies of the criminal justice system and its major institutions from multidisciplinary perspectives.
- Evaluate the mechanisms, correlates, theoretical underpinnings, and situational contexts of crime, criminal behaviour and opportunity, and techniques for prevention and treatment.
- Evaluate the disciplinary limits of knowledge about the causes and consequences of crime.
- Conduct research in criminal justice and public policy with appropriate qualitative and quantitative methodologies.
- Communicate effectively and professionally in written and oral forms using appropriate terminology and technology.
Major (Honours Program)
A minimum of 9.00 credits is required, including:
Code | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
PHIL*1010 | Social and Political Issues | 0.50 |
POLS*2230 | Public Policy | 0.50 |
or POLS*2250 | Public Administration and Governance | |
POLS*2300 | Canadian Government and Politics | 0.50 |
POLS*2350 | Law from a Political Science Perspective | 0.50 |
POLS*3300 | Governing Criminal Justice | 0.50 |
POLS*3650 | Quantitative Methods of Data Analysis | 0.50 |
or SOAN*3120 | Quantitative Methods | |
SOAN*2120 | Introductory Methods | 0.50 |
SOC*1500 | Crime and Criminal Justice | 0.50 |
SOC*2700 | Criminological Theory | 0.50 |
Select 1.50 credits from the following: | ||
SOC*2070 | Social Deviance | 0.50 |
SOC*2760 | Homicide | 0.50 |
SOC*3490 | Law and Society | 0.50 |
SOC*3710 | Youth Justice | 0.50 |
SOC*3730 | Courts and Society | 0.50 |
SOC*3740 | Corrections and Penology | 0.50 |
SOC*3750 | Police in Society | 0.50 |
Select 1.00 credits from the following: | ||
POLS*3130 | Law, Politics and Judicial Process | 0.50 |
POLS*3140 | Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms | 0.50 |
POLS*3210 | The Constitution and Canadian Federalism | 0.50 |
POLS*3250 | Public Policy: Challenges and Prospects | 0.50 |
POLS*3670 | Comparative Public Policy | 0.50 |
Select 0.50 credits from the following: | ||
HIST*3130 | Popular Culture and Punishment, 1700-1900 | 0.50 |
PHIL*3040 | Philosophy of Law | 0.50 |
PHIL*3230 | Theories of Justice | 0.50 |
PSYC*3020 | Psychology of Law | 0.50 |
Select 1.50 credits from the following: | ||
POLS*4020 | Global Law and Courts | 1.00 |
POLS*4040 | Advanced Lecture in Global Law and Courts | 0.50 |
POLS*4050 | Advanced Topics in Law and Politics | 1.00 |
POLS*4060 | Advanced Topics Lecture in Law and Politics | 0.50 |
POLS*4070 | Courts and Parliament | 1.00 |
POLS*4100 | Women, Justice and Public Policy | 1.00 |
POLS*4110 | Criminal Justice Policy and Law | 1.00 |
POLS*4130 | Advanced Lecture in Criminal Justice Policy | 0.50 |
POLS*4160 | Multi-Level Governance in Canada | 1.00 |
POLS*4250 | Topics in Public Management | 1.00 |
POLS*4260 | Topics in Public Policy | 1.00 |
POLS*4270 | Advanced Lecture in Public Management | 0.50 |
POLS*4280 | Advanced Lecture in Public Policy | 0.50 |
POLS*4310 | Advanced Lecture in Women, Justice and Public Policy | 0.50 |
POLS*4740 | Advanced Topics in Rights and Liberties | 1.00 |
POLS*4780 | Advanced Lecture in Rights and Liberties | 0.50 |
POLS*4970 | Honours Political Science Research I | 0.50 |
POLS*4980 | Honours Political Science Research II | 0.50 |
SOC*4010 | Violence and Society | 0.50 |
SOC*4030 | Advanced Topics in Criminology | 0.50 |
SOC*4130 | Advanced Seminar in Violence and Society | 1.00 |
SOC*4140 | Victimology | 1.00 |
SOC*4150 | Youth and Violence | 1.00 |
SOC*4170 | Violence Against Women and Gendered Violence | 1.00 |
SOC*4200 | Advanced Topics in Criminal Justice | 0.50 |
SOC*4320 | Advanced Seminar in Criminal Justice | 1.00 |
SOC*4330 | Miscarriages of Justice | 1.00 |
SOC*4340 | Women and the Criminal Justice System | 1.00 |
SOC*4350 | Drugs and Society | 1.00 |
SOC*4460 | Advanced Seminar in Criminology | 1.00 |
SOC*4470 | Youth in Conflict with the Law | 1.00 |
SOC*4480 | Moral Regulation | 1.00 |
SOC*4490 | Advanced Theory and Methods in Criminology | 1.00 |
SOC*4500 | Crime and Social Exclusion | 1.00 |
SOC*4900 | Honours Sociology Thesis I | 0.50 |
SOC*4910 | Honours Sociology Thesis II | 0.50 |
Minor (Honours Program)
Note: admission, including internal or external transfer, to the Criminal Justice and Public Policy minor has been suspended. For more information, please contact the CJPP Program.
A minimum of 5.00 credits is required, including:
Code | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
PHIL*1010 | Social and Political Issues | 0.50 |
POLS*2230 | Public Policy | 0.50 |
or POLS*2250 | Public Administration and Governance | |
POLS*2300 | Canadian Government and Politics | 0.50 |
POLS*2350 | Law from a Political Science Perspective | 0.50 |
SOAN*2120 | Introductory Methods | 0.50 |
SOC*1500 | Crime and Criminal Justice | 0.50 |
SOC*2700 | Criminological Theory | 0.50 |
Select 1.50 credits from the following list, including 0.50 SOC and 0.50 POLS: | ||
POLS*3130 | Law, Politics and Judicial Process | 0.50 |
POLS*3210 | The Constitution and Canadian Federalism | 0.50 |
POLS*3300 | Governing Criminal Justice | 0.50 |
POLS*3250 | Public Policy: Challenges and Prospects | 0.50 |
POLS*3670 | Comparative Public Policy | 0.50 |
SOC*2070 | Social Deviance | 0.50 |
SOC*2760 | Homicide | 0.50 |
SOC*3490 | Law and Society | 0.50 |
SOC*3710 | Youth Justice | 0.50 |
SOC*3730 | Courts and Society | 0.50 |
SOC*3740 | Corrections and Penology | 0.50 |
SOC*3750 | Police in Society | 0.50 |