| Each institute offering an online program in criminal | | | | · Forensic Science |
| justice is sure to have its own syllabus. Though a few | | | | · Juvenile Justice |
| courses may be unique to certain institutes many of | | | | · Criminology |
| these are similar and may only be known by different | | | | · Corrections |
| names while their contents are more or less the same. | | | | · Security |
| A criminal justice program benefits prospective law | | | | · Community Policing |
| enforcement officers as well as social service | | | | · Aviation Security |
| workers and private investigators. All these programs | | | | · Hate Crimes and Groups |
| teach you the fundamentals of the criminal justice | | | | · Sex Crimes |
| system and help you enrich your skills in the field. The | | | | · Independent Research |
| nation's legal system and law enforcement standards | | | | · Law Enforcement Reporting and Recording |
| are given equal importance in most of these programs. | | | | · Correctional Programs: Probation and Parole |
| Languages are an important part of the course as are | | | | · Criminal Investigation |
| interpersonal skills. | | | | · Criminalistics of Cybercrime |
| Courses in the humanities, mathematics, science and | | | | · Issues in Ethics and Law |
| social sciences all figure in the syllabus. Over the years, | | | | · Psychology and the Justice System |
| the criminal justice program has also evolved and aims | | | | · Crime in America |
| at encompassing the changing scenario of crime in the | | | | · Correctional Systems and Practices |
| 21st century. Institutes now offer courses in tackling | | | | · Sociology of Law |
| terrorism, aviation security and cyber crime. | | | | In many cases the syllabus might combine traditional |
| Interrogation and interviewing techniques, emergency | | | | and the virtual method of study. All criminal justice |
| procedures, and community policing are but some of | | | | programs aim at providing students with an informed |
| the features of criminal justice programs. | | | | perspective on the components of the justice system. |
| Some of the courses taught in a criminal justice | | | | They are taught to recognize and interpret crime data |
| program are: | | | | and statistics. Students are made aware of the |
| · Introduction to Criminal Justice | | | | correctional systems and purposes of punishment. It |
| · Criminal Law | | | | helps develop an understanding of the differences |
| · Criminal Procedure | | | | between the adult and juvenile justice systems. |