Synopses & Reviews
The rise of academic criminal justice programs from their beginnings at the University of California in the 1930s through the split into academic and vocational models during the later decades are described in this work. Academic politics and politicians are emphasized. The academic infighting in developing programs, and input from various other disciplines to the field are described. The work is addressed to professors of criminal justice, criminology, sociology, political science, and education.
Review
[I]f one believes a thorough knowledge of the historical development of the criminal justice discipline can be a benefit to an academic advisor or if one has an interest in this field beyond a casual curiosity, this publication is well worth the time spent to read it.NACADA Journal
Synopsis
The rise of academic criminal justice from its beginnings at the University of California through its split into academic verses vocational models.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-227) and index.
About the Author
FRANK MORN is Professor of Criminal Justice Sciences at the Illinois State University.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Academic Politics and Professionalism, 1870-1930
Progressivism and Police Education
V-Men and Models of Police Education
Berkeley Renaissance
International Association of Police Professors
The Fall of the School of Criminology at Berkeley
A Tale of Two Campuses: Criminal Justice Education in New York
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, I
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, II
Notes
Bibliography