Department Certificate in Advanced Crime Analysis
Crime analysis is a central feature of modern criminal justice agencies. Many larger law enforcement agencies employ crime analysts who use technology and research to identify patterns in crime and criminal behavior. Crime analysts use crime reports, crime mapping, statistics, arrest reports, police calls, geographic data, and other resources to identify patterns and help develop solutions to ongoing problems.
The Criminology and Criminal Justice Department Certificate in Advanced Crime Analysis represents a focused study of crime mapping and analysis tools that are valued across a range of crime and justice agency settings. This online certificate program gives students hands-on experience coding, analyzing, interpreting, and presenting crime data and reports, as well as extracting relevant data from multiple sources including police homicide reports, FBI databases, corrections records, and survey data.
Working with mapping software actually used in the field, students will gain the technical and analytical skills needed to aid investigations, improve operations, and help prevent crime.
Advanced Crime Analysis Certificate Curriculum (24 credit hours)
Complete all 6 courses (24 credits).
- CCJ 330U Crime Control Strategies (4 credits)
- CCJ 335 Understanding Crime Hotspots (4 credits)
- CCJ 336 Applied Crime Mapping (4 credits)
- CCJ 340 Crime Analysis (4 credits)
- CCJ 380 Criminal Justice Research (4 credits)
- CCJ 435 Crime, Grime, & Fear (4 credits)
Up to 4 transfer credits from a regionally accredited institution may be applied towards the course requirements of the Advanced Crime Analysis Department Certificate. Transfer courses must have been taken for a letter grade, and the grade received be a “C-” or higher. Be sure to check the list of pre-approved substitution courses that transfer from your Oregon or Washington community college.
Advanced Crime Analysis is a Department Certificate issued by the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice upon successful completion of all courses. Verification of completion is provided by the Department.