Program Overview
DCI’s systems-oriented curriculum incorporates pertinent knowledge from the fields of police administration, juvenile justice, law, criminology, education, judicial and correction administration, psychology, mental health, research methodology, social services and criminal justice planning.
Special emphasis is devoted to the following subjects:
- organization and management of police juvenile services
- leadership and police administration
- investigation and disposition of juvenile offenders
- diversion and de-institutionalization
- hard core offenders and juvenile gangs
- substance abuse
- child abuse and sexual exploitation
- police programs with schools
- causal factors in juvenile delinquency
- correctional services
- juvenile justice coordination
- child development
- psychiatric interpretations of delinquent behavior
- research methodology
- crisis intervention
- juvenile law
- delinquency prevention
- current and future trends
- environmental issues
- community-oriented policing