College of Southern Nevada Online, A.A. Criminal Justice

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College of Southern Nevada,
Online Campus,
6375 W. Charleston Blvd.- W2C,
Las Vegas, NV 89146,

T: (702) 651-5619,

The Associate of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice is intended to provide students with the skills, abilities and knowledge needed in order to become practitioners, to transfer to another institution, and to continue their education. The degree will provide students with a broad overview of the criminal justice system and the criminal justice process, the origin and purpose of formalized criminal laws and other methods of social control, factors that contribute to deviant behavior, methods by which crime might be controlled, and various perspectives relating to the purpose of the criminal justice system in contemporary American society.