CRIJ 6303 Ethical Decision Making: Understanding Biases and Public Perception
This course will provide students with the tools to improve in the decision making processes of criminal justice administrators and managers. In case-studies and challenging scenarios, students will engage in confronting the roles bias and racism occupy in this process, and in doing, explore why biases emerge within the field of criminal justice. Students will be challenged to evaluate the public perception phenomenon concerned with fact-based truth and virtual truth shaped by popular opinion, media coverage and/or reputation. This course will also challenge students to recognize racism, prejudice, and injustice within the field of criminal justice, and identify how to properly manage them in their decision making. Students will explore guidelines and techniques for overcoming limitations and improving the quality of ethical decision making and public perception.