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2025-2026 Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Catalog

CJS 200 - Multicultural Law Enforcement

3 credit hours - Three hours weekly; one term.
Explore practical and theoretical perspectives in the field of multicultural law enforcement. Address the understanding of culture, race and ethnicity in the law enforcement field as it pertains to multicultural communities. Focus on immigration and unauthorized migrants in the United States; recruitment and retention of women and minorities; the multifaceted dimensions of diversity and its impact on law enforcement; issues related to multiracial census groups; native American tribal police; information on the mentally and physically challenged; and, multicultural issues related to terrorism, homeland security and disaster preparedness.

Location(s) Typically Offered: Arnold Main Campus (MC)

Term(s) Typically Offered: Spring

Course Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Understand the role and significance of multiculturalism in advocating on behalf of criminal justice and law enforcement.
  2. Identify the advocacy processes necessary to address institutional and social barriers that hinder access, equity, and success for people of color in the criminal justice system.
  3. Explore the multicultural and pluralistic characteristics within and among diverse groups nationally and internationally.
  4. Analyze various theories and models of multiculturalism, cultural identity development, and social justice and advocacy.
  5. Develop multicultural competencies required for effective engagement with culturally diverse populations in law enforcement and criminal justice.
  6. Recognize the impact of heritage, attitudes, beliefs, understandings, and acculturative experiences on an individual’s perception of others, particularly people of color.
  7. Evaluate the effects of power and privilege within the criminal justice system and its implications for equitable outcomes.
  8. Identify and utilize resources available for people of color within the criminal justice system.
  9. Analyze how personal, professional, and stereotypical beliefs influence the worldview of minorities in the criminal justice system.
  10. Implement strategies to identify and eliminate barriers, prejudices, and processes of intentional and unintentional oppression and discrimination.
  11. Develop strategies to promote multicultural understanding and access to a variety of community-based resources.
  12. Understand the cultural factors relevant to minorities in mental health counseling within the criminal justice system.
  13. Recognize the role of law enforcement and criminal justice practitioners as leaders, advocates, and agents of change in promoting multiculturalism and DEIA/A (diversity, equity, inclusion, anti-racism, and accessibility).