Investment in education boosts police managerial skills
Posted on 01. Apr, 2010 by admin in Criminology
A recent academic article from the United States has explored the value of a criminal justice degree to police officers and the way in which it has the potential to assist with conceptual and managerial skills in addition to subject related expertise.
Published in Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management in 2007, the author Philip Carlan finds that officers felt that the degree substantially improved their knowledge of criminal justice areas and their abilities with regard to conceptual and managerial skills. Officers felt that their studies had played a key role in the furtherance of their knowledge of law and criminal justice. Improvements were also felt in communication skills, critical thinking skills, administration skills and human relations skills.
A recent report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development recently highlighted the importance of higher education in these uncertain economic times. “As we emerge from the global economic crisis, demand for university education will be higher than ever,” OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría said. “To the extent that institutions are able to respond, investments in human capital will contribute to recovery.” They go on to say that graduates benefit from higher salaries, better health and less vulnerability to unemployment.
Studying part time and via the medium of distance learning, students can continue with their current job and can at the same time be safe in the knowledge that they are doing what they can to further their professional development. With a long history of delivering distance learning degrees to the justice sector, theInstitute of Criminal Justice Studies ensures the support is there when it is needed.
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MSc International Criminal Justice (fully online)
MSc Policing, Policy and Leadership (fully online)
