University of Nebraska Omaha - Tomahawk / Gateway Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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Special thanks to members of D.A.R.E., (Drug, Alcohol, Rehabilitation and Education) Nebraska Men ' s Reformatory for their cooperation. UNO students working with the group are Marie Prusa and Ethel Landrum. prevention rather than control Responding to the challenge of con- temporary urban society through... Criminal Justice. Careers in law enforcement areas and in fields of correctional service are of- fered through the Criminal Justice degree program in the College of Public Affairs and Community Service. An inter- disciplinary approach is followed using courses from sociology , psychology and political science as they relate to law enforcement and correctional administra- tion. The UNO Criminal Justice program is one of five in the nation to receive a Law Enforcement Assistance Administra- tion grant for the purpose of develop- ing a comprehensive graduate program in criminal justice. The Criminal Justice program is grounded on the perspective that the job of the police officer is much broader than preventing crime and catching law violators. The police officer ' s role is one of service-helping people in the community regardless of their problem. To be effective, the officer needs a broad, basic understanding of human nature and of the origin of those prob- lems which lead to criminal behavior. Criminal justice is increasingly being defined with a greater emphasis on crime causation and prevention rather than exclusively crime control. -,.. „■