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Competency-based education: An alternative for criminal justice education?

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Over the last several years, criminal justice education In the United States has increased dramatically. Much of this growth has been in response to the needs of an evolving criminal justice field. However, there is some concern among professionals that the criminal justice system needs to be impacted more directly, and that institutions of higher learning need to be impetus for this change. To complete this task, curricula in higher education programs need to become more relevant to the needs of the system, while not ignoring the student of the educational system. This article examines the use of competency-based education (CBE) as a model that will serve the criminal justice student of today and the criminal justice system of tomorrow.

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  1. Ronald E. Vogel
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  2. Janice M. Gamache
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Vogel, R.E., Gamache, J.M. Competency-based education: An alternative for criminal justice education?. AJCJ 6, 81–95 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02888329

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