New major available in Criminal Justice Department
Hy Israel Pa»e
Cups & rubbers, llangiii* iudge. Pig.
(iooti guys versus (he bad guys.
Cod I at he r. C'luiiies Manson. Gang
biisic'i's, busted, drug bust, And
Smokey Pear.
Between the slang, the slander and
the olt'icialese is a whole system called
Criminal Justice.. It is cops, courts and
prisons--a system that tt>uches every one
of us daily, and yet a system that is
deeply troubled and dangerously
Iragmenled at a lime when the high
crime rate is a national scandal.
Millions oT dollars have been spcjit
on helicopters and S.W.A.T. teams--a
whole plethora ol" paramilitary hardware
while most of us fear walking in
downlcwn Charlotte at night.
What to do? ilow to gel it together?
Below the surlace ol three-paragraph
news stories about w h o
robbed-ra'ped-st ole from-murdered
whom, below all that lies a complicated
structure that relates the beat patrolman
to the parole repeater and the parole
ollicer to the state legislator.
Traditionally tlic crime rate has been
blamed on the police (tor) unresponsive
Ol too responsive), the courts (too
lenient, too liarsh. loo slow, loo fast), or
Iho prisons (too small, too big. terms tr)o
long or tor) short). With the advent of
academic level criminal justice training
now issues are emerging involving the
political and cultural background and the
social pressures relating to criminal and
deliiHiuent behavior. "The most enduring
problems lacing llie criminal juslico
svs(em...are political." says a report
published by the National Commission
on Criminal Justice Standards and Cioals.
Coping with these political issues will
'oqiiiie a leadership cadre of Criminal
Justice prolessionals trained in sociologv.
psychology, economics, political science
and administration.
Since 1970 UNCC has otiered
^.ouises in its Law Hnl'orcemeiu and
Administration program. From a scant
-'U in-service police olficers the program
has grown to 161-plus majors,
C'oine spring, UNCC’s Criminal
Justice Program will offer a Bachelor
of Science Degree Says Dr. Reed
Adams, the program’s Director, ‘'We're
not trying to train police." lie feels the
usual offering of police science courses
covers the vocational needs of police.
Rather, he is offering a program that
deals with "(1) the study of the
psychological, cultural, political,
economic, and social causes of criminal
and delinquent behavior. (2) the analysis
of the system of institutions designed to
prevent and control crime and
dclinqueiicy. and (3) examination of
interactions between offenders and those
institutions which seek to identify,
apprehend, prosecute and rehabilitate
them.” Ambitious, to say the least.
Interestingly, UNCC Criminal Justice
majors can get up to 12 hours of police
science courses at Central Piedmont
Community College while, remaining
active majors in the 30-hour Criminal
Justice program.
For those interested in Criminal
Justice as a major but who may not want
to pursue a career in the field the
program offers a diversity of subjects,
drawing on the departments of
Economics, Social Sciences, Political
Science and Psychology. On the other
hand, take a look at these recommended
reforms put forth by the National
Commission on Criminal Justice
Standards and Goals; "(1) within a
decade all police officers hold a
baccalaureate degree, (2) that law
enforcement agencies significantly
expand their community relations
activities, (3) the development of a broad
system of community based corrections
to replace traditional incarceration, and
(4) the application of modern
management techniques to the
administration of justice.” In short, the
field is fairly bursting with opportunities.
Tenure Policies, Regulations and
By Michael Evans
The Board of Trustees accepted the
Tenure Policies. Regulations and
Procedures of the Lhiiversity of North
(’arolina at Charlotte as proposed by the
Tenure Committee. The Tenure
Committee consists of Dr. Mary Embry,
chairman. Dr. Jerry Stone and Dr. Ben
Romine (who also served on the first
Tenure Committee two years ago).
Chancellor D. W. Colvard said there
were some differences between the
document.passed two years ago and the
proposed one. lie fell the most important
difference was the fact that "in cases of
non-reappointmeni. reasons do not have
to be stated. However, there is an apf*eals
procedure set up in the document."
The document was circulated to the
faculty during February of 1975 and
discussion meetings were later held in
each of the colleges. The Chancellor
received the document on October 13.
Colvard siiid. "We have. I think, a good
document. One which the committee has
recommended to me and 1 recommend to
you (the Board).”
Chairman Addison Reese had
questions on the use of the term
competence in some areas and on the area
of dismissals. Colvard explained that, in
the past, when a teacher’s competence
has been seriously questioned, the person
has always resigned before official
proceedings were necesary. He added,
“The largest percentage of our faculty is
sufficiently committed to quality
teaching-.’’
Student Body President Jamie
Stomple questioned the implications of a
statement under "Academic Freedoms”
which stated. "The University of North
Carolina at Charlotte will not penalize or
discipline members of the faculty because
ol the exercise ol academic freedom in
the lawful pursuit of their respective areas
ol scholarly and professional interest and
respojisibility." Stemple suggested the
document add. "or their political and
social heliets." following the term
"academic treedom” in the statement.
Procedures accepted
Stemple said there had been many
rumors of faculty members who had been
Tired because of their political beliefs.
Colvard assured Stemple that no faculty
member had been released because of
political reasons.
In other business, acting Vice
Chancellor for Business Affairs, Barry
Lesley, said President William Friday (of
the L'niversity of North Carolina system)
recommended a number of capital
improvement projects for the university.
“We have received SI45.000 to extend
our electrical distribution system to
backfeed every building on campus and
cut down on the number of blackouts.
We also have SIOO.OOO lor an addition to
the boiler plant and S8500 to connect tlie
boiler plant to the sewer system." said
Lesley.
Lesley said the fuel arrangement for
the campus "looked good." The school
has storage room for 100,000 gallons of
tuel oil and Lesley said the tanks were
being kept full.