{"id":766,"date":"2022-07-20T16:19:16","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T16:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/criminaljustice\/?page_id=766"},"modified":"2026-04-08T18:37:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:37:41","slug":"graduate-certification","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/criminal-justice\/graduate-certification\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Certificate in Crime Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/criminal-justice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2022\/07\/4.png\" alt=\"People analyzing photos and notes on a wall.\" class=\"wp-image-768\" style=\"width:450px;height:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/criminal-justice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2022\/07\/4.png 900w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/criminal-justice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2022\/07\/4-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/criminal-justice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2022\/07\/4-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/criminal-justice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2022\/07\/4-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Graduate Certificate in Crime Analysis provides graduate students with the essential skills needed by law enforcement agencies to meet the new demands for predictive and analytical policing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Graduate Certificate in Crime Analysis offers advanced hands-on skills necessary for data-driven management, investigative support, and general crime analysis. Theoretical aspects of crime pattern analysis are combined with practical applications to understand the development of analytical and predictive policing techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students learn to synthesize criminological theory and application of industry-standard software to develop and perform complex crime analysis and mapping; perform advanced spatial analyses of crime and create customized agency-specific crime analysis and mapping applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opened to criminal justice majors. Those who are interested in getting the certificate without enrolling in a graduate program can do so through the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/epay.tarleton.edu\/C20203_ustores\/web\/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=1478\">Continuing Education program.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This certificate was developed in partnership with the Texas Law Enforcement Analyst Network (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.txlean.com\/\">TXLEAN<\/a>), the Texas chapter of the International Associations for the Crime Analysts (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iaca.net\/\">IACA<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"curriculum-cd8f640c-e8e3-4e57-98e8-28a9d4ac137a\">Curriculum<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Graduate Certificate in Crime Analysis consists of four required courses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Total Credit Hours Required: 12 Credit Hours<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Graduate Certificate can be completed fully online in two semesters (excluding the summer semester).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"required-courses-a472a78b-c5e6-4baf-8f55-8ef54ca82492\">Required courses:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>CRIJ 5300. Statistical Methods for Criminal Justice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CRIJ 5363. Introduction to Crime Mapping<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CRIJ 5364. Introduction to Crime Analysis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CRIJ 5398. Research Methods I<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Graduate Certificate in Crime Analysis provides graduate students with the essential skills needed by law enforcement agencies to meet the new demands for predictive and analytical policing. 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