Smart Justice: Integrating ArcGIS to Bridge Curriculum and Professional Practice
Start Date
November 2025
End Date
November 2025
Keywords
ArcGIS, Geospatial Software, Curriculum Integration, Graduate, Online Leaning, Experiential, Applied Learning, Interdisciplinary Learning Tool, Crime, Criminal Justice
Abstract
This presentation demonstrates how ArcGIS can be integrated as a learning tool within online graduate criminal justice courses, enriching instruction and fostering transferable professional skills. ArcGIS is a powerful geospatial software used by researchers and criminal justice professionals to analyze patterns of crime and their impact on policing, reintegration, urban design and other justice-related issues. Incorporating ArcGIS in the curriculum connects theory with practice and equips graduates with the necessary skills for modern criminal justice professionals.
Learning Outcomes
1. Understand the key features of ArcGIS software in building a whole class project focused on crime analysis.
2. Demonstrate how ArcGIS can be used to investigate complex criminal justice issues experientially and academically.
3. Discuss the value of a geospatial class project in building transferable professional skills.
Track
Learning Design
Session Type
25-Minute Session
Smart Justice: Integrating ArcGIS to Bridge Curriculum and Professional Practice
This presentation demonstrates how ArcGIS can be integrated as a learning tool within online graduate criminal justice courses, enriching instruction and fostering transferable professional skills. ArcGIS is a powerful geospatial software used by researchers and criminal justice professionals to analyze patterns of crime and their impact on policing, reintegration, urban design and other justice-related issues. Incorporating ArcGIS in the curriculum connects theory with practice and equips graduates with the necessary skills for modern criminal justice professionals.