About the Program

The purpose of GBC's Criminal Justice Program is to assist
students in the understanding of the intersection of biography
and history within social stuctures related to the criminal
justice system, as well as how to be a reflective,proficient
and active agent within these systems.

Graduates of the AAS in Criminal Justice Corrections degreee
program will have the knowledge and skills to:

*Identify and anlayze the major components of the American
criminal justice system.
*Describe and analyze the legal framework within which the
criminal justice system is embedded.
*Critically analyze factors involved in the relationships
among justice system professionals, the clientele of the
justice system, and the public.
*Describe and evaluate the historical factors affecting the
structure of the criminal justice system.
*Understand supervision theories of rehabilitation and
retribution and ther application to offenders.
*Understand and apply state and federal law to corrections
situations.

 

Program Faculty

Don Zumwalt

Criminal Justice Program Advisor and Chief of Police, Elko Police Dept

Danny Gonzales, Ph.D,

Political Science Instructor and Social Science Department Chairman

Stephen Baker, Ph.D,

Adjunct faculty and Retired Commander of the Mesa, Arizona Police Department

Wil Lehmann

Adjunct faculty, Captain Elko Police Department

Andrew Mierins

Adjunct faculty and Deputy Public Defender

Mason Simons

Adjunct faculty and Family Court Master

Heather Plager

Adjunct faculty and Unit Manager, Nevada Youth Parole Bureau

Kristie Tacadina

Adjunct faculty and Elko County Juvenile Probation Officer

Mark Mills

Adjunct faculty and Deputy District Attorney

John Winters

Adjunct faculty and Sergeant, Parole and Probation of Northern Command, Rural in Pahrump, Nevada

Christina Tripp

Adjunct faculty and Case Worker for Nevada Department of Corrections

For More Information, Contact

Don Zumwalt: 775-753-2348, donz(a)gwmail.gbcnv.edu

Tammi Cavender: 775-753-2244, tammic(a)gwmail.gbcnv.edu

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