Graduate Bulletin 2004-2006

of New York is a liberal arts college dedicated to education, research, and service in the fields of criminal justice, fire science, and related areas of public safety and public service.It strives to endow students with the skills of critical thinking and effective communication; the perspective and moral judgment that result from liberal studies; the capacity for personal and social growth and creative problem solving that results from the ability to acquire and evaluate information; the ability to navigate advanced technological systems; and the awareness of the diverse cultural, historical, economic, and political forces that shape our society.The College is dedicated to fostering an academic environment, to promoting the highest quality of undergraduate and graduate study, and to promoting and protecting academic freedom, to promoting scholarship and encouraging research, especially in areas related to criminal justice and public service.The breadth and diversity of scholarship at the College reflect our continuing commitment to innovative analyses, interdisciplinary approaches and global perspectives.The College offers its students a curriculum that balances the arts, sciences and humanities with professional studies.It serves the community by developing graduates who have the intellectual acuity, moral commitment, and professional competence to confront the challenges of crime, justice and public safety in a free society.It seeks to inspire students, faculty, and staff to the highest ideals of citizenship and public service. OriginsJohn Jay College of Criminal Justice is the embodiment of a new concept in higher education.As the second half of the twentieth century began to unfold, civic leaders and the New York City Police Department became increasingly aware of the growing complexity of police work, not only in the internal administration and operation of the department, but also in the ongoing relations between police and the community.A response to these concerns was the establishment in 1954 of a Police Science Program, which emphasized a strong liberal arts program as the basis of a sound police education, at what was then the Baruch School of Business and Public Administration of City College.Over the next years, the program attracted increasingly larger numbers of students.By 1964, a special committee convened by the Board of Higher Education noted that "the education of the law enforcement officer, like the education of a 1 1 teacher, must provide that freeing of the mind which is the essence of a liberal arts education," and recommended the establishment of an independent degreegranting school of police science under the sole jurisdiction of the Board of Higher Education.The College of Police Science of The City University of New York was thus established, and in September 1965 it admitted its first class of students.Within a year, it became clear that the name assigned to the College did not adequately describe its character.In recognition of the objectives of broad education for law enforcement officers, professional training for those engaged in the process of criminal justice, development of leadership, and emphasis on professional achievements in public service, the College was renamed John Jay College of Criminal Justice, in honor of the first Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. John Jay (1745-1829)John Jay was born in New York City into a family descended from early Dutch settlers and French Huguenots who had come to the New World to escape religious persecution.After graduating from King's College at the age of nineteen, he was apprenticed to an attorney in the city.Four years later, he was admitted to the bar and established a practice in which he specialized in civil litigation in New York City, Westchester, and Dutchess County courts.Throughout his subsequent career as lawyer, public servant, and diplomat, John Jay was renowned for his punctilious attention to legal issues.A typical example is his crucial Address to the People of Great Britain, written in 1774 when he was a delegate to the First Continental Congress, in which he stressed the legality of the colonists' political position.A reluctant revolutionary at first, he went on to play a major role in the legal organization of the government of his home state and in the formation of the new nation.He drafted the constitution of New York State (1777) and served as the state's first chief justice (1777-78).In the sphere of national and international affairs, he was elected president of the Continental Congress (1778), appointed minister to the Spanish court (1779) and member of the American Peace Commission to Paris to negotiate the peace treaty with Great Britain (1782-82), elected Secretary for Foreign Affairs (1784-89), and named Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court by President George Washington (1789-95).As governor of New York (1795-1801), he reformed the state's penal code by abolishing flogging and restricting the death penalty to such high crimes as treason and murder, and he recommended the establishment of a penitentiary for the employment and reform of criminals.A member of his class and of his time, John Jay owned slaves.However, during an unscheduled landing in Martinique on his journey to Spain he encountered the full force of the brutality of plantation slavery.Soon after his return to the United States, while serving as the nation's Secretary for Foreign Affairs, he became president of the newly formed Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves.While governor of New York, he promoted the introduction of a bill for the gradual abolition of slavery, which was defeated by a vote of 32-30.His belief in freedom was carried on by one of his sons, who became a leading pamphleteer in the antislavery movement.John Jay's judicial positions, political career, and humanitarian concerns underscore the decision to connect his name with a college devoted to the study and practice of law enforcement, criminal justice, and public service. History and Organization of the CollegeOriginally housed at the New York City Police Academy, the College soon developed an acute need for more space.In the spring of 1967, a move to a building on Park Avenue South provided larger quarters for students and faculty.By 1970, a growing population of both students and faculty lead to the leasing of additional space.Even this expansion was inadequate, and in 1970 a site near Lincoln Center was selected as a permanent home for the College, the present North Hall at 445 West 59th Street.As time for the move to the new quarters approached, it became clear that this new building alone would not suffice, and additional space nearby, at 444 West 56th Street, became South Hall.In the summer of 1973, the College moved into these buildings which provided classrooms, laboratories, studios, library, offices, study areas, physical fitness, and sports facilities.Continuous growth in the number of students, programs, and services produced new needs for more space.In 1985, the College acquired a new facility across from North Hall at 899 Tenth Avenue, between 58th and 59th Streets.The Tenth Avenue Building, which began service in September 1988, houses a more spacious library, a new performing arts theater, new lecture halls, and a greater variety of classrooms and seminar areas.It also provides complete physical education and sports facilities, including an NCAA regulation-size swimming pool, a sophisticated cardiovascular fitness center, two full-size gymnasia, racquetball courts, and a running track.In recognition of the College's continued growth and progress, the New York State legislature and Governor have approved a five-year capital budget of $352 million for the College in order to expand its facilities.Upon completion the College will have one continuous campus.

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