Criminal Justice Team Wins Fifth Consecutive National Title
Rachel J. Whitfield/ Muleskinner
Issue date: 4/5/07 Section: News
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Central's Gamma Epsilon Delta chapter of the American Criminal Justice Association (ACJA) Lambda Alpha Epsilon (LAE), won their fifth consecutive national conference.
LAE is a criminal justice fraternity with chapters across the nation comprised of individuals who are studying, working or have worked in the field of criminal justice.
The national conference was held March 18-23 in Wilmington, Del.
"The national conference gives the students a good opportunity to interact with those currently working in the criminal justice field and to compete against other chapters," said Roger Pennel, faculty adviser.
This year, 44 Central students and three faculty members went to the competition at the national conference.
"It's similar to an academic conference, but the only difference is you're competing," said President Jessica Nelson, senior criminal justice major. "There were about 440 participants at this year's conference."
There are several different categories in which individuals and teams compete at various skill levels, such as academics, firearms, physical agility and crime scene investigation.
"The competition consists of written exams over subject areas that they have studied [criminal law, police management, juvenile justice, corrections and ACJA/LAE knowledge], " Pennel said.
Prior to the competition, they began studying for the written exam with academic study groups and practice shooting.
"For the academic portion, you just take a written exam in a room full of people," Nelson said. "The firearms portion judges shooting skills; we get on the range and shoot, and the scores are combined to calculate the team's score, with three people on a team."
"In the academic testing, there are three divisions; the lower division, individuals with 70 semester hours or less, the upper division, individuals over 70 semester hours, and the professional division includes faculty and those employed in the field of criminal justice," Pennel said.
LAE is a criminal justice fraternity with chapters across the nation comprised of individuals who are studying, working or have worked in the field of criminal justice.
The national conference was held March 18-23 in Wilmington, Del.
"The national conference gives the students a good opportunity to interact with those currently working in the criminal justice field and to compete against other chapters," said Roger Pennel, faculty adviser.
This year, 44 Central students and three faculty members went to the competition at the national conference.
"It's similar to an academic conference, but the only difference is you're competing," said President Jessica Nelson, senior criminal justice major. "There were about 440 participants at this year's conference."
There are several different categories in which individuals and teams compete at various skill levels, such as academics, firearms, physical agility and crime scene investigation.
"The competition consists of written exams over subject areas that they have studied [criminal law, police management, juvenile justice, corrections and ACJA/LAE knowledge], " Pennel said.
Prior to the competition, they began studying for the written exam with academic study groups and practice shooting.
"For the academic portion, you just take a written exam in a room full of people," Nelson said. "The firearms portion judges shooting skills; we get on the range and shoot, and the scores are combined to calculate the team's score, with three people on a team."
"In the academic testing, there are three divisions; the lower division, individuals with 70 semester hours or less, the upper division, individuals over 70 semester hours, and the professional division includes faculty and those employed in the field of criminal justice," Pennel said.
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