Tiffin University (GCDC)/University of Bucharest
Country:
Romania
Award Date:
1999
Award Amount:
$98,289.00
Cost Share:
$86,000.00
Other Funds:
$123,947.00
Other Partners:
Council of International Programs USA (CIPUSA); Ministry of Justice; Ministry of the Interior; Ohio Department of Development; Ohio Attorney General’s Office; Office of the Governor of the State of Ohio; local police departments; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; Drug Enforcement Agency; Department of Health and Human Services; National Association of the Fraternal Order of Police; San Diego State University; Terra Community College; Ohio State University; Loyola University; Women’s Organization of Moldova; the probation center in Timisoara
This partnership created a School of Criminal Justice (SCJ) at the University of Bucharest (UB), the first of its kind in Eastern and Central Europe. The partners developed a master’s-level criminal justice course. In September 2001, UB graduated its first class of 15 master’s degree students from the SCJ. Students in the course included the general director of Romania’s prison system and members of his staff, administrators from the Ministries of Justice and Interior, and members of the police force. The partners added probation, juvenile justice, parole, and restorative justice to the curriculum, areas new to Romania’s legal landscape. Introduction to Criminal Justice, a book written by the Tiffin University partnership director, was translated into Romanian to be used as the seminal text for the program. The president and prime minister of Romania affirmed their support for expanding the master’s-level program to five other Romanian universities, including the West Timisoara University, where partner faculty will serve as visiting professors.