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by Guy Tannen

The criminology depart-
ment has been growing over
the past few years since its
first introduction into the
Douglas College curriculum
in 1971.

The man behind this prog-

| ram is Jack Ferguson.

Ferguson retired as a staff
inspector from the Vancouv-
er police force when the
Douglas College administra-
tion offered him a position as
head of the criminology de-
partment. The department

previously run by Lyle
Howard, was ofiginauy
entitled ‘‘Law Enforce-
ment’’.~” F “2

When asked why he took
the. job Ferguson said: '‘It
offered a chance at a new
career.’’ He said he felt he
could help in a different way,
not more or less as head of
the department.

The program has come a
long way since its introduc-
tion; from a_ handfull of
students to over 300 students

3 by Brian Jones

offering a Masters Degree in
Criminology at Douglas Col-
lege during an open meeting
here in October.

The degree course will be
the same as that offered at
Nova University in the Unit-
ed States, but would be
injected with Canadian con-
tent, said Jack Ferguson,
head of the criminology de-

cont’d from page 2
chairman of the University

| Board of Governors, Ray

Parkinson.

“In fact, she is asking for
less of an guarantee than any
other staff member has been
entitled to-she’s not expect-
ing to retain her post at the
university.”’

Although some members
of the riding think otherwise,
Parkinson said Jewett’s de-
cision was no surprise. She

informed the Board of Goy-
ernors a few weeks ago that

| she was seeking the nomi-

nation.
McGeer, reached in Ed-
monton where he is attend-

| ing a meeting of provincial
| education ministers, said he

welcome Jewett’s participa-
tion as a university faculty
‘member and noted that he,
himself, had been a member
of a faculty while sitting in
the legislature.

Hewett’s twenty-five year
old opponent is a former

president of the B.C. Young

| New Democrats who went to

school in the riding and now
lives there.

 

A Florida university will
‘discuss’ the possibility of —

enrolled in twenty courses.

The instructors who teach
courses in thse programs
have varied backgrounds:

psychologists, social work-
ers, parole officers and law-
yers. The wide variety of

skills ensure that ‘‘students
hopefully come out of the
program with a complete
awareness of why and how
the justice system is like it
is,’’ Ferguson said.
Ferguson said there is' a
need for two groups of
people coming out of Doug-
las College today. One is a

career program in criminal
justice while the second is a
university transfer program
in criminology. Certain
courses may be taken in
rither program. The career
rogram offers both a certif-
icate in criminal justice and a
diploma of associate in crim-
inal justice. The certificate
program requires the equiv-
alent of one of two semesters

partment.
Douglas College will not be

in-charge of any facet of the —

course, except to supply the
facilities to hold the classes.

Ferguson said the require-
ments for the course would
be set by Nova, but added
that a BA in the science field

may not be necessary. A
Douglas College certificate,
as well as practical exper-

ience in the criminology field
may be sufficient to enter the

Jewett plays with

There has been concern
that Robinson’s age could
hinder hischances but he
disagrees: ‘“‘If anything, I
think it’s an advantage,”’
said the youthful nominee.
“I’ve done a lot of work in
this community and I think
most people realize that.’’

Robinson would not com-
ment further on Jewett’s
last-minute decision, and in-
stead ‘‘welcome her to the
party but warned about
“‘Trudeau’s phoney, divis-
ionary tactics on national
unity.”’

The new Burnaby riding is
considered a_ high-priority
riding for the NDP.

The 1974 election figures,
under re-distribution, give
the NDP 40 per cent of the
vote. As a result, the party
says it will be pouring a great
deal of its energy into the

new riding during the elect-
ion campaign, including ad-
ditional staffing and resour-
ces.

Joyce Nash, the NDP’s
assistant provincial secretary
and immediate past presi-
dent of the federal NDP, said

of full-time attendance. The
diploma program is the
equivalent to two years of
four semesters of full-time
attendance.

The diploma program or the
certificate program in the
career area are recommend-
ed for those students who
wish to pursue a career in the
criminal justice system.
These programs not only

prepare the student in a very
practical way for entry into
employment at the basic
levels, but also contain a
large percentage of courses

for university transfer. This
will enable the student to
return on a part-time basis to
complete his education while
employed in the justice sys-
tem. .

The diploma program is
arranged in such a way as to
offer the student a choice of
courses in the law enforce-
ment and corrections op-
tions.

- Possible Masters at
Douglas

program, but that would be
up to the discretion of the
Nova people, he said.

of Nova University.

Those interested in attend-
ing the meeting should
phone the criminology de-
partment at 521-4851 (local
28) for further information.

More of the details will be
worked out during the meet-
ing on Oct. 11 at 7:30 p.m.
between the Douglas College
criminology department and
the criminology department

politics

she agrees with Robinson
that some NDPers might
resent Jewett for joining the
party at the last minute
without building a reputation
as a hard-working party
member.

‘‘She could be on the front
page of the Vancouver Sun
or four weeks, but, (people
will say), ‘I didn’t see her at

the pot luck supper’.

According to the NDP’s
constitution, Jewett is eligi-
ble to seek the nomination
although she would not be
permitted to vote on the
matter. Voting members
must be Sonat up 60 days in
advance of nomination
meetings, but there is not
such requirement for those
seeking the votes.

If Jewett does win the
nomination, and is elected in
the next federal election,
SFU will have to make a quick
decision on replacing her.

The Board of Governors is
no doubt already searching
through every college faculty

.list from hereto Samoa for a

new president.

The university transfer
program leads to the diploma:
of associate in the Crimino-
logy and is designed to
enable the student to trans-
fer a full two years (60

credits) towards a major in
criminology at Simon Fraser
University.

 

Criminology continues to expand

In addition however, many
of the courses have transfer
credits to the other depart-

ments at SFU and to UBC
and the University of Victor-
ia. Criminology courses are
useful and interesting as
transferable electives for the
students in other programs.

 

Criminology department head Jack Ferguson

 

Hired guns
guard
bookstore

SASKATOON (CUP —

University of Saskatchewan
students who wait through
long lineups at the university
bookstore are being met at’
the end of the line by a
private security guard armed’
with a gun.

Some students, angered by
the unnecessary presence of
a weapon on the campus,
have complained to the book
store management and the
university student news
paper, the Sheaf.

Bookstore manager Don
Bates, said he hired the
armed guard of Flaman In
vestigation and Security Itd.,
not to intimidate students,
but to act as ‘‘a deterrent to
any guy looking for a big
score. ‘*

He claimed that an estima
ted $1 million in book sales
during the month of Septem
ber, and an estimated $15-
20,000 losses due to theft last
year, warranted hiring the
armed guard.

Involvment meetings

“‘Twould like to stress that
the gun is being used as a
deterrent to any off-campus
guys looking for an easy job.
The gun is not being carried
to intimidate the students,‘
Bates said. He added the.
store has been lax in the past
about theft protection, and
admitted that no one has
been prosecuted for theft
from the bookstore during
the last five years.

A spokesperson for another
Saskatoon security firm, Met
ropolitan Investigation Secu
rity Ltd., said Metropolitan
guards never carry or display
weapons as part of the
company's | policy of*‘avoid
ing any conflict that a visible
weapon may provoke. *‘

The spokesperson cited the
July shooting of eight stri-
king workers by security
guards. at a Robin Hood
Multifoods mill in Quebec as
an example of what can
happen when guards carry
weapons.

struck by apathy

The campus involvement
meetings, held on Coquitlam
and Richmond campuses du-
ring the past week, were a
roaring success, one interes-
ted student showed up at the
Coquitlam meeting. The Ri-
chmond campus ran a close
second. No-one showed up.

“I don‘t attribute anything
to apathy,‘‘ said Student
Council president Dave Joh-
nson. ‘‘The problem of non--

Participation is a circular
one. There are no student
representatives on these ca-
mpuses, and therefore there
is no visibility of the student
society. As a result no one
becomes involved in organi--
zing activities.‘

Nominations are now com-
ing in for representatives for

Richmond and Coquitlam, so _

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