Criminal Justice Major
The objective of the major in Criminal Justice is to provide students with an education in criminal justice that prepares them to think critically about the problems of crime and justice and to prepare them for a career in the field of law enforcement.
Crime and social deviance are multifaceted phenomena, involving both traditional criminal behaviors and domestic violence, but also encompassing more recently recognized fields such hate crimes, organizational offenses against the environment, or corporate crime. We recognize that the pursuit of justice involves not only the criminal sanctioning system of police, courts, and corrections, but also matters of justice and a variety of other social and political institutions such as regulatory systems, civil law and administrative law, alternative dispute resolution, and community initiatives.