Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Location: Building 51, Room 2310
Phone: (904) 620-1724
Web Address: Dr. Brenda Vose, Chair
Criminology & Criminal Justice Major
The undergraduate degree program in Criminology & Criminal Justice is broad-based in nature, stressing the interrelationships between the various components of the criminal justice system - police, courts, corrections - and familiarizing students with each of these components and their theoretical bases. The program also recognizes and builds upon the interdisciplinary nature of the field it seeks to address. Criminal justice draws together all the social and behavioral sciences, the natural sciences, the mathematical and computer sciences, and law and jurisprudence to focus on the problem of crime in society. Indeed, accreditation guidelines for post-secondary criminal justice education programs clearly specify that the curricula "must give explicit recognition to the multi-disciplinary character of the field." The 成人AV视频 program is designed to comply with that standard.
There are no specific Criminology & Criminal Justice prerequisites at the lower level, although CCJ 2002 (Crime in America) is recommended as a preparatory course for the major.
Graduate Program
Criminology & Criminal Justice education is one of the most rapidly growing fields in higher education today. Public concerns about crime, and the dramatic expansion of the criminal justice system in recent decades, have spurred a proliferation of courses in this field in colleges across the country. Jobs that did not exist two decades ago - such as victim advocates or police computer mapping specialists - continue to develop. There is a growing demand for persons with graduate level education in all sectors of the system. The Master of Science in Criminal Justice at 成人AV视频 provides an opportunity for advanced academic work in this expanding field of study.
As an interdisciplinary field, Criminology & Criminal Justice draws together all the social and behavioral sciences, natural sciences, mathematical and computer sciences, history, law and jurisprudence to focus on the problem of crime in society. The MSCJ program at 成人AV视频 is vitally concerned with the interrelationship between theory, practice and research. The program emphasizes the acquisition of professional skills that will enable students to keep abreast of new research and developments in the field long after they have completed their formal studies.