Criminal justice is an exciting, multidisciplinary field of study ? the discipline incorporates the core foundations of justice, ethnic and racial studies, gender issues, the courts and judicial opinions, as well as legislative and policy considerations. If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding career in criminal justice, here are just a few of the opportunities in the field:?
- addictions counseling
- corrections
- crime policy analysis
- foreign language interpreting
- vocational and educational assessment and training for criminal offenders
- law enforcement
- legal work
- homeland security
- intelligence analysis
- victims? rights advocacy?
The program?s curriculum is divided into three areas of study: criminalization (the creation and enforcement of criminal law); criminality (the causes, correlates and amounts of crime); and corrections (the punishment and treatment of offenders). You?ll learn from instructors who have lived what they?re teaching ? experts with doctoral degrees who have worked as probation officers, criminal profilers and murder trial consultants. You?ll also put what you learn into practice: students may earn up to nine credits through internships in local, state or federal criminal justice agencies.
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