students from Humboldt State University find an active and supportive departmental culture that surrounds coursework in criminological theory, methods, inequalities of crime and justice, law, policy, and action. Faculty members teaching in this major come from multiple disciplines central to addressing current issues facing the US systems of justice and law.
Students completing this program will have demonstrated the ability to:
- critically analyze the relationship between social inequalities and crime
- apply criminological and justice theories to specific problems of crime and justice
- construct evidence-based solutions to problems of crime and justice
- formulate appropriate research designs and analytic techniques to answer questions about the causes of crime and the application of justice
- link student community action experiences with classroom CJS training
- effectively communicate through oral and written methods.
The program prepares students to be transformative leaders in a variety of locations, from probation and legal advocacy to community activism and policy research. Students should know the CJS program at HSU is NOT a law enforcement or correctional officer training program. Instead, you will find a liberal arts program emphasizing critical thinking, theoretical application, and research experience. Employers tell us that these are all desirable skills for a variety of criminal justice related careers.
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