• The criminology and criminal justice major focuses on issues related to crime, criminal justice, and society from a broad sociological perspective.
  • Students explore the nature of criminal behavior and its causes, while critically evaluating society’s responses to crime.
  • Courses in the major emphasize social scientific theories and research methods while examining a range of topics pertinent to crime and justice: race, class, and gender disparities; structural and institutional racism; criminalization; punishment and reentry; criminal justice ethics; mental illness; substance abuse; immigration; politics; and reimagining criminal justice as a response to crime and deviance.