Bachelor of Arts - Criminal Justice

Program Description

• Understand theories of crime, victimization, and criminal justice (i.e., theories about social bonds, learning, social control, conflict, labeling, rehabilitation, treatment, and punishment).
• Think critically about crime, victimization, and criminal justice (i.e., be able to apply, critique, compare, and integrate knowledge in the area).
• Understand how race/ethnicity, gender, wealth, and power are related to crime, victimization, and criminal justice.
• Understand and be able to use basic social science research methods, as well as those most relevant to the study of crime, victimization, and criminal justice.
• Be familiar with career paths in the criminal justice system, and make career choices that best fit their career interests.
• Make appropriate decisions, think creatively and be able to express themselves in written and oral communication to supervisors and clients.