Bachelor of Arts - Criminal Justice

PLU’s degree in criminal justice will prepare students to enter fields eager to welcome a new generation of practitioners, including law, policing, corrections, and victim services and advocacy. Students of criminal justice at Pacific Lutheran University will investigate theories of criminal offending, the functioning of the criminal justice system, and the experiences of crime victims. This sociologically-informed criminal justice program emphasizes an understanding of the social and structural contexts in which crime and criminal justice systems take place.