Criminal Justice Studies (BA,BS)

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Criminal justice studies is a multidisciplinary degree program with a strong academic foundation in the liberal arts. General topic studies include:

Theories of crime and delinquency
Origins and development of criminal law and procedure
Functions and operations of criminal justice agencies in America, including the criminal justice response to juvenile offenders
Prevention of crime and delinquency
Privatization in corrections and policing
Nature, meaning and purpose of criminal punishment
Nature and impact of criminal justice policy
Relationship between criminal justice and human diversity

What can I do with a degree in criminal justice?

In recent years, career opportunities in fields linked with criminal justice have shown steady growth. While some jobs do not require a university degree, many do, and a degree almost always improves a person’s chances for promotions and other career advancement. Because the criminal justice program at SIUE rests on a strong academic foundation, a wide variety of occupations will be accessible to graduates.

Graduates of the criminal justice program will be well prepared for a wide variety of careers preventing crime and delinquency, working to repair lives that are touched by crime, and so much more:

Law Enforcement
Courts/Law
Corrections
Federal Agencies
State and Local Agencies