Criminal Justice Studies

Criminal justice agencies are challenged to provide efficient and effective services and respond to changing local, state, and national conditions. To be successful, justice system leaders need to think strategically, communicate locally and act ethically while developing comprehensive solutions to crime. SCSU's innovative, non-thesis, the master provides a path to excellence for current practitioners in corrections, courts, EMS, fire, law enforcement, and other public safety organizations. Academically distinctive, graduate courses emphasize leadership, communication, research and theory. Our M.S. develops students' awareness and sensitivity to present-day issues and the socio-ecological conditions that contribute to criminality and victimization. Our program builds successful justice system leaders who think strategically, communicate locally, and act ethically while developing comprehensive solutions to crime.