Program Overview

About the Shady Grove Program

The University of Maryland offers one of its most popular majors, Criminology and Criminal Justice (CCJS), at the Universities at Shady Grove (USG). On the way to a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree, students focus on individual, group, and mass behavior, as well as the institutions, professions, and law that exist to address causes of and responses to crime. As a discipline, criminology and criminal justice is situated at the nexus of other social science disciplines such as sociology, psychology, and government, in addition to public law policy and legal study. Course work is accompanied by opportunities for internship, independent study, professional networking, as well as by the activities sponsored by CRIMSA, the Criminology and Criminal Justice Student Association.

Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice

The Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice is located at the University of Maryland, 2220 Samuel J. LeFrak Hall, 7251 Preinkert Drive, College Park, MD 20742.

Program Structure

• The program offers a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice.
• Course work focuses on individual, group, and mass behavior, as well as the institutions, professions, and law that exist to address causes of and responses to crime.
  • The discipline is situated at the nexus of other social science disciplines such as sociology, psychology, and government, in addition to public law policy and legal study.
• Opportunities for internship, independent study, professional networking, and activities sponsored by CRIMSA, the Criminology and Criminal Justice Student Association, are available.

Research Areas

• Racial Democracy Crime and Justice Network Small Grants Program
• Recent Publications
• Criminal Justice Policy & Practice
• Criminological Theory Development & Testing
• Emergent Issues in Crime & Justice
  • Criminology for the 21st Century
• Statistical Methods & Data Analysis

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  • Racial Democracy Crime and Justice Network Small Grants Program
  • Recent Publications
  • Criminal Justice Policy & Practice
  • Criminological Theory Development & Testing
  • Emergent Issues in Crime & Justice
    • Criminology for the 21st Century
  • Statistical Methods & Data Analysis
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