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Raymond Foster
Author and LAPD Lieutenant (retired)
Welcome to Our Comprehensive Guide to Criminal Justice Degree Programs
We've included career articles and interviews with criminal justice experts, professors, and recent graduates.
Our directory of accredited criminal justice programs was compiled by hand using data collected from the U.S. Department of Education and school administrators. See our research methodology for more information which contains information for each criminal justice program we identified during our research.
WHAT'S NEW AT DCJ
Adam Lankford, a professor at the Univeristy of Alabama, recently sat for an interview with DCJ.com to discuss his new book: The Myth of Martyrdom.
Interviews
Discover Criminal Justice recently sat down with Jill Spriggs; immediate past president of the American Society of Crime Lab Directors. In addition to her role in ASCLD...
Robert Costello, PhD serves as associate professor and chairperson of the Criminal Justice Department at Nassau Community College, and adjunct professor of sociology...
DCJ recently spoke with William Terrill, Associate Professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University. His research centers on police behavior...
In this interview, law enforcement legal adviser Karen Kruger of Baltimore, Maryland, sheds light on what it means to be a law enforcement legal adviser...
DCJ.com recently spoke with William E. Foote, president of the American Psychology-Law Society, who has served on the adjunct faculty of the Univ. of New Mexico...
Mark Pryor serves as a prosecutor in Austin, Texas. In addition to “catching the bad guys and letting good guys go” at his day job, Mark fills his time writing novels...
DCJ recently spoke with Simon Singer, professor at Northeastern University’s school of criminology and criminal justice. Professor Singer’s research focuses...
Adam Lankford, PhD, is a professor of criminal justice at the University of Alabama. Specializing in counter-terrorism, Dr. Lankford has written for The New York Times...
Featured Articles
Beyond Forensic Science: The Different Types of Forensics
Over the past decade, television shows such as “CSI,” “Bones,” and “Criminal Minds” have generated a significant amount of interest in criminal investigations. Yet, these programs don’t always reflect the reality of what forensic work...
Career Possibilities with a Criminal Justice Degree
A degree in Criminal Justice, either alone or in combination with other training or education, can qualify students to work in many fields. The most common fields in which criminal justice students work are law enforcement, investigation...
Criminology: Where Criminal Justice and Sociology Meet
Criminology is essentially a branch of Social Science which applies scientific principles to the study to crime, criminal behavior, and punishment. In essence, it’s a branch of behavioral science in which crime is the behavior...
High-Paying Criminal Justice Careers
Anyone contemplating working in the criminal justice field has a natural interest in which jobs pay well and which do not. That natural curiosity has to be tempered with the reality that the best paying jobs may not be the best fit...
Is a Career in Corrections Right for You?
Corrections applies to all restrictions that the government imposes on people who commit crimes: incarceration in jails or prisons, placement under formal supervision programs, rehabilitation and diversion...
Nontraditional Careers in Criminal Justice
While there are many criminal justice careers, one may wish not to go down the more common paths. If a career path such as becoming an assistant D.A. or police officer sounds too ordinary for you...
Expert Articles
Written by David R. Foran, PhD and Lisa Hebda
Forensic science refers to the application of scientific principles to establish facts for legal matters...
Introduction to Juvenile Justice
Written by Simon Singer, PhD
At the beginning of the 20th century, the idea of juvenile justice made sense to many of us Americans...
Written by Peter Moskos, PhD
There’s nothing wrong with watching cops on TV or in a movie and thinking, “I wouldn’t mind doing that kind of job.”...
Selecting the Right Criminal Justice School
Written by Robert Costello, PhD
As the number of criminal justice degree programs in higher education keeps rising...
