Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Program Director: Arnold G. Hyndman, Dean of Livingston College, A.B., Princeton; Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)

Program Committee:

Douglas H. Blair,Chair, FAS and Economics; B.A., Swarthmore; M.A., M. Phil., Ph.D., Yale

Lennox Hinds, Criminal Justice; B.S., CUNY (City College); J.D., Rutgers

Douglas Husak, Philosophy; A.B., Denison; Ph.D., J.D., Ohio State

Ellen L. Idler, Sociology; B.A., College of Wooster; M.A., Rutgers; M.Phil, Ph.D., Yale

Lee Jussim, Psychology; B.A., Massachusetts; Ph.D., Michigan

Susan Lawrence, Political Science; B.A., Furman; M.A., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins

Michael G. Maxfield, Criminal Justice (Newark); B.A., Ohio State; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern

Albert R. Roberts, Criminal Justice; B.A., C.W. Post; M.A., Long Island; D.S.W., Maryland

Jackson Toby, Sociology; B.A., CUNY (Brooklyn College); M.A., Ph.D., Harvard

Michael Welch, Criminal Justice; B.A., Benedictine College; M.A., Missouri (Kansas City); M.S., Illinois State; Ph.D., North Texas

The program in criminal justice is a comprehensive interdisciplinary program that blends a strong liberal arts education experience with preprofessional instruction in the field of criminal justice. The program provides students with a rich understanding of crime and criminal justice in the United States and abroad. Graduates of the program are well-informed citizens on the topic of crime and justice, and qualified for graduate study or for employment as practitioners in a variety of legal, policy-making, and law enforcement areas.