School of Criminal Justice

Center for Law and Justice, Room 578

973-353-1300 or 973-353-3100

Website: http://www.newark.rutgers.edu/rscj/index.shtml

Students interested in the criminal justice major will need to seek advisement from the Office of Academic and Student Services within the School of Criminal Justice. After students declare their criminal justice major, the School of Criminal Justice will be their primary school of matriculation. The criminal justice major and minor are offered as joint programs between the School of Criminal Justice and the Newark College of Arts and Sciences or University College-Newark.

The program in criminal justice offers students a focused interdisciplinary exposure to all aspects of crime and criminal justice. Courses in the program deal with crime, violence, and other forms of deviance and the responses to these problems by police, courts, and corrections; contemporary criminal justice issues; and ethical concerns and research. Students majoring in criminal justice receive excellent preparation for further study in graduate or professional schools as well as for careers in criminal justice.