Criminal Justice

B.S. Undergraduate Program

M.S. Graduate Program

Forensic Studies

B.S. Undergraduate Program

Faculty Contact Information

Faculty Research

Faculty Research

Nijole Benokraitis
Professor of Sociology, Ph.D. Texas
Racial and ethnic relations, gender roles, marriage and the family, criminology, and social policy and evaluation.

Kathleen J. Block
Associate Professor, Ph.D. Maryland
Juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, age and crime, criminal courts. Conducted federally funded research and has published in a variety of professional journals, including Journal of Crime and Justice.

Jami Grant
Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Maryland
Crime mapping, hot spot analysis, gun violence and forensic studies.

Heather L. Pfeifer
Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Maryland
Juvenile justice, drug trends and policy, race and crime, and criminological theory.

Jeffrey Ian Ross
Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice, Ph.D. Colorado
Policing, political crime, corrections, violent crime, international/comparative perspectives.

Cindy J. Smith
Assistant Professor, Ph.D. California, Irvine
Juvenile justice, juvenile sex offenders, juvenile treatment and legal interventions.

Benjamin Wright
Associate Professor, Ph.D. Florida State
Law enforcement, courts, law
Recipient of the Henry C. Wellcome Fellowship and author of several publications on law enforcement strategies and personnel issues.