Mission
Our mission is to conduct and disseminate first-rate research on crime and justice, to provide outstanding teaching, and to serve our campus, community, and profession with the utmost distinction. We strive to be a vibrant interdisciplinary department that promotes synergy among research, teaching, and service to students and our respective fields of study. We firmly believe that such synergy produces dynamism in the educational environment we offer and drives the identification of issues that form the basis of our excellence in scholarly productivity. The following goals shape our efforts:
- Foster a collegial environment that celebrates our passion for learning
- Recruit, retain, and develop a diverse and exceptionally talented student body
- Provide high quality courses and other means of instruction that meet students’ needs
- Enable and promote new knowledge through disciplinary and interdisciplinary research
- Reach the highest standards of scholarship reflective of our University’s world-class status
- Embrace the opportunity to contribute each of our strengths to the evolving character of the discipline of criminal justice
- Nurture the commitment to making a difference in the world and to serving society
- Deepen our sensitivity to visible and invisible injustices
- Recognize our responsibilities to one another and facilitate our professional development
Our goals contribute to our vision of capitalizing on our faculty and students’ wide range of disciplinary training, teaching experiences, scholarship, and personal strengths to build and maintain a first-rate, interdisciplinary educational program marked by a firm commitment to the liberal arts.
