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Criminal Justice

We are very pleased that you are visiting our website. If you have questions that are not answered by the information provided here please contact our office staff for assistance (210-458-2535). They will help you in any way that they can, or they will direct your inquiry to someone who can help you. We hope you decide to attend UTSA and enroll in our programs. We look forward to an opportunity to help you achieve your educational goals.

The criminal justice program at UTSA has become one of the larger programs in the United States with nearly 800 undergraduate and nearly 50 graduate students enrolled each semester.

Our faculty and staff are committed to building programs that will be competitive with the most renowned programs in the field.

We hope you will join us in our pursuit of knowledge in criminal justice and justice policy.

Sincerely,

Mitch Miller, Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Criminal Justice

Mission Statement

Our mission is to provide justice education, research, and service to students, practitioners, policymakers, and the community by creating an intellectually challenging environment that promotes collegiality and instills the highest level of ethical standards in the pursuit of informed justice policy and practice.

Vision Statement

The Department of Criminal Justice at UTSA will be a leading program recognized for excellence in justice research, innovative education, and policy relevant service to improve the quality of justice within society.

Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice

The Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice program (120 credit hours) includes five emphasis areas. These are Police Crime Prevention, Corrections and Juvenile Justice, Legal Issues and Adjudication, Economic Crime Investigation, and Forensic Science. Students will take courses in other departments to obtain the necessary knowledge needed to specialize in these areas. The Economic Crime Investigation emphasis requires that students take courses under Accounting, Information Systems, and Finance departments. The Forensic Science emphasis requires that students take courses under the Anthropology, Biology and Chemistry department. The new emphasis areas are innovations rarely found in undergraduate criminal justice programs.

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The Master of Science in Justice Policy program

The Master of Science in Justice Policy program (36 credit hours) is designed to provide students with substantial knowledge of policy-making processes, competency in policy planning and evaluation, and the ability to manage justice related organizations in an increasingly complex and volatile political environments. It is conceptually much broader than criminal justice because it encompasses questions about the meaning and development of a just society. The program recognizes that building a society with greater justice, less injustice and equity is also likely to be safer and require fewer reactive criminal justice interventions. Students find this program of study interesting and effective in helping them think well about the justice policy problems that confront society.

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