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Criminology and Criminal Justice

Department Overview

The Criminology and Criminal Justice (CRCJ) Department provides students with an academically sound education in criminal justice and prepares them for management positions with municipal, state, and federal agencies. Students who are new to the discipline have opportunities for internships with local criminal justice agencies and law offices.

The Department strives to achieve academic excellence through its outstanding faculty. Experts in areas such as corrections, criminological theory, victimology, and management strive to challenge students while caring for their academic formation. The CRCJ faculty equips students to study the etiology of crime, which enables them to develop paradigms that are useful and beneficial in the understanding of crime.

This tradition of excellence serves to produce competitive criminal justice managers who are prepared for the challenges of employment with private, state, or federal agencies. The academic excellence of the UTA Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice is well known in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex.

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