CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Everywhere in today's world we face issues of crime and the criminal justice system.  Our system of criminal justice is a set of interrelated organizations, agencies, and programs that hold, treat, and punish those persons known to have committed a crime.

Welcome to the University of South Carolina Lancaster's Department of Criminal Justice home page.  Our criminal justice curriculum offers students an opportunity to study issues of  law enforcement, courts, corrections, education, juvenile services, and planning and research.  Not only is our program designed to provide students with a comprehensive overview and systematic background in criminal justice, but in the final stages of the student's criminal justice education at USCL, our criminal justice students will possess a common language, a fundamental knowledge base, and a mutual understanding of criminal justice problems.

    Curriculum

Associate in Science in Criminal Justice

Undergraduate and Graduate Programs in Criminology and Criminal Justice at USC

    Courses

LCRJ 172 / CRJU 211 American Police System

LCRJ 271 Criminal Investigation 

LCRJ 272 Criminal Law and Court Procedure

LCRJ 281 Seminar: Criminal Justice

LCRJ 282 Practicum: Criminal Justice

CRJU 101 - The American Criminal Justice System

CRJU 202 - Research Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice.

CRJU 311 - Policing

CRJU 312 - Corrections

CRJU 313 - Criminal Courts

CRJU 314 - Criminal Law

CRJU 323 - Violence in America

CRJU 341 - Sociology of Crime

CRJU 351 - Juvenile Delinquency and Justice

CRJU 399 - Independent Study

CRJU 421 - Victimization

CRJU 423 - Street Gangs: Structure, Activity, and Response

CRJU 426 - Criminal Justice and Mental Health

CRJU 491 - Special Topics

For full course descriptions, see the USC Lancaster Academic Bulletin Course Descriptions page.

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            Faculty

       W. Ralph Garris

       John E. Rutledge

       Babette Protz