Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies

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Department Office
Stevenson Hall 2084
(707) 664-2934

http://ccjs.sonoma.edu/

Department Chair
Napoleon C. Reyes

For faculty information, please see Faculty  or the CCJS faculty web page.

The Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies major offers a liberal arts curriculum concerned with the changing nature and content of law; the shifting public expectations of criminal justice agencies; the implications of diversity along the lines of race, gender, and class; and the reactions of those agencies to social perceptions and political pressures.

The student is offered an interdisciplinary, multi-methodological, academic approach to the understanding of the mechanisms of social control, resolutions of criminal justice problems, and a knowledge of accepted procedures and alternatives.

This general but all-important background serves as a base for the areas of emphasis that are of interest to the individual student. Fields of interest — such as adult and juvenile probation, law enforcement, judicial administration, public advocacy, prevention and diversion, and correctional services — are studied in detail from several perspectives. Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies majors are prepared to pursue graduate education in justice studies, law, criminology, and other graduate fields.

Programs

• Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies, B.A.
• Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies, Minor

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