该系提供了针对刑事司法的多学科研究生学位的机会，这些学位课程是为来自不同学术背景的学生而设计的。该部门的课程和计划为学生提供学术教学和研究职位或刑事司法系统或私营部门的行政，研究和管理职业的准备。该学院代表了各种刑事司法研究方法：人类学，刑事司法，地理，法律，神经科学，心理学和社会学。学生还可以与组成整个大学的刑事司法联盟的其他部门和学校的教职员工一起学习。总共36个学时，其中27个必须在刑事司法部修读，并且必须是硕士论文或两篇重要论文。需要P594（研究方法）和S501（统计信息）。
The department offers the opportunity for multidisciplinary graduate degrees in criminal justice that are designed for students coming from a variety of academic backgrounds. Courses and programs in the department prepare students for academic teaching and research positions or for administrative, research, and management careers in the criminal justice sys­tem or the private sector. The faculty represents a diversity of approaches to criminal justice studies: anthropology, criminal justice, geography, law, neuroscience, psychology, and sociology. Students may also study with faculty from other departments and schools who make up the university-wide criminal justice consortium. A total of 36 credit hours, 27 of which must be taken in the Department of Criminal Justice and either an M.A. thesis or two substantial papers. Required are P594 (Research Methods) and S501 (Statistics).