“刑事司法”一词是指公共安全机构，法院和惩戒系统，作为城市，县，州和联邦法律的管理系统。该课程还侧重于犯罪原因以及与犯罪问题有关的理论解释。刑事司法的集中领域有两个：犯罪和司法集中的领域，这是传统的刑事司法课程；法律研究集中的领域，是为那些对经常在准备过程中频繁接触法律感兴趣的刑事司法专业学生设计的为法学院。
The Department has two academic concentrations: Crime and Justice or Legal Studies. The Crime and Justice concentration provides a traditional curriculum for criminal justice majors, while the Legal Studies concentration is designed for criminal justice majors desiring more intensive exposure to law often in preparation for law school. Students must declare their concentration at the time of declaring Criminal Justice as their major.<br>Students must earn a grade of C or higher in CRJU 1100/CRJU 3100 (or equivalent transfer course) and CRJU 2200 and C- or higher in all Area F - J, 2000 - 4000-level criminal justice courses to be eligible for a degree in Criminal Justice. Georgia State University undergraduate students must achieve an overall institutional grade-point average of 2.0 and a major GPA of 2.0 to receive a bachelor's degree from the university. Grades of C- can be used to satisfy graduation requirements in Area G through J. However, some courses have prerequisites that require a grade of C or higher (see GPA Requirement for additional information).