About Us

Our School

Our school is a nationally recognized leader in higher education and is highly regarded for its distinguished faculty and research productivity.

We are one of the fastest growing programs at Arizona State University and conveniently located on the ASU Downtown Phoenix campus in the sixth largest city in the U.S. Our proximity to major criminal justice agencies enhances the opportunities for instruction, practice and student internship experience. Read about our growth in the 2005-2010 Five Year Report.

Mission:  We strive to produce world-class criminological research and to maintain high-quality academic programs for undergraduate and graduate students by creating intellectual fusion through interdisciplinary approaches to major social issues; being socially embedded in our community to maximize our local impact as well as our national stature; and contributing to societal transformations in ways that facilitate greater well-being and enhance public safety.

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Fall 2012 

Faculty

• Director: Scott Decker, PhD
• Tenured and tenure track faculty: 22
• Full-time lecturers: 2
• Faculty associates: 16
  
• Online faculty: 4
  
  

Enrollment

• 2,176 total student population
• 1,856 undergraduate students
• 284 graduate students
• 36 PhD students
  
  

Degree Programs Fall 2012

• Bachelor of Science in Criminology and Criminal Justice

• Bachelor of Science in Criminology and Criminal Justice Online

• Minor in Criminology and Criminal Justice (In Person and Online)
  

• Master of Arts in Criminal Justice Online

• Master of Science in Criminology and Criminal Justice

• Doctor of Philosophy in Criminology and Criminal Justice
  
  

Research Areas

• Community and Institutional Corrections
• Criminal Justice Policy
• Effects of Race/Ethnicity and Gender on Sentencing Decisions
• Fraud Victimization, Gender & Crime
• Gangs, Community Policing, and Drug Use
• Immigration, Crime and Social Justice
• Juvenile Court Processes
• Organizational Leadership
• Prisoner Reentry and Reintegration
• Sentencing Policies
• Sociology of Punishment
• Theories of Disorder, Neighborhoods and Crime