John Jay College of Criminal Justice
New York, New York
Overview
Since its establishment in 1964, John Jay College of Criminal Justice has become internationally recognized as a leader in criminal justice education, training, and research. Many of the College's faculty members are among the leading experts in their fields. Many law enforcement agencies throughout the world utilize the College for their training needs. The College administers a branch campus at the Puerto Rico Police Academy and provides instruction at the FBI's International Law Enforcement Training Academy in Budapest, Hungary.
Graduates come away with a firm grounding in criminological theory, criminal law, criminal procedure, organizational behavior, public policy analysis, the psychology of criminal behavior, forensic psychology, and forensic science.
The Location and Community
The campus is located in the heart of New York City. Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the historic Broadway theater district, Central Park, Carnegie Hall, and world-renowned restaurants are all within easy walking distance, and other areas of the city are accessible by nearby public transportation.
Programs of Study and Degree Requirements
Criminal justice is a rapidly expanding field of academic study and professional practice. More positions requiring an advanced degree are being created in the field than there are trained personnel to fill them. Hundreds of leaders in the New York City police force and major police forces around the country have earned degrees in criminal justice.
The Doctoral Program in Criminal Justice offers interdisciplinary education in criminal justice, criminology, and forensic science that combines theory, empirical research, and normative analysis. Through a well-integrated core curriculum, students are rigorously trained in social science methods, research design, statistics, and information retrieval. They are also given firm grounding in criminological theory, criminal law, criminal procedure, organizational behavior, public policy analysis, and the psychology of criminal justice.
The first written examination is taken once 45 credits have been completed; a second examination, consisting of a 2-hour oral examination and a dissertation proposal, takes place upon completion of 60 credits. The dissertation is initiated by developing a prospectus describing the topic, the research questions being asked, the theoretical orientation, and a method of inquiry. A dissertation committee works with the student throughout the research period. Once the final draft has been approved by the committee, it must be successfully defended by the student.
The Master of Arts in criminal justice prepares students for further advanced graduate work and scholarship. The program consists of a general survey of the field, with courses in research methods, the causes of crime, control of social deviance, and analyses of the police, courts, and correctional systems, with opportunities to take additional courses in subareas such as drug abuse.
Facilities & Resources
The Lloyd George Sealy Library holds more than 275,000 books, periodicals, and microforms, with a significant body of material dealing with forensic science, fire science, forensic psychology, alcoholism, and substance abuse. The library's unique research collections include trial transcripts of the New York criminal courts dating from the 1890s through the post-World War II years, an extensive collection of police department annual reports from all over the United States, and archives of social, political, and investigative agencies. The Criminal Justice Center provides a variety of seminars, workshops, and training programs; serves as a Regional Training Facility for the New York Office of the FBI; and houses the Security Management Institute and a regularly updated Security Technology Laboratory. The Criminal Justice Research and Evaluation Center provides training, research, technical assistance, and evaluation to agencies working on projects related to crime prevention and control.
Expenses and Aid
New York State residents paid $2935 per semester for full-time study (7 credits or more) and $295 per credit for part-time study. Students from out of state paid $575 per credit, plus $95 for each additional contact hour in addition to credit hours. All students pay a student activities fee of $35 per semester.
Financial Aid:
Financial aid is available in the form of grants, loans, and part-time student employment. New York State Tuition Assistance Program grants of $50 to $275 per semester are available to full-time matriculated students. Military veterans may be eligible for aid under the Montgomery G.I. Bill. John A. Reisenbach Master's Scholarships are given to students with a minimum GPA of 3.5 and a commitment to work after graduation in the New York City area. Federal Perkins Loans are available to matriculated students enrolled at least half-time, and Federal Stafford Student Loans are available to students who need additional aid. Applications for financial aid must be filed each year.
Housing/Living Expenses:
John Jay College does not have dorms for students. There is limited space available at Long Island University in Brooklyn or through Educational Housing. Rents range from $540 to $1400 per month based on occupancy, and private accommodations are available. Most students rent apartments in or near New York City through other resources.
How to Apply
Admission into the program requires a completed application, transcripts of all undergraduate and prior graduate work, a nonrefundable $50 application fee, three letters of recommendation, a printed essay of 250 to 300 words indicating the applicant's reasons for pursuing graduate study and how it relates to their career objectives, and a record of GRE test scores. Applications must be received before June 30 for fall admission or December 1 for spring admission. Applications must be sent to the Office of Graduate Admissions.
Who to Contact
For information on the doctoral program:
Dr. Todd Clear
Executive Officer
Criminal Justice Doctoral Program
899 Tenth Avenue
New York, New York 10019
212-237-8470
E-mail: tclear@jjay.cuny.edu
For information on the master's program
Office of Graduate Admissions
445 West 59th Street
New York, New York 10019
212-237-8863
E-mail: jbrosser@jjay.cuny.edu
Faculty
• George Andreopoulos, Associate Professor. War crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide.
• F. Warren (Ned) Benton, Professor and Chair of the Department of Public Management. Public administration, organizational theory, corrections, computer and criminal justice.
• David Brotherton, Associate Professor, Deputy Chair, and Criminology Major Advisor. Juvenile crime and justice, gangs, qualitative research, ethnographic methods in criminal justice.
• Todd Clear, Distinguished Professor and Executive Officer. Corrections, classification, methods in correctional programming, community-based correctional methods, intermediate sanctions and sentencing policy, community justice.
• Bernard Cohen, Professor. Crime theory, police, deviance, quality-of-life offenses, civil order crime.
• Peter De Forest, Professor. Forensic science, trace evidence.
• Marcia A. B. Delcourt, Adjunct Professor. Measurement and evaluation, research methods, talent development, inquiry techniques.
• Janet Duvall, Assistant Professor. Deaf studies and interpreting American Sign Language, signed Pidgin English, signing exact English.
• Eli Faber, Professor. History of crime and criminal justice in the United States.
• Joshua D. Freilich, Assistant Professor. Deviance and far-right social movements, international and comparative criminal justice and criminology.
• Gwendolyn Gerber, Professor. Forensic psychology, gender issues in policing and criminal justice police personality quantitative research, sexual abuse and marital violence, police partners.
• Mary Gibson, Professor. History of criminology, European criminal justice, female crime.
• Diana Gordon, Professor. Drugs and politics, criminal justice policy, comparative criminal justice.
• Jennifer Groscup, Assistant Professor. Judicial decision making about expert testimony, experts in criminal cases, juror assessments of expert and lay witness credibility.
• Maria (Maki) Haberfeld, Department Chairwoman. Police corruption/integrity/ethics, police training, comparative policing.
• Sidney Harring, Professor. Law and society, Indian law, legal history, police.
• William Heffernan, Professor. Criminal law, criminal procedure.
• Zelma W. Henriques, Professor. Applied human development; counseling psychology; institutional treatment of the offender; race, class, and correctional setting; women and crime.
• Michael Jacobson, Professor. Corrections, public policy, finance.
• Bruce Johnson, Adjunct Professor. Drug research.
• Matthew B. Johnson, Associate Professor. Interrogation and confession, parental rights termination consultation, juvenile delinquency, criminal competency and responsibility.
• Delores Jones-Brown, Associate Professor. Race and crime, race and the administration of justice, sociology of law, juvenile justice, legal socialization of adolescent males.
• Andrew Karmen, Professor. Criminology and deviance, victimology, research methods, homicide.
• Dennis Jay Kenney, Professor. Police operations and management, organized crime, school crime, research methods.
• John Kleinig, Professor and Director of the Institute for Criminal Justice Ethics. Police ethics, criminal justice ethics, professional ethics.
• Thomas A. Kubic, Instructor. The application of light and electron microscopy as well as vibrational and atomic spectroscopy to the analysis of trace materials of milligram and microgram amounts.
• Barry Latzer, Professor. Constitutional law, capital punishment, crime policy.
• James P. Levine, Professor and Dean of Graduate Studies. Jury behavior, criminal justice policy and evaluation, methodology.
• Tom Litwack, Professor. Mental health law and assessments of dangerousness.
• Evan J. Mandery, Assistant Professor. Death penalty, eyewitness identifications, criminal law, evidence.
• Roslyn Muraskin, Professor. Gender and the law, areas of correction, issues in criminal justice, constitutional law issues.
• Maureen O'Connor, Professor. Psycholegal focus on women and the workplace, especially sexual harassment issues; introduction of scientific information into legal proceedings; mental health law.
• Steven D. Penrod, Distinguished Professor of Psychology. Jury decision making, eyewitness reliability, pretrial publicity and media effects, scientific evidence and the courts.
• Lorah Perlee, Adjunct Professor. Forensic science, molecular biology.
• John Reffner, Adjunct Professor. Forensic science, materials science, analytic instrumentation, microscopy.
• Dina Rose, Adjunct Professor. Community social control, incarceration, community and crime.
• Louis Schlesinger, Professor. Criminal behavior, sexual homicide, criminal psychopathology.
• Adina Schwartz, Associate Professor. Law and philosophy, criminal procedure, evidence.
• Lydia Segal, Associate Professor. The study of corruption and corruption reform, white-collar crime, public administration and management, microeconomics, organizational theory.
• Robert Shaler, Adjunct Professor. Forensic biology, DNA profiling, crime scene reconstruction.
• Antony Simpson, Professor. Sociology of law, crime and popular culture, historical approaches to crime and criminal justice.
• Natalie Sokoloff, Professor. Women, crime, and criminal justice; corrections.
• Barry Spunt, Associate Professor. Deviance, drugs, homicide, research methods.
• Barbara Stanley, Professor. Psychology and the law, ethics of research, suicide.
• Larry Sullivan, Professor and Chief Librarian. Criminology and deviance, history of criminal justice, the drips of punishment.
• Karen Terry, Assistant Professor and Deputy Executive Officer. Sex crimes; treatment, management, and supervision of sex offenders; sex offender legislation; policing; victimization.
• Elin Waring, Associate Professor. Social organization and crime, white-collar crime, organized crime, research methods and statistics.
• Basil Wilson, Professor and Provost. Urban politics and crime, race and crime.
• James S. Wulach, Program Director. Psychology and law, psychology of criminal behavior, psychological testing.
• Marvin Yablon, Professor. Quantitative methods.
• Jock Young, Distinguished Professor. Sociology of deviancy, criminology, mass media studies.
• Patricia Zapf, Associate Professor and Director of the Forensic Psychology Research Institute. Criminal and civil competencies and capacities, development and validation of forensic assessment instruments, mental health law and policy, forensic evaluation.