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Program Directors
Denise Emer and Jay Wendland
(716) 839-8257 or (716) 839-8284
Degree Offered
Graduation Requirements
An overall grade point average (GPA) of 2.00.
Mission Statement
The mission of the Criminal Justice Program at Daemen University is to provide students with an understanding of the criminal justice system from an interdisciplinary perspective that incorporates political, psychological, and social environments. The curriculum is designed to increase students’ knowledge of foundational and contemporary topics in criminal justice, the methods and tools used to conduct research that informs various facets of the criminal justice system and process, and allows for evidence-based decision-making in various criminal justice domains. We accomplish this through a combination of coursework from a variety of disciplines and a field experience/internship that aligns with students’ desired career and/or graduate school trajectories.
Program Objectives
- Prepare students who are well trained criminal justice professional with a strong liberal arts background, prepared with a deeper understanding of their political, psychological, and social environments.
- Prepare students with the ability to critically apply core criminology and criminal justice
principles to situations related to crime, criminal justice, and related areas of practice. - Ensure that all students complete this program with an understanding of the research
methodology used in the study of criminal justice and the application of research to
real-world environments.
Learning Objectives
Upon graduation, students will be able to:
- Demonstate an understanding of the criminal justice system and processes from an interdiciplinary perspective
- Identify, analyze, and evaluate the major components of the criminal justice system (e.g. criminal law, policing, and crime policy)
- Identify and analyze biological, psychological, political, social, and historical factors that contribute to, and maintain criminal behavior, and the ways in which criminal behavior is remediated
- Analyze and evaluate the most critical components of a particular facet of the criminal justice system through pursuit of a specialization in forensic science, mental health, or critical legal study
- Identify statistical and methodological approaches that contribute to our understanding of crime, criminal systems, and effective evaluation of criminal justice processes
- Articulate, both orally and in writing, a clear undestanding of the criminal justice field and the biological, social, political, and psychological context in which it is situated