Master of Science in Crime and Justice Studies (MSCJS)

Suffolk University

Suffolk’s MSCJS program will help you navigate the intricacies of the criminal justice system and empower you to make a difference. Our community-oriented curriculum is pragmatic and career-focused, emphasizing complex connections between communities and crime. You’ll learn right next door to the institutions that comprise Boston’s criminal justice system, including the Massachusetts State House, City Hall, medical centers, detention facilities, and municipal and federal courts.
As a student in Suffolk’s Master of Science in Crime & Justice Studies program, you will:
Identify alternative, community-based responses and interventions to crime and disorder, Assess how other social processes and institutions beyond the criminal justice system affect crime and crime control, Develop strong communication skills that can adapt to a variety of audiences and research products, such as scholarly papers, policy briefs, grants, reports, and presentations, Become a more critical media and research consumer who interrogates data presentation, source biases, and the representation of the criminal justice system, Learn from research-active faculty who bring their experiences into the classroom and provide opportunities for student involvement in projects.
Our experiential curriculum is designed to help students critically assess crime and justice policies and practices from intersectional perspectives. You’ll apply academic theories of crime to real-world problems, moving beyond a theoretical understanding of crime and victimization to identify successful intervention models and strategies that promote community health and safety. In addition, you’ll develop the skills to produce a variety of communications-from scholarly writing to more public-facing pieces like presentations, grants, policy briefs, and short reports-that are critical to bridging the research-practice gap and fostering community relations.

• Victim Advocacy
• Youth, Crime, and Justice

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