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Criminal Justice

Criminal justice is an interdisciplinary minor that provides students with the opportunity to explore and analyze important community issues that will help enhance their civic responsibility and their ability to improve the current criminal justice system. Additionally, the program will enhance students’ critical analysis skills and include opportunities to explore issues such as diversity and inclusion. 

Students will begin by taking supporting courses in Public Administration, Sociology, and/or Political Science that will lay the groundwork for more advanced criminal justice course work.  Core upper-level courses will help develop their ability to comprehend, synthesize, and critically analyze scientific evidence.  In addition, these courses will enhance their abilities to critically engage in theory, practice, and policy in general, laying the groundwork for more advanced analysis in upper-level courses focusing on criminal justice administration and theory.  Nine credits of upper electives will enable students to study focused topics in criminal justice and criminology in greater depth. A majority of the coursework will address and engage students in issues of equity and inclusion within the criminal justice system. 

Overall, a minor in Criminal Justice is designed for students seeking careers in the public and nonprofit sectors such as probation and parole, law enforcement, pre-law, victim advocacy, and court services, and it is available to students majoring in any discipline at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. The program is housed within the Department of Public and Environmental Affairs under the oversight of the Public Administration program, though the curriculum is supported by eight different programs. 

Minor 

Supporting Courses (choose two of the following):6
American Government and Politics
Politics of Crime and Punishment
Introduction to Public Administration
Introduction to Sociology
Core Courses (choose one of the following):3
Crime and Criminal Justice
Juvenile Delinquency
Upper-Level Core:6
Criminal Justice Process
Criminology
Upper-Level Electives (choose three of the following):9
Constitutional Law
Law and Society
Gender and the Law
Environmental Law
Natural Resources Policy, Law, and Administration
First Nations Justice and Tribal Governments
Ethical Theory
Philosophy, Politics and Law
Immigration and Immigration Policy
Administrative Law
Public Policy Analysis
Deviant Behavior
Street Gangs in America
Environmental Justice

Faculty 

Hye-Kyung Kim; Professor; Ph.D., Marquette University

Andrew W Austin; Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of Tennessee

Christopher Kleps; Assistant Professor, Ohio State University

Kaden Paulson-Smith; Assistant Professor; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison