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The La Sierra Advantage

When you study Criminal Justice at La Sierra, you will: 

  • You’ll learn from faculty and instructors who have extensive criminology, public policy, law enforcement, crime scene investigation, and legal experience
  • Close mentoring relationships with faculty, instructors, and staff
  • What we teach:
    • Foundational knowledge of the American criminal justice system
    • Criminology & Victimology
    • Examination and analysis of American correctional facilities
    • Research methods and data gathering
    • Use of public policy for social change
    • Ethics, values, and diversity within the criminal justice system
    • Mock trials in a realistic courtroom setting
    • Forensics and crime scene processing
    • Decision-making for law enforcement through simulation training (including
      EVOC driving simulator)
  • Competitive and employable degree for careers in public safety, criminal law, private security, court administration, forensics, or corrections
  • Many students go on study in law school or other graduate programs such as forensic counseling
  • Dedicated advising team for Criminal Justice students
  • Closed program that creates a tight-knit community (the “CJ Family!”)

Why study criminal justice?

With a degree in Criminal Justice, you can:

  • Serve your community
  • Influence social change
  • Be an advocate
  • Have a demanding, but unique, career in public service
  • Enter a field with many employment opportunities and career paths

Programs Offered

Majors

Our Curriculum Emphasizes:

  • Law Enforcement and Public Safety
  • Corrections and Probation
  • Forensic Science
  • Juvenile justice and Mental Health
  • Public Policy and the Law

The first duty of society is justice.

Alexander Hamilton

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Criminal Justice Undergraduate Program

Fast Facts Criminal Justice Major

Average completion time 4 Years
Program Units 72
Accreditation WSCUC (formerly WASC)
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Students who graduate from the program will:

  1. Identify and understand the basic foundation of the major components of the criminal justice system (i.e., law enforcement, courts, prosecution and corrections).
  2. Identify issues and apply theories and principles of substantive and procedural criminal law that regulate the criminal justice system.
  3. Demonstrate effective oral and written communication including information literacy in researching, analyzing, synthesizing and reporting data.
  4. Identify the major historical and contemporary issues, policies, programs and events using lenses of race, ethnicity, culture, gender and religion.
  5. Exhibit knowledge of ethical principles and attitudes of professional responsibility.

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