Welcome to the Department of Criminal Justice
Welcome to the Criminal Justice Department at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, the flagship criminal justice department in the state. We offer a wide array of educational opportunities to meet all academic levels, including Associate, Bachelor’s, Master’s and PHD degrees. Our programs prepare students for work in law enforcement, corrections, and juvenile justice, as well as high level research positions and advanced scholarship. Whatever your personal goals, we can assist you in achieving them.
Our department is composed of faculty members who are committed to excellence in research, education, and service. Faculty engage students in the research process, as well as service and classroom learning. Doctoral and Master’s students are mentored through the educational experience, and attention is placed on preparing them for success upon graduation. Undergraduate students are exposed to many educational and career opportunities during their studies to guide them in their future endeavors.
Our faculty are actively involved research in the discipline that is both national/international in scope and also assists residents of Arkansas in maintaining a better life. Faculty publish in an array of scholarly journals, as well as writing books, obtaining research grants, and engaging in other scholarly activities. Faculty are active in the American Society of Criminology, the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, and The Environmental Crime and Crime Analysis Association.
Our faculty maintain close relationships within the community through our commitment to service. While benefiting the community, these relationships also ensure that our students have access to appropriate data for conducting research. Our faculty serve on numerous boards for public and private agencies that are directly responsible crime and justice related activities in our state.
The department houses three Centers dedicated to specific types of research and service. The Center for the Study of Environmental Criminology (neighborhoods and crime) works closely with the University District to better understand crime and quality of life issues in Little Rock, as well as the study of crime and the environment in general. The Juvenile Justice Center takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of juvenile delinquency and related risk or protective factors. The Senior Justice Center is actively engaged in understanding crime against the elderly, with particular attention to health care fraud.
On the pages that follow, you can see some of the activities of the Department through the pictures of faculty and students and through the extensive vita of the faculty. Thanks for visiting our home page. If you have any questions or anything I can do to assist you, feel free to contact me at jtwalker@ualr.edu.