The PhD program in Criminology, Law and Society is consistently ranked within the top 5 in the US News and World Reports annual rankings. The program focuses on the causes, manifestations and consequences of crime; the impacts of crime on society; social regulation; the civil justice system; the social and cultural contexts of law; and the interactive effects of law and society. With high caliber faculty and an interdisciplinary perspective, the program aims to develop students’ theoretical and methodological sophistication to prepare them for faculty positions at major universities and colleges or for research, training, and administrative work in the justice system.
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