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Develop a foundation in criminal profiles, managing and documenting evidence, and the justice system.

Criminal Justice is a challenging, exciting and rewarding career. The 4-year Criminal Justice major will prepare you for the profession, help you advance if you’re already in it, and/or also prepare you for graduate school. Among the areas covered by the Forensic Investigations concentration are:

• analyzing crime scenes to determine evidence to be collected
• taking photographs of the crime scene and evidence
• creating records of observations and findings
• learning to collect evidence, including weapons, fingerprints, and bodily fluids
• learning to catalog and preserve evidence for transfer to crime labs
• reconstructing crime scenes

The greatest strength of the criminal justice program at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê is the academic and professional diversity of the faculty, which includes attorneys, law enforcement officers, forensic and crime scene specialists, and other professionals who have hands-on experience in the criminal justice system in the metropolitan area.