Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable… Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.

Martin Luther King, Jr

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Welcome to UIC Criminology, Law, & Justice

The Department of Criminology, Law, and Justice is a thriving academic community of scholars, teachers and students who are dedicated to studying all aspects of crime and justice as well as societal reactions to both. We examine the social, cultural and political forces that shape the definitions and content of criminal law and influence policy choices about how to respond to particular crime problems. Further, we study the individual, social and structural forces that influence criminal behavior and examine the functioning of crime control systems. The members of our faculty are well-published leaders in their fields, and are dedicated to providing the best education possible to our undergraduate and graduate students.

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The UIC Criminology, Law, and Justice degree program prepares graduates for a broad range of professional roles in the criminal justice system while also serving as entry to graduate programs of criminal justice and other related fields.

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The UIC Criminology, Law and Justice Department offers a truly unique opportunity for graduate study. We seek to provide a stimulating atmosphere for scholarly debates, research initiatives, and pedagogical investigations.

Calendar and Events

Aug 19 2020
"PRISON BY ANY OTHER NAME: The Gendered Face of Prison Reform" Feat. Prof. Beth Richie
Wednesday, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

News

CLJ's Dr. Beth Richie featured on The Strategist's "The Best Books on the American Prison System, According to Experts" for Her Book "Arrested Justice"
Thursday, August 6, 2020
“Along with calling for an end to police brutality, recent protests following the murder of George Floyd have brought attention to another national crisis that disproportionately affects people of color: mass incarceration. According to…
Congratulations to UIC Prof. David Stovall, Winner of the Social Justice in Education Award from the American Educational Research Association
Thursday, July 23, 2020
Prof Stovall “has advanced social justice through education research and exemplified the goal of linking education research to social justice.” Read the full story at Aera.Net.
Subini Annamma and CLJ's David Stovall Write, "Do #BlackLivesMatter in schools? Why the answer is ‘no.’" in the Washington Post
Thursday, July 16, 2020
“Disinvestment echoes through all services that schooling provides — what the activist and scholar Ruth Wilson Gilmore describes as “organized abandonment.” At the same time, schools have taken on a policing function, pathologizing interactions…

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