BUFFALO, N.Y. – The University at Buffalo’s College of Arts and Sciences on June 4 officially changed the name of its Department of Sociology to the Department of Sociology and Criminology. The study ...

Criminology and criminal justice are hot. Even in these financially constrained times, colleges can't seem to get enough of these programs. Arizona State University last month announced a new online ...

Yale sociologist Elijah Anderson has been awarded the American Society of Criminology’s 2025 Edwin H. Sutherland Award for the broad impact of his ethnographic research into city life and the origins ...

A subset of sociology, criminology studies human behaviors and the factors that lead to deviant behavior in society. Criminologists study individual deviant behavior, as well as criminal behavior in ...

Students talk outside of Bowen Hall, home of MSU's Department of Sociology and its criminology program. (Photo by Megan Bean) STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State is known across the country for its ...

In a world, like ours, where discourse and policy making concerning crime has “heated up,” leaving criminal justice bureaucracies exposed to the raw and often unforgiving politics of crime, what role ...

A criminologist plays an important role in society by bringing about deeper understanding of how, when and why deviant behavior occurs. As a subfield of sociology, criminology examines criminal acts ...

This event was organised to bring together scholars active in criminology and the sociology of race and ethnicity to focus on how race and ethnicity generate not only differential experiences of ...

In the pursuit of a criminology degree, it’s essential to recognize that the field extends beyond studying crime. It’s about understanding the mechanisms of society, the intricacies of human behaviour ...

The Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware offers master of arts and doctor of philosophy degree programs in both sociology and criminology. Since 1986, the program ...

Allison Choong recently had the opportunity to showcase her work on a global stage. The second-year sociology and criminology and justice studies double major was among 15 finalists selected out of ...