Learning Outcomes

  • Analyze and apply concepts, theoretical perspectives, empirical findings, and trends in criminal justice.
  • Apply legal and ethical principles to the criminal justice system.
  • Study the structure, function, and interaction of key institutions in criminal justice.
  • Use data to understand, analyze, and communicate criminal justice policies, practices, and procedures.
  • Articulate the fundamental procedures within the criminal justice system.
  • Evaluate the root causes of crime.
  • Discover the patterns, causes, and types of crime.
  • Explore the impact of crime, the criminal justice process, and the juvenile justice process on victims and perpetrators.
  • Apply criminal justice concepts, processes, and practices to social justice and social change.
  • Differentiate white collar and violent crimes.

Study Crime

Interested in solving society’s worst crimes? With Walden’s B.S. in Criminal Justice, you can study such topics as drugs, gangs, and organized crime; computer forensics; and profiling serial murderers.

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