Welcome to the Department of Criminal Justice at Temple University!

The department is one of the leading criminal justice programs in the US, and offers a range of flexible study options from undergraduate to Masters and PhD studies. The B.A. in Criminal Justice is offered at both our main campus just North of the city center in Philadelphia, as well as at our Ambler campus in the suburbs to the North of the city. Prospective undergraduate students should read our undergraduate information pages.

The Criminal Justice M.A. program serves students who begin or rejoin professional careers in management, administration, or specialist positions in a vast array of governmental and private criminal justice and related agencies. The Ph.D. degree program prepares criminal justice scholars who will provide the future leadership in academia, private and governmental research agencies, and policy level positions in criminal justice and related organizations. Please read our graduate information pages. The department is also home to the Temple University Criminal Justice Training Program that supports local and state law enforcement. Read more about us!

Our program now ranked 6th in the US

In the latest doctoral program rankings, the Department of Criminal Justice at Temple University improved on its 7th place ranking last year to hit 6th position in US rankings. The Top Research Universities Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index has ranked the Department of Criminal Justice at Temple University as the 6th most productive faculty of all doctoral programs in Criminology and Justice Studies (details).

Graduate Student Symposium (May 19 & 20)

Come and see the best and the brightest graduate students deliver a symposium on the theme of 'spatial criminology'. Graduate student speakers from as far as Canada, Australia and Holland will be describing their application of the latest techniques and ideas from crime mapping, spatial analysis and environmental criminology. Click here for details.