Criminology & Criminal Justice
Passionate about justice, fairness, and making communities safer? This is the major for you.
Why Study Criminology & Criminal Justice at Randolph?
Randolph’s new criminology/criminal justice program digs into what causes crime – and what we can do about it. You’ll explore everything from law enforcement and the legal system to bigger issues like poverty and the prison industrial complex.
Plus, thanks to our strong connections with criminal justice organizations across Virginia, you’ll get real-world experience that helps you explore your dream job and build the skills to stand out.
What You’ll Study
- Crime patterns and criminal behavior
- Law enforcement and justice systems
- Prison system and reentry
- The human condition and social inequality
- Topics like racial profiling, the death penalty, and mass incarceration
Where It Can Take You
This major opens doors to careers in law enforcement (local, state, and federal), forensic science, probation and corrections, public service, investigative work, and more. It’s also excellent preparation for grad school in law or the social sciences.
You’ll build sharp skills in research, writing, and critical thinking—while challenging your own assumptions about crime, justice, and society. Plus, internships and hands-on experiences mean you’ll graduate with more than just a degree—you’ll have perspective and purpose.
Degrees offered
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminology/Criminal Justice
Minor in Criminology/Criminal Justice
Related Programs
Data Science
History
Political Science
Psychology
Sociology
The Randolph Experience
Faculty Mentorship
From your first day on campus, you will work closely with your faculty advisor to identify and shape your academic interests and vision into your own personal Randolph Plan.
Together, you will create an experience that allows you to develop your skills, challenge yourself, explore your interests and achieve your goals.
This includes both curricular and co-curricular experiences.
A Community of Scholars
Small Classes
Randolph classes are full of engagement and interaction. Students get the full attention of their professors and develop camaraderie with their classmates.
The Honor Code
Randolph students live by our Honor Code and act with the highest integrity in both academic and social life.
Intercultural Competence
All Randolph students learn global citizenship with the capability to accurately understand and adapt to cultural differences and find commonality.
Unique Opportunities
An emphasis on “learning by doing” is one reason Randolph students graduate with skills that prepare them for life and work.
Internships
Randolph students put classroom learning into practice by participating in internships.
With help from the Career Development Center, majors can experience government at work during internships in federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, judicial offices and courts, and social service and advocacy organizations.
Recent internships include the U.S. Marshal’s Service, Lynchburg Public Defender’s Office, Moms Demand Action, and more.
Research
Participation in real world research and creative work is one of the hallmarks of a Randolph College education.
The Center for Student Research helps students at Randolph College engage in meaningful research that enhances their education and their preparation for careers, graduate studies, and other opportunities after college.
They will even help you secure funding.
Randolph’s Innovative Student Experience (RISE) awards up to $2,000 to support research, creative works, and other scholarly activities to students, who may apply at any time to use a grant for projects beginning in their second year.
Summer Research Program
Spend the summer working closely with a professor and focused on a specific aspect of comparative thought.
Randolph’s intensive eight-week Summer Research Program enables students to work with professors on a research of their own design; live in a residence hall on campus, participate in on-campus summer events, attend special seminars with guest speakers; and share the progress and results of their research.
Symposium of Artists and Scholars
Modeled after a traditional academic conference, the SAS brings together students of all disciplines to share the results and highlights of the best work being produced at the College – oral presentations, readings of creative works, performances, exhibitions of student artwork, and poster presentations.
Outcomes
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Opportunities
Faculty
Top Ranked Professors
Randolph College’s faculty are consistently recognized as among the best in the nation. The Princeton Review ranked the College in the Top 25 for most accessible professors in the most recent edition of its flagship college guide, The Best 389 Colleges.
Randolph has been ranked in the top 25 for most accessible professors for more than a decade.
Abigail C. Moore
Assistant Professor of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Sociology, Director of Criminology and Criminal Justice
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Randolph students can take advantage of unique programs which give them a more enriching education than can be found anywhere else.
The Randolph Innovative Student Experience (RISE) program provides every student a $2,000 grant to fund research, creative work, experiential learning or other scholarly pursuits.
Two courses per half-mester means you get to focus in and dig deep into your coursework while still having time for the rest of the college experience. Two classes. Seven weeks. Repeat.
Randolph graduates learn to think critically, solve problems and work well with others. They are prepared to succeed in all aspects of life.
Randolph students work with faculty mentors to explore a broad range of disciplines as they chart their academic path.
