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Criminology and Criminal Justice

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Degree

Bachelor of Arts

Work Experience

Practicum

Cut off Range:

75-77%

Program Summary

Where better to study Criminology and Criminal Justice than in Ottawa — the hub of research and employment for grassroots, provincial and federal justice-oriented organizations and agencies. We prepare you for meaningful employment by offering a comprehensive and interdisciplinary understanding of crime, criminality and the processes of criminalization and punishment.

Learn about penal and transformative justice, practices of criminalization, surveillance, prevention, policing, courts, sentencing and corrections. Personalize your program by adding an optional concentration in Law, Sociology or Mind and Behaviour. Gain hands-on experience through field placements in organizations such as the Crown Attorney’s Office, criminal law offices or social justice organizations. Other placements can match you with researchers and policy analysts involved in criminal justice, transformative justice and crime prevention.

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The Carleton Advantage

This multidisciplinary degree program looks at the behavioural and societal factors that contribute to crime, as well as the way crime is handled by the legal system itself.

The program provides a strong foundation in criminology’s primary fields, including law and legal studies, psychology and sociology. You will be able to choose one field as a concentration but will be trained in all three.

You will be exposed to faculty, instructors, and classroom visitors who will share their expertise from careers in national and international arenas.

You will have the opportunity to participate to gain hands-on skills in the highly successful Field Placement program.

Carleton’s Criminology and Criminal Justice program can lead you to a variety of careers in fields such as government, health care, social support, education and law.

What students are saying

I chose to study Criminology at Carleton because of how versatile the program is. Carleton is one of the few - if not the only - university that provides for-credit field placement opportunities for criminology students. Apart from that, the courses you'll take will challenge your pre-existing views of the field and will give you an in-depth understanding of crime and punishment through a combination of legal, sociological and psychological perspectives.

Isaiah, Criminology and Criminal Justice student

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