Explore Our Criminal Justice Programs
The School of Criminal Justice and Criminology (SCJC) at UA Little Rock is Arkansas’s flagship program in its discipline. Across all degree programs, the School provides students with the intellectual and practical skills that they need to become successful and socially responsible professionals. Our programs are led by outstanding scholars who approach the study of crime and justice with a unique blend of research and practice.
Our faculty and students work and learn together to:
– Improve the criminal justice system
– Address and solve pressing issues related to crime
– Develop cutting-edge research and theory
– Prepare the next generation of criminal justice professionals
Contact our Undergraduate Advisor, Justin Williams (501-916-6638 or [email protected]), with questions about the Associate of Science in Law Enforcement or Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice programs.
Contact our Graduate Coordinator, Dr. Richard Lewis (501-916-6634 or [email protected]), with questions about our Master of Science, Master of Arts, or Doctorate of Philosophy programs.
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Research in the Rock
The Arkansas Department of Corrections awarded faculty at the School of Criminal Justice and Criminology a multi-year contract ($453,000) to examine prison culture and climate. This project is being led by Dr. Mary Parker who has worked with the Arkansas Department of Corrections for over 20 years. Dr. Parker is joined by Drs. Robert Lytle and Molly Smith. To describe the study, Dr. Parker said that “we are one of the few large-scale projects that include visitors and volunteers. Families are a critical dynamic to incarceration and adding their perspective to the study gives us invaluable information on the impact of incarceration on friends and families of those incarcerated.” She added that most people “do not realize it but hundreds of volunteers work in prison providing religious programming, therapy groups, dog training, meditation, etc. for the inmate population. We will be surveying a sample of this population to gain their perspectives on what we can do better in our individual prison to improve multiple dynamics of the culture in prison.”