George Mason University

The Department of Administration of Justice is a dynamic interdisciplinary unit that blends the fields of criminology, law, and society.

In addition to being connected to a faculty that boasts some of the nation’s top stars in criminology, students are also funneled into the area’s top federal agencies, law schools and doctoral programs.

The department offers a bachelor’s degree in administration of justice, as well as master’s and doctoral degrees in justice, law, and crime policy that give students a strong foundation in research, methods, theories and systems of justice, criminology and crime policy, law and society, and justice.

Students emerge with the knowledge and skills needed to understand the causes and consequences of crime and injustice, the responses by criminal and civil justice institutions, and what works to improve social conditions among affected individuals, communities, organizations, and countries.

JLCP Graduate Students Win 2009 Dean's Challenge Award

Julie Willis (Ph.D. student in Justice, Law and Crime Policy) and Kimberly Mehlman-Orozco (MA student in Justice, Law and Crime Policy) received their awards at the recent Celebration of Scholarship. Read More >>

Weisburd Wins Criminology’s Top Prize for His Policing Research

Distinguished Professor David Weisburd has been named the winner of the 2010 Stockholm Prize in Criminology for his research and findings that police patrols at crime “hot spots” do not merely move crime around the corner. The Stockholm prize is widely considered the most prestigious in the field of criminology, and this is the first time the international committee has bestowed the award on a single individual. Winners receive 1 million Swedish kroner (about $130,000). Read More >>