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Welcome

The Department of Criminology was established in 1972, and began offering Master's degrees in 1974. In 1998, it became the second Department in the State of Florida to offer the Ph.D. degree in Criminology.

The faculty consists of well-respected researchers who have contributed to the study of juvenile justice and delinquency, policing, substance use and abuse, macro-level models of criminal behavior, theoretical criminology, criminal ethnography, victimology, and radical criminology. Read more...

  • Undergraduate in Criminology
  • Master in Criminology
  • Master in Criminal Justice Administration
  • Doctorate in Criminology

Making Lasting Connections

We know the importance of having the right network of colleagues, mentors, and friends. These links will help you set up those networks.

For our former students you can connect with our Doctoral Program Alumni.

  • Criminology Graduate Student Association
  • American Criminal Justice Association
  • Alpha Phi Sigma

2011 Criminology Newsletter

2011 Newsletter

Journals Housed in Our Department

Journal of Crime and Justice

Editor: Michael Leiber Read more...

American Journal of Criminal Justice

Editor: Wesley G. Jennings Read more...

Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management

Editors: Lorie Fridell and Kim Lersch

News View all

  • Welcome New Criminology Faculty for Fall 2012
    The Department of Criminology has hired Rachael Powers as an Assistant Professor. Rachael is a doctoral candidate at the University of Albany in the School of Criminal Justice with a research interest in the area of violent victimization. Dr. Andy Franz was also hired as an Instructor with a vast amount of teaching experience in the areas of state procedural laws, substantive law, organized crime, and environmental crime.
  • Criminology Professor presented with Lifetime Achievement Award
    Dr. Michael Lynch was recently awarded with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Division on Critical Criminology.
  • Criminology Graduate Student Receives Award
    Tara Richards was recognized by the Division on Women and Crime of the American Society of Criminology when they named her the first recipient of the Graduate Scholar Award.
  • Research Participants Needed - Helping Women Who Have Experienced Sexual Assault
    University of South Florida Department of Mental Health Law and Policy and Department of Criminology Assistant Professor Amy Cohn is using innovative technology to identify barriers to help-seeking among women who have experienced sexual assault.

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