Criminal Justice Department News

UCF consistently rises in the U.S. News & World Report rankings, earning recognition among the best universities in the country...

For Aleesha Jahur ’21, it was a simple class in criminal justice that ignited her passion for the field –...

The researchers will create evidence-based, intimate partner violence pretrial safety assessment guides for judges to use when considering pretrial release...

UCF professor explores ranger perspectives on their work environment and its impact on wildlife conservation...

Haitian native Bianka Paul refused to let losing everything stop her from pursuing the life she wanted...

Congratulations to this year’s recipients of the 2021 UCF Teaching Incentive Program and Research Incentive Award...

In recognition of their commendable performance in assigned teaching, research and service, 25 faculty members from the UCF College...

U.S. News & World Report's 2022 Best Graduate Schools rankings once again reflect UCF's excellence in criminal justice, emergency and...

Bethany Backes, assistant professor of criminal justice and social work, reflects on her path to academia for Women’s History Month...

Recognized by Faculty Excellence, the 2021 honorees have not wavered in their commitments as mentors, role models, friends, researchers and...

One of the factors that contributes to UCF’s repeated success in online learning is the level of attention and detail...

Mental health professionals share tips for dealing with stress during coronavirus precautions...

UCF criminal justice professor’s record of research, teaching and service pushes boundaries of disciplinary knowledge...

Robert Richardson ’12 shares his experience with the revamped version of the hit series, which premieres Jan. 28 on USA...

U.S. News & World Report continues to rank UCF’s undergraduate online programs among the best in the nation...

Criminal justice doctoral student Lucas Alward walked into Jill Viglione’s office with 15 research questions for his dissertation. Viglione, who...

Criminal justice students put their classroom knowledge into practice at the American Criminal Justice Association Regional Conference in Tallahassee last...

Kevin Greene ’17 would be known to friends and family as a basketball player had it not been for one...

Criminal justice graduate is honored for overseeing a county program that provides a career path for people released from incarceration...

The sociology professor also has a background working with Florida’s justice system and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

Four percent of inmates in U.S. state and federal prisons live in solitary confinement, “physically and socially isolated for 23...

Twenty-seven UCF programs were nationally ranked today in the top 100 of their fields by U.S. News & World Report, and 35 graduate...

"One of my favorite phrases with my students is criminal justice is no longer just us. We have to bring...

Inmates in the nation’s jails commit three times more suicides than in prisons. Undergraduate Megan Small researched what might cause...

Congratulations to our college's Gene Paoline, professor of criminal justice, on his Distinguished Scholar Award from the American Society of...

According to survey data from more than 2,100 adults, one-quarter of Americans who have been stalked never told anyone about...

Forty horses. Sixteen cars. One commercial airplane. What do these things all have in common? They each weigh roughly 80,000...

Carl Metzger, who received his master’s degree in criminal justice at UCF, was recently named UCF’s police chief. We spoke...

Although the term “human trafficking” is relatively new, the phenomena it comprises – sex trafficking, forced labor and debt bondage...