A program that focuses on the systematic study of crime as a sociopathological phenomenon, the behavior of criminals, and the social institutions evolved to respond to crime. Includes instruction in the theory of crime, psychological and social bases of criminal behavior, social value systems and the theory of punishment, criminal law and criminal justice systems, penology, rehabilitation and recidivism, studies of specific types of crime, social attitudes and policy, and applications to specific issues in law enforcement administration and policy.
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Top 50
U.S.
Colleges with the
highest percentage
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Criminology among the 2007-2008
graduating class.
| | Lees-McRae College
Banner Elk, NC | 38
(18.0%) |  |  | |
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| | Virginia Union University
Richmond, VA | 33
(16.3%) |  |  | |
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| | Saint Anselm College
Manchester, NH | 54
(12.7%) | |  | |
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| | Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez
Mayaguez, PR | 15
(12.1%) | | | |
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| | The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
Pomona, NJ | 188
(10.9%) | | | |
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| | Cameron University
Lawton, OK | 56
(10.6%) | | | |
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| | Universidad Del Turabo
Gurabo, PR | 98
(10.6%) | |  | |
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| | Lycoming College
Williamsport, PA | 33
(10.0%) | | | |
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| | Paine College
Augusta, GA | 9
(9.0%) |  | | |
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| | Suffolk University
Boston, MA | 90
(8.6%) |  | | |
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