Academics

Academics

Criminal Justice

 

Based on the Catholic and Franciscan principles of peace and justice, this major will prepare you to pursue a career in criminal justice or other fields of public service. We begin with a belief in the innate goodness of humanity and the need for a just and equitable application of law in a democratic society.

     
 
 

Former FBI Director Louis Freeh
signs his book My FBI during a
recent visit with Neumann's
criminal justice students.

  
     

As instructors, you will have professionals -- with experience in the courts, correctional system and law enforcement -- who know current trends, theories and practices. Our program will challenge you to think about:

  • Corporate, high tech, and "victimless" crime

  • The rights of the environment and the community

  • The economic underpinnings of crime

  • The consequences of genetic modification and drug therapy as rehabilitation

  • Legal implications of stem cell research, cloning and euthanasia

  • The effect of the legal system on rehabilitation

  • Dozens of other issues relevant to the future of our criminal justice system

 



Monika Solarska’s parents fled Communist Poland in the early 1980s. At seven, she didn’t speak a word of English when she arrived in Philadelphia. On 9/11, she was in class at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, less than 30 blocks from the Twin Towers, when the terrorist attacks occurred.
Only 25 years old, Solarska had already seen more than her share of adversity. But on May 14, 2005, she graduated from Neumann with a degree in criminal justice and was the winner of the first Sister Helen Prejean Criminal Justice Award.


Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking, presented the medal to Solarska at the annual academic awards convocation.

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For additional information, please call the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid, which coordinates the admission of all students, at (610) 558-5616 or (800) 9-NEUMANN or feel free to e-mail us at neumann@neumann.edu.

 


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