At Webster University, the criminology curriculum combines the fundamentals of criminology and criminal justice into one field of study. The courses focus on training in multiple data-analysis methods commonly used by criminologists and criminal justice professionals. Studying crime and deviance with a particular emphasis on critical-thinking skills, students learn the ways professionals explain, predict, and prevent crime and victimization.

Upon completion of the program, students will be able to:

• Identify the strengths and weaknesses of major criminological theories.
• Analyze the policy implications of criminological theories.
• Describe the elements and development of the criminal justice system and its role in maintaining social order.
• Evaluate how the institutions and elements of the criminal justice system vary across jurisdictions and interact with one another.
• Apply principles of crime prevention to the policy that attempts to effectively reduce crime and victimization.
• Compare the theoretical foundations of crime analysis and their abilities to predict and analyze patterns of crime.
• Articulate several major types of crime, their causes, and proposed solutions to reduce them.
• Compare the techniques, sources, and means of analysis of criminological data research methods.