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Contact Information:
Criminal Justice
131 Dakota Hall
414 E. Clark St.
Vermillion, SD 57069
phone: 605-677-5706
fax: 605-677-6302
Criminal.Justice@usd.edu
Last Modified: 08/25/06
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why criminal justice?
Criminal Justice grads are shaping policy and improving lives, from the city street to the park patrol, from immigration to litigation. Their understanding of justice issues helps us define and manage the relationships of the individual to the state and to the criminal justice system.
Criminal Justice Program Objectives
1. To provide qualified personnel for all segments of the criminal justice system, as well as
many related agencies of government;
2. To improve the competencies and professional status of existing criminal justice personnel,
as well as provide research and educational assistance to criminal justice agencies;
3. To build a foundation for responsible citizenship by creating a better public understanding of
the criminal justice system wherein the great questions of the relationship of the individual
to the state are most intensely presented; and
4. To provide a sound basic education in criminal justice for graduates who choose to pursue
masters, doctoral, and law degrees after graduation.
Full-time, Award-Winning Professors
The award-winning Criminal Justice faculty offers students real-world expertise based on experience in a wide range of fields, including work as probation officers, prosecutors or defense attorneys, police officers and juvenile corrections officers. Faculty members have won the Teacher of The Year award many times, published in numerous national journals and have organized and traveled with students on many trips.
Farber Fund
The Farber Fund provides funds each year for Criminal Justice and Political Science majors to attend conferences, participate in study tours, complete internships, travel abroad and conduct research. Numerous scholarships and awards are also available to criminal justice students.
Travel to National Criminal Justice Conferences
Each year, 10-15 students in Criminal Justice may travel with a professor to the largest Criminal Justice conference in the U.S. The Farber Fund has contributed to the expenses for students to travel to San Francisco, Orlando, Albuquerque, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Denver, and numerous other cities where the conference has been held. Many U students have presented their research papers at the national conferences with the help of U professors. |
"The Farber Fund is a major drawing card for the U. This fund allows students to take advantage of incredible opportunities beyond USD's campus."
-Cammy Clark
Former Graduate Student |
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Travel to Washington, D.C.
Students frequently travel to Washington, D.C.to tour major Criminal Justice agencies (FBI, U.S. Supreme Court, DEA, U.S. Marshalls, and ATF). One year students spent three weeks in daily briefings on the CIA by CIA agents.
Internships
For internships, students receive on-the-job experience in all the major Criminal Justice areas – police, prosecution, courts, and corrections. Placements include state and federal law enforcement, law offices (including criminal investigation and paralegal work), probation and parole (state and federal), youth corrections, adult corrections (state and federal), rehabilitation (state and federal), and shelter/advocacy programs.
Foreign Travel
Each year Criminal Justice students travel to other countries. The students have traveled to England, China, France, India, Germany, Netherlands, Canada, Russia, Costa Rica, and South America. Students study Criminal Justice in these countries and at the same time develop skills in a foreign language.
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Recent trips taken: Glory House, Stanford Center, South Dakota State Penitentiary, Federal Prison Camp, Boys Town and Custer Boot Camp. The Washington, D.C. trip included visits to the FBI, ATF, U.S. Marshalls, Supreme Court, Secret Service and the DEA. |
Model United Nations
Each year, 10-15 students travel to Toronto and New York to participate in an excellent educational experience, Model United Nations. With 2,000 other students from all over the U.S., the students simulate the United Nations and represent numerous other countries.
Research Awards
Students are encouraged to work with professors and conduct research. Awards are given to students with the best research papers.
Career Opportunities
You'll find Criminal Justice grads at work anywhere issues of justice and law enforcement arise - in law firms, for federal agencies such as the U.S. Customs, FBI, Secret Service and IRS; in child welfare, private investigation and national defense; for local and regional law enforcement agencies such as police, state patrol, border patrol and others; in counseling, community service and education.
Criminal Justice Club
The U has an active Criminal Justice Club. With financial help from the Farber Fund, students have organized many trips, scheduled speakers on campus, and sponsored many other social and academic activities for the club members.
Mock Trials
In Mock Trial, students learn to play the roles of attorneys, witnesses, police officers, forensic investigators, probation officers, and all other criminal justice officials who testify
in our courts. Students learn by doing; this is one of the
best ways to learn. The U Mock Trial teams compete in invitational regional and national tournaments.
For More information on the
Criminal Justice Department, contact:
Steve Feimer, Program Director
Criminal Justice
Department of Arts & Sciences
Dakota Hall 119
Telephone: 605-677-5706
Fax: 605-677-6302
Email: cjus@usd.edu
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Mock trials teams compete in regional and national tournaments.
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