B.A. in Criminal Justice

Trinity’s criminal justice program focuses on the discipline within the broader concept of social justice in a multi-cultural, industrialized democracy. Students explore the historical, theoretical, and practical aspects of the discipline and are challenged to analyze current issues in the field, including evaluating the criminal justice system's performance in deterring crime, protecting the public, and fostering a just society.

As a criminal justice major at Trinity, you will learn academic and real-world perspectives on crime: its causation, prevention, and control. As you gain a full understanding of the criminal justice process, your coursework will cover a wide variety of interests within the criminal justice field, including delinquency, law enforcement, criminology, juvenile justice, criminal procedure, and corrections.

Our alumnae have pursued careers in a wide range of fields, such as law enforcement at the state and federal level, offender supervision, legal counsel, and counsellors for at-risk youth.

Trinity Washington University is a comprehensive institution offering a broad range of educational programs that prepare students across the lifespan for the intellectual, ethical, and spiritual dimensions of contemporary work, civic and family life. Trinity Washington University continues its historic women’s college, now known as the College of Arts and Sciences. Trinity proudly enrols more D.C. residents and more D.C. Public Schools graduates (Both women and men) than any other private university in the city and the nation.

Trinity has gained prominence in recent years for success in the education of low-income students of color and has received recognition for this work.