<p>The Justice, Law and Crime Policy (JCLP) PhD program is designed to produce top academic scholars and leaders in policy and applied settings. It brings cutting edge social science methods to the disciplines of criminology and law and society. Students coming to this program seek to make a difference in the development and evaluation of policy in these fields. The goal of this program is to provide a rigorous course of study that will prepare students to do research, teach, develop and test policies, and administer agencies and programs designed to administer law, deliver justice, reduce crime, and enhance domestic security.</p> <p>The program draws from a multidisciplinary faculty in the Department of Administration of Justice for required core courses and electives. It also makes available a wide range of other electives from many different university programs, including those in computational social science, conflict analysis and resolution, economics, government, law, philosophy, psychology, public administration, sociology, and statistics. The program takes advantage of the university’s proximity to many justice organizations at the federal, state, and local levels in the capital region. The curriculum is structured to give students the skills to do policy-relevant research and work with justice and security agencies in the region to exercise those skills and serve the needs of those agencies.</p> <h4>Reduction of Credit</h4> <p>Students entering the doctoral program with a master’s degree in a related discipline, including law degrees, may request that the required credits for the doctoral degree be reduced by a maximum of 24 credits with approval of the program director and dean and in accordance with university policy. Students who have prior graduate course work that has not been applied to another degree may request to have a maximum of 12 of these graduate credits transferred to their JLCP degree program, with approval of the program coordinator and dean and in accordance with university policy.</p>

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<p><a href="http://adj.gmu.edu/faculty_staff/CrystalHarris-Harlaux.html">Crystal Harris-Harlaux</a><br /> Graduate Academic Advisor<br /> Justice, Law, and Crime Policy Program <br /> Bull Run Hall 322<br /> 10900 University Blvd., MS 4F4 <br /> Manassas, VA 20110 <br /> 703.993.9417<br /> <a href="mailto:jlcp@gmu.edu">jlcp@gmu.edu</a></p>

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PhD

Administration of Justice

ADJ

http://adj.gmu.edu/

Justice, Law, and Crime Policy LA

1903-12-30

Doctor of Philosophy

LA-PHD-JLCP

Graduate

<p>In addition to satisfying the requirements for all doctoral degrees, students must successfully complete required course work, pass two qualifying exams, and form a dissertation committee, after which they are advanced to candidacy. The final requirements are the dissertation proposal defense and a dissertation of original research representing a significant contribution to the field, which should be publishable in a referred journal or a quality press.</p> <p>The 72 credits of course work are distributed as follows.</p> <ul> <li>Four core substantive courses (12 credits): JLCP 700, 720, 740, 760</li> <li>Four analytical methods courses (12 credits): JLCP 780, 782, 783; and one course chosen from JLCP 781; SOCI 631, 632, 634; STAT 574, 658, 662, 665, 673, 674; PSYC 633, 640; PUAD 643; CSS 600, 610<br /></li> <li>Six courses (18 credits) in two substantive fields of study (see below)<br /></li> <li>At least one elective course (at least 3 credits) relevant to JLCP</li> <li>Dissertation proposal (3-6 credits): JLCP 998</li> <li>Dissertation (12–21 credits): JLCP 999</li> </ul> <p>Once enrolled in 998, a student must maintain continuous registration in 998 or 999 each semester until the dissertation is submitted to and accepted by the University Library.</p> <h4>Substantive Fields of Study</h4> <p>In addition to the required analytical methods and substantive core courses, the curriculum offers three substantive fields. Doctoral students must select two substantive fields of study and complete three courses within each area. Students may take one non-JLCP elective course in each area or other courses offered by JLCP with prior written approval of the director of the JLCP program.</p> <h5 style=""font-weight:"><strong>Justice and Law</strong></h5> <p>Justice-related electives: JLCP 702, 703; GOVT 520, 631, 725; SOCI 611, 612, 619, 640; CONF 501, 701, 720, 721, 723, 726, 747, 802, 803; ECON 611, 852, 854</p> <p>Law-related electives: JLCP 721, 722, 723, 730; SOCI 503; PHIL 611; CONF 733; ECON 895 (when topic is law and economics); selected LAW courses*</p> <p>*Successful completion of JLCP 720 and 721 is a prerequisite for enrollment in LAW courses, which also requires preapproval from the JLCP director, law school instructor, and associate dean for student academic affairs of the Law School.</p> <h5 style=""font-weight:"><strong>Jus</strong><strong>tice Organizations, Administration, and Leadership</strong></h5> <p>JLCP 741, 742, 743, 749, 509, 510, 691; PUAD 502, 620, 621, 622, 640, 661, 671, 680, 700, 727, 781; CONF 731, 741, 743; PSYC 532, 631, 639; SOCI 505, 523, 692</p> <h5 style=""font-weight:"><strong>Crime and Crim</strong><strong>e Policy</strong></h5> <p>JLCP 761; SOCI 607; GOVT 745; PUAD 640, 644, 741; PSYC 617</p>

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