The Division of Criminal Justice offers a Criminal Justice Minor (CRJ Minor), which is available to students majoring in other disciplines who wish to gain a foundational understanding of the criminal ...

Republicans and Democrats have long diverged on the topics of how much of a problem crime is in the country and how to approach policing and the criminal justice system. Those differences are ...

Congress eliminated parole from the federal criminal justice system in 1984, but it didn’t completely do away with post-release supervision. About 3 of every 4 people leaving federal prison remain ...

Five years after Massachusetts passed sweeping criminal justice reform legislation, a new report released Wednesday shows key improvements in the state’s carceral system — along with widening racial ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed legislation Tuesday that would overhaul how youth who commit crimes are prosecuted in the District of Columbia as congressional Republicans mobilized behind ...

The House passed two bills to overhaul juvenile justice in Washington, D.C., deepening clashes over local control and raising alarms about federal overreach in minority-led cities. The House passed ...