Criminal Justice & Public Safety
Criminal justice student Amanda Rice ensures campus safety as an IUPUI Police cadet officer.
Are you interested in why people commit crime? Do you want to help your community plan for disasters and other emergency situations? SPEA's criminal justice graduates can be found in a variety of occupations within law enforcement, corrections, private security, emergency services management, and the federal government.
Undergraduate students can choose from the criminal justice major or major in public safety management or a criminal justice minor.
Graduate students can pursue the nationally ranked criminal justice concentration within the Master of Public Affairs.
Criminal Justice Faculty
- Terry Baumer, Associate Professor
- Crystal Garcia, Associate Professor
- Roger Jarjoura, Associate Professor and Director of Criminal Justice programs
- Sam Nunn, Professor
- John Ottensmann, Professor
- Kenna Quinet, Associate Professor
- Tom Stucky, Assistant Professor
- Jim White, Clinical Lecturer
Criminal Justice Research at IUPUI
Through the Center for Urban Policy and the Environment, SPEA faculty, staff, and students are engaged in a variety of research projects pertaining to crime, safety, corrections, and juvenile justice. For more information about this research, visit the Center for Urban Policy and the Environment.
Careers that Make a Difference
SPEA's criminal justice and public safety graduates can be found working for a variety of public, nonprofit, and private organizations. Some examples of employers include, but are not limited to:
- ADT Security Services
- AIM (Aftercare for Indiana through Mentoring)
- Baker and Daniels LLP
- Department of Public Safety, City of Indianapolis
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Indiana Criminal Justice Institute
- Indiana Department of Corrections
- Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department
- Indiana State Police
- Marion County Prosecutor's Office