Criminal Justice (MS)

The innovative curriculum calls on students to apply critical thinking skills and decision-making processes, and will enhance technical skills and increase analytic capabilities. Students will also learn how to analyze crime control methods, explain the interdependence of institutions in the criminal justice system and broader social, legal and socioeconomic environments, and understand how diversity issues can affect the operation of criminal justice organizations.

Customize Your Degree with Career-Focused Electives

Beyond the core coursework, you can tailor your degree by selecting electives from specialized clusters designed for high-growth fields. Several of these result in an added 12-18 credit hour certificate.

• Administration of Justice: Provides advanced knowledge of crime control systems. Administration of Justice certificate available.
• Cybersecurity – Threat Detection: Explores and analyzes types of information and data threats and how forensic investigations are conducted post-attack. Cybersecurity – Threat Detection certificate available.
• International and Regional Security: Address global conflict and violence through a recently updated curriculum focused on international arena security issues. International and Regional Security certificate available.
• Re-entry and Restorative Justice: Focus on transformative justice and community re-integration with specialized Counseling and Education courses to prepare you for rehabilitation-focused roles.
• Security Management and Leadership: Designed to prepare those moving into executive positions bridge the gap between law enforcement and management.

Globalize Your Criminal Justice Focus with a Dual Degree

Webster University’s dual degree program is designed for leaders who recognize that modern justice knows no borders. By combining the MS in Criminal Justice with the MA in International Relations and Security Studies, you learn to apply domestic justice principles to complex global security frameworks. Simultaneously, you will gain a specialized focus on how international affairs, diplomacy and AI-enhanced security strategies directly impact local criminal justice outcomes. Take what you learn about domestic crime prevention and apply it to intergovernmental organizations, NGOs and global security roles.

Webster's master's in Criminal Justice opens doors in several career paths, including opportunities in legal departments and law enforcement. Graduates can pursue jobs such as:

• Government Agent
  (FBI, Homeland Security, U.S. Marshal)
• Chief of Security/Security Manager
• Cybercrime/Fraud Investigator
• Restorative Justice Coordinator
• Forensic Technician/Analyst
• Victims Rights Advocate
• Private Investigator
• Law Enforcement Officer