criminal justice is a very broad field it's
it's a lot of different things there's a
lot of different disciplines within it
it's nothing like you see on TV people
try to compare criminal minds to
criminal justice no it's not whatsoever
we look at how the justice system fits
into society why do we give some people
shields and sidearms and say that they
can literally police the rest of us they
can tell us what to do people learn
about the law about the Constitution and
how it affects how we implement laws in
this country and how we manage the use
of authority how we manage the use of
force we now have four full-time faculty
and in several adjuncts who work in the
directly in the justice system our
courts class is taught by an attorney
our policing class is taught by a member
of the Winchester police department we
have guest speakers into many of our
classes who work directly in the justice
system when I first got into the program
they were wonderful they came and
introduced me to everyone they came with
open arms I love just how it felt like a
family more than anything we're good
size for students to get individualized
attention to have access to professors
to be able to study a wide range of
topics that relate to this to this field
of study it's a great program there's
all the teachers are extremely
knowledgeable in what they do all of
them are very open to talking with you
outside of class inside answering
questions through email if you need to
get a hold of them outside of their
office hours they're all more than
willing to to work with you you're not
just a number here this university is
small for a reason so the professors
will come to you and help you with
everything they do not believe in
failure here students don't come here
and get lost in the student body in fact
students come here and they get found
one of the great strengths of our
program is our internship opportunities
because then as graduating students they
not only have the ability to have
references from their academic faculty
of recommendations but from persons
actually working in the field we have
students who want to work for federal
law enforcement agencies that aren't
interested in a career at the FBI we
have students who want to be game
wardens one of the real strengths here
is we do get to know our students we can
help them to make choices help them get
placements you should know this field is
right for you that's one thing you
should know if you're mentally prepared
for any of the obstacles that might come
your way dealing with this program you
should just be ready to put in work
open-mindedness that's the best thing
anybody can have going onto a program
and then that's real more so for criminal
justice I say for anything in college
really but in criminal justice
specifically you're talking about a lot
of different topics that are very
controversial especially today
unfortunately there's always work in the
criminal justice system crime is
something that has been around for a
long long time through all the things
you see on the news and social media
I feel like criminal justice for us this
generation is making a change
