Criminal justice
The field of criminology and criminal justice addresses the nature and causes of crime and the administration and impacts of our criminal justice system. The School of Public Affairs faculty are experts in areas such as law enforcement and policing reform, crime data analysis, gender-based violence, victimology, and white-collar crime, and our alumni are represented in organizations across the criminal justice spectrum from federal investigative agencies to community nonprofits.
Latest news about criminal justice
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Center for Community Safety and Resilience Presents Analysis of Decade-long Colorado Crime Data
Mar 16, 2023 byThe new Center for Community Safety and Resilience (CCSR), housed at the School of Public Affairs at CU Denver, hosted an event to disseminate the findings of a recently produced report on crime rates in Colorado from 2010 to 2021. The report co-authors are School of Public Affairs faculty Professor and CU Regent Callie Rennison and Dr. Sheila Huss, clinical assistant professor and interim co-director of the CCSR.Full story -
Rennison and Dodge honored with TAA textbook awards
Mar 2, 2020 byCriminal Justice professors Callie Rennison and Mary Dodge at the University of Colorado Denver School of Public Affairs are the recipients of awards from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association (TAA) for two textbooks that were published in 2019. The awards will be presented during an awards luncheon at TAA’s 33rd Annual Textbook & Academic Authoring Conference in San Diego, CA, June 12, 2020.Full story