Master of Science in Crime and Justice Studies

Suffolk's MSCJS program will help you navigate the intricacies of the criminal justice system and empower you to make a difference. Our community-oriented curriculum is pragmatic and career-focused, emphasizing complex connections between communities and crime. Youll learn right next door to the institutions that comprise Boston's criminal justice system, including the Massachusetts State House, City Hall, medical centers, detention facilities, and municipal and federal courts.
As a student in Suffolk's Master of Science in Crime & Justice Studies program, you will:
Identify alternative, community-based responses and interventions to crime and disorder, Assess how other social processes and institutions beyond the criminal justice system affect crime and crime control, Develop strong communication skills that can adapt to a variety of audiences and research products, such as scholarly papers, policy briefs, grants, reports, and presentations, Become a more critical media and research consumer who interrogates data presentation, source biases, and the representation of the criminal justice system, Learn from research-active faculty who bring their experiences into the classroom and provide opportunities for student involvement in projects.
Our experiential curriculum is designed to help students critically assess crime and justice policies and practices from intersectional perspectives. Youll apply academic theories of crime to real-world problems, moving beyond a theoretical understanding of crime and victimization to identify successful intervention models and strategies that promote community health and safety. In addition, youll develop the skills to produce a variety of communicationsfrom scholarly writing to more public-facing pieces like presentations, grants, policy briefs, and short reportsthat are critical to bridging the research-practice gap and fostering community relations.

Resume
Official transcripts for all post-secondary education
Goal statement (essay)
Two letters of recommendation
Unofficial transcripts of all post-secondary work. Admitted students enrolling in the program will need to have official transcripts, including proof of degree conferral, on file prior to their first class
Official TOEFL, IELTS, or PTE-Academic scores
Students enrolling in graduate programs must have a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university in the United States, or an equivalent degree granted by an institution in another country (as determined by the Office of Graduate Admission).
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). Suffolk welcomes both the TOEFL iBT and TOEFL Essentials. To be considered for full admission, a minimum TOEFL iBT score of 80, with no subscore lower than 17, or a minimal TOEFL Essentials overall band score of 8.5, with no subsection below 8, is required. Suffolk University's code for TOEFL test scores is 3771.
International English Language Testing System (IELTS). A minimum score of 6.5 (with no subscore below 6.0) is required to be considered for full admission.