Identity area
Type of entity
University Name
Authorized form of name
Department of Criminology
Parallel form(s) of name
- Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, School of Justice Studies
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
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Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
History
In 1994 the Academic Council approved a Justice Studies program (B.A.A.). It started as a Part-Time degree program administered by the department of Psychology and the School of Justice Studies. It was a degree completion program for police officers, correctional services workers, and security guards and was offered for the first time in 1997/98 school year. Sir Sandford Fleming students with the 2 year diploma from the Centre of Law and Justice were able to join the Justice Studies program as well. In 2003 the degree changed to become a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice and in 2005 it was administered by the newly renamed School of Criminal Justice and the Department of Politics and Public Administration, Also in 2005 it changed names from Justice Studies to Criminal Justice. It began being offered as a minor to students in Child and Youth Care, Psychology, Politics and Governance, and Sociology. In 2007 Criminal Justice formed its own department - the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, the program was also under review. In 2008 the program had its last year of intake and is no longer offered. In the 2014-2015 school year a new full time BA in Criminology began being offered.