Criminal Justice and Homeland Security
What We Do
Department of Criminal Justice and Homeland Security
Overview
This department offers programs of study for Criminal Justice and Homeland Security.
Students within this division, may work towards
- A three year Doctoral Degree in Homeland Security
- A two year Masters Degree in Homeland Security & Criminal Justice Leadership
- A four year Bachelors Degree in either Criminal Justice or Homeland Security
- A two year Associate Degree in Criminal Justice
- Combined degree in collaboration with St. John's College or within the Collins College of Professional Studies
Faculty
The professors in the Criminal Justice program are highly qualified academically and have many years of professional experience. They are practitioners from the fields of law enforcement, the judiciary, corrections, prosecution, forensic science and law.
Faculty within our homeland security programs, often come out directly from industry and become leading researchers in the evolving area of homeland security.
For a list of our faculty, click here
Bernard Jones
Program Director -
Associate Professor
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Christopher Cleary
Program Director -
Associate Professor
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Jeffrey Grossmann
Program Director -
Associate Professor
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James E. McCabe, Ph.D.
Program Coordinator -
Assistant Professor
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New St. John’s Partnership to Create Institute for Border Security and Intelligence Studies
St. John’s University has partnered with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) New York Field Office to launch the Institute for Border Security and Intelligence Studies, housed within CCPS. This initiative, formalized through a Memorandum of Understanding will create new opportunities for our students and faculty to engage with real-world challenges in homeland security and intelligence.