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 bachelor 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

Department Chair

Keith Cozine
Queens Campus
718-990-1852
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Bernard Jones
Program Director - Homeland Security (D.P.S.)
Associate Professor
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Jie XU
Program Director - Homeland Security & Criminal Justice Leadership (M.P.S.)
Professor
Queens & Staten Island Campus
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Jie Xu, Ph.D.
Program Director - Criminal Justice
Assistant Professor
Queens Campus
718-990-3221
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James Croft
Program Director, Legal Studies
Associate Professor
Queens Campus
718-990-7821
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Jeffrey Grossmann
Program Director - Homeland Security
Associate Professor
Queens Campus
718-990 7436
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James O'Keefe
Program Director - Criminal Justice / Homeland Security
Assistant Professor
Staten Island Campus
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Ellen Boegel
Program Director - Legal Studies
Professor
Staten Island Campus
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