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Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Welcome to Criminology and Criminal Justice at Carleton University

ICCJ 2024/2025 Student Awards

ARAC Student Essay and Community Engagement awards

Criminology Electives

CCJ Approved Electives

Field Placement

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Course Outlines

See current and previous Criminology outlines

Program Summary

Why Criminology and Criminal Justice?

Most of us consume a high dose of the three traditional ‘Cs’ of criminology and criminal justice: crime, cops, and corrections. Fictional and news media coverage of criminalized individuals and criminal law actors and institutions are key components of our lives. Working towards greater justice requires time, energy, resources, commitment and imagination. Criminology and Criminal Justice examines what is socially constituted as crime, why and whether we should punish, the origins and function of police and prisons, and how to think outside the box of criminal justice. The field of Criminology is key to understanding and achieving a more just society while also preparing students to become thoughtful, engaged, and employable community members.

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Field Placement at The Distress Centre

Field Placement with City of Ottawa By-Law

ICCJ Celebrates 25 Years and Looks to the Future

Interconnections of Sexuality, Technology, Culture, and Law

News

Dr. McClelland wins POZ Award

Congratulations to Dr. Alexander McClelland, whose book, Criminalized Lives: HIV and Legal Violence, has won the 2024 POZ magazine award…

Holiday Closure

The Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice will close at 4:30pm on Monday, December 23, 2024 and will re-open at 8:30am…

Dr. McClelland talks to CBC radio about book, Criminalized Lives

Dr. Alexander McClelland recently discussed his new book Criminalized Lives: HIV and Legal Violence and the risk of discrimination that people living with…