Resources
Academic resources
- Academic Success Center is committed to helping every student achieve academic excellence
- Criminal Justice Research Guide Library
- Effective Online Learner helps students prepare for online courses
- First Year Seminar (Learning with the Brain in Mind) is specifically designed for first-year college students
- Justice and Society Learning Community
- Learn Anywhere helps students maintain balance when learning wherever you may be
- Mathematics Literacy Services supports all mathematics-related courses
- Math Resource Center
- Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) offers free tutoring, supplemental instruction and course study groups led by other students
- Study Skills Academy is a free service that helps students build better study habits
- Student Success Workshop Series is offered every semester on topics like sleep hygiene, financial literacy and more
- Wayne State Library
- Writing Center
University resources
- Career Services
- Campus Health Center (schedule COVID-19 vaccine)
- Child care resources
- Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)
- Dean of Students Office (DOSO)
- Office of Multicultural Student Engagement
- Self-care resources
- Student Services Center
- Student Disabilities Center
- Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)
- W Food Pantry
External resources
- Caring for your Mental Health (NIMH)
- Detroit Health Department
- Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network
- Khan Academy
Research
- Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPRS)
- National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
- National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
- National Institute of Corrections
- National Institute of Justice
- Wayne State University's Library Catalog
Associations
- American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section
- American Correctional Association (ACA)
- Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS)
- American Society of Criminology (ASC)
- Western Society of Criminal Justice (WSC)
Careers
Career opportunities in criminal justice include roles as law enforcement officers, supervisors and executives; criminal justice investigators working for public defenders, prosecutors, fire departments and insurance companies; correctional officers for whom a college degree is mandatory, such as probation officers, parole officers and community corrections specialists. Other specialized roles in criminal justice include juvenile probation officers, volunteer administrators, criminologists, forensic scientists, forensic psychologists, medical examiners and policy analysts.
The criminology and criminology justice department annually hosts a career fair on the second Tuesday in April.