Boston University’s Applied Social Sciences faculty have extensive, hands-on experience in criminal justice roles—from corrections to courts to law enforcement—and are active in research.

A Harvard University study published earlier this month found there are “persistent racial disparities” in the Massachusetts criminal justice system and that people of color are “drastically ...

The additional points he received for having a master’s degree in criminal social justice from Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois, allowed him to move up to the No. 2 spot in line for ...

Boston Police Commissioner William Gross and Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins spoke at the 3rd Annual People of Color in Criminal Justice Conference in Framingham on Wednesday, officials ...

Selected Awards and Honors. Criminal Justice Department Teaching Award (2004), Teaching - University of Massachusetts Lowell, MA Criminal Justice Department Teaching Award (2002), Teaching - ...

Sitting in his prison cell, José Bou never imagined himself standing at the front of a classroom, teaching criminal justice. Bou earned his undergraduate degree in English from Boston University ...