Many police officers typically view themselves as crime fighters or crook catchers and the media tends to portray policing in the same fashion. As a consequence, many people seeking careers in law enforcement do so because of the “exciting” connotation surrounding police work. But how accurate is this view of policing? How much actual crime...Read More

"I have had a wonderful learning experience in the EKU Online master's degree program. My knowledge and love for studying the criminal justice system has grown immensely!  The professors are all excellent and the staff has always been amazing about making sure everything goes smoothly. I would definitely recommend this program to anyone who  wants to...Read More

"I found EKU’s Correctional/Juvenile Justice Graduate Studies Program to be challenging yet very rewarding. The program allowed me to learn from faculty who were experts in their field and then be able to apply what I learned in my own career. The program is designed with student success in mind – from the convenient online...Read More

"My name is Kelly Cline and I am a Juvenile Counselor with the Department of Juvenile Justice. I graduated from Eastern Kentucky University with both my undergraduate and graduate degrees in Correctional and Juvenile Justice Studies. I always knew throughout school that I wanted to work with at-risk youth in my community but didn’t know...Read More

Global warming, melting polar ice caps, the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, super-storms like Sandy and Katrina—could psychology possibly have any ways to solve problems like these?Read More

The value of a college degree for people wanting careers in law enforcement has been debated for decades. While the research is not conclusive on the effects a college education has on police officer performance, there are a number of compelling reasons for people interested in law enforcement careers to obtain a college degree. So...Read More

Policing is an inherently spatial activity. That is, policing happens somewhere. This may sound obvious, but many politicians and theorists seem to have either forgotten about the geographic component of police work or never thought about it at all. Further, it is not just that policing happens somewhere, it’s that all somewheres, despite their potential commonalities, have...Read More

A police department is only as good as the aggregate of its membership, and, in some cases, it is only as strong as its weakest or least professional officers. Police administrators have long recognized this fact and substantial effort and resources toward selecting the best applicants for positions as police officers. Today, even with the...Read More

officers affect the operations of the entire criminal justice system, but police are said to be the “gate keepers” of the system: “They are usually the first to make contact with accused offenders and are in a position to make some very important decisions about what will happen to those individuals.Read More

Community policing is the first substantive reform in the American police institution since it embraced the professional model nearly a century ago. It is a dramatic change in the philosophy that determines the way police agencies engage the public. It incorporates a philosophy that broadens the police mission from a narrow focus on crime and...Read More