Criminal Justice: professional practice doctorate records.

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Official classification: Criminal Justice/Safety Studies.

A program that focuses on the criminal justice system, its organizational components and processes, and its legal and public policy contexts. Includes instruction in criminal law and policy, police and correctional systems organization, the administration of justice and the judiciary, and public attitudes regarding criminal justice issues.

Inspect the criminal justice or safety studies curriculum and exact qualification. Historical awards do not establish eligibility for law enforcement employment, legal practice or a professional licence.

This selection is the source professional practice doctorate category, award level 18. It stays separate from research doctorates and other doctorate awards. Verify the exact qualification, current applicant route and recognition in the intended jurisdiction; the award category does not establish eligibility for professional practice.

Source: connected NCES IPEDS first-major completion records, exact CIP 43.0104, award level 18. This list does not rank institutions or measure admissions capacity.

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