Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

School of Community Affairs

Criminal JusticeEthnic Studies

Forensic ScienceGerontology

Criminal Justice

• The second oldest active Criminal Justice program in the nation.

• Established as a Police Science program in 1938.

• The largest and most extensive Criminal Justice degree program Kansas.

Notable FactsCriminal Justice

• 455 Undergraduate Majors• 37 Graduate Majors• 3,800-4,000 credit hours per semester• 2005 External Funding (Grants and

Contracts) $775,480• External funding past 9 years exceeds

$7,000,000• Criminal Justice faculty have 17 books

currently in print.

Recent Graduation Statistics

• Degrees granted in Fiscal Year 2005

– 110 B.S. in Criminal Justice degrees– 21 Master of Arts in Criminal Justice– 18 Certificates in Forensic Criminology

Centers and InstitutesRegional Community Policing Institute

Provides training in community policing, terrorism, domestic violence, and other topical issues to law enforcement personnel across Kansas and Nebraska. Has received over $5,500,000 in federal funding since 1997.

Midwest Criminal Justice InstituteConducts training and consultation services to local and regional criminal justice agencies on a fee for service basis.

Center for Juvenile Justice ResearchConducts research on juvenile justice issues. Receives federal, state and local funding from juvenile justice agencies.

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Summer Session in London

• Founded in 2000.

• Two weeks in London studying the British system of justice, the forerunner of our American system.

• Students tour New Scotland Yard, the Thames River Police, the Metropolitan Police Training Centers and several British prisons.

• Students also attend lectures by WSU faculty and British criminal justice authorities.

Current Projects• Exploring the plausibility of a cooperative on-

line Ph.D. program with Kansas State University.

• Developing and implementing an on-line Master of Arts degree.

• Working with the United States Attorney for Kansas in creating a statewide Crime Information and Crime Analysis Center at WSU. Received $67,000 feasibility grant from the Department of Justice.

Community Involvement

• Criminal Justice faculty serve on numerous community advisory boards and boards of directors, including:

• Sedgwick County Community Corrections Board, Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, Kansas Juvenile Justice Authority, Sedgwick County Juvenile Court, Wichita Children’s Home, and the City of Wichita Employee Grievance Board.

• Faculty also provide training and consultation services to the Department of Homeland Security, Wichita Police Department, Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Department, U.S. Attorney, Kansas Highway Patrol and many others.

Forensic Science • A new interdisciplinary B.S. degree approved

by the Board of regents in October 2005.

• A rigorous natural science-based program • requiring 93 credit hours in the major. • Collaborative effort by the Departments of

Anthropology, Biology, Chemistry, Criminal Justice and Psychology.

• Housed and administered by the School of Community Affairs.

ETHNIC STUDIES• Dr. Anna Chandler-Program

Coordinator

• Ethnic Studies is a primarily a service program and does not offer a major. • Two full-time faculty members and two party-time adjunct faculty.

• Offers a popular course, “Dealing with Diversity,” which is a required course in the Criminal Justice Major.

Community Engagement• Dr. Chandler and Mr. Jerry Shaw, the two full-

time faculty members in Ethnic Studies are also heavily involved in community service.

• Mr. Shaw is one of the eight national board members of the Osage Tribe. He is also a member of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Council.

• Dr. Chandler is a Member of the Kansas Historical Society, KPTS Public Television committees, the Black History Museum and other organizations devoted to racial and ethnic issues.

GERONTOLGYDr. Mary Corrigan—Program Coordinator.

The Gerontology program is an on-line Master of Arts degree (one course in residence required). Since the program has gone on-line, the number of majors has increased from 10 in 2001 to 22 in 2005 and credit hour production has increased from 149 in 2001 to 415 in 2005.

Community Involvement• Dr. Corrigan, Coordinator of the

Gerontology program is heavily engaged in community service.

• She serves on the Boards of the Sedgwick County Department of Aging, Central Plains Area Agency on Aging and the Larksfield Residential Center.

• She is a nationally acknowledged expert on Alzheimer's.