Skip to Main Content

Criminal Justice: Home

This General LibGuide covers general topics within the Criminal Justice major

Criminal Justice Header

About the Degree

The Criminal Justice Program at the University of South Carolina Upstate is designed to provide present and future criminal justice professionals with the educational background necessary to be successful in a criminal justice career, graduate school, or law school. Criminal justice majors complete a course of study that includes the study of crime, criminals, courts, policing, corrections, and victims. The program is concerned with both theory and practice.

Information for Distance Learners

About this Guide

This guide was created by USC Upstate Librarian Laura Karas to offer basic library and web resources for those studying Criminal Justice. The LibGuide offers suggested books, database, webpages and more for beginning research in the field of Criminal Justice.