Criminal Justice and Homeland Security

What We Do

Department of Criminal Justice and Homeland Security

Overview

This department offers programs of study for Criminal Justice and Homeland Security. 

Students within this division, may work towards

  • A three year doctoral degree in homeland security
  • A two year masters degree in homeland security & criminal justice leadership
  • A four year bachelor degree in either criminal justice or homeland security
  • A two year associate degree in criminal justice 
  • Combined degree in collaboration with St. John's College or within the Collins College of Professional Studies

Faculty

The professors in the Criminal Justice program are highly qualified academically and have many years of professional experience. They are practitioners from the fields of law enforcement, the judiciary, corrections, prosecution, forensic science and law.

Faculty within our homeland security programs, often come out directly from industry and become leading researchers in the evolving area of homeland security.

For a list of our faculty, click here

Department Chair

Keith Cozine, Ph.D.
Professor
718-990-1852
cozinek@stjohns.edu

Bernard Jones
Program Director - D.P.S. Homeland Security
Associate Professor
jonesb1@stjohns.edu

Christopher Cleary
Program Director - M.P.S. Homeland Security and Criminal Justice Leadership
Associate Professor
clearyc@stjohns.edu

Jeffrey Grossmann
Program Director - B.S. Homeland Security 
Associate Professor
718-990 7436
grossmaj@stjohns.edu

James E. McCabe, Ph.D.
Program Coordinator - B.S. Criminal Justice
Assistant Professor
mccabej1@stjohns.edu