Minor requirements
Our 21-credit minor provides students with a comprehensive overview of the justice system.
Explore your interest in criminal justice by adding a minor to your undergraduate curriculum. This minor will develop your understanding of the law, legal institutions and processes and their relationship to social, moral, political and economic issues.
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Our 21-credit minor provides students with a comprehensive overview of the justice system.
Associate Professor, Department Chair
Department of Sociology and Criminology
Fine Arts Building
vthompson [at] rider.edu
609-895-5463
Academic Focus: Sociology