The Division of Criminal Justice offers a Criminal Justice Minor (CRJ Minor), which is available to students majoring in other disciplines who wish to gain a foundational understanding of the criminal ...

The Maryland General Assembly passed three bills that aim to reform the state's criminal justice system. Gov. Wes Moore signed more than 90 bills into law after the end of the 2025 legislative session ...

As a former prosecutor, Harris should understand that the executive branch has tremendous power to work to end mass incarceration, abolish the death penalty, and stop unlawful racial profiling. If ...

The 1960s were turbulent. The nation was in the midst of two wars. First, the Cold War with the Soviet Union and later the Vietnam War. Former President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, ...

As an erstwhile drummer, I was drawn to the movie Whiplash, in which an abusive music instructor played by J.K. Simmons ...

Five years after Massachusetts passed sweeping criminal justice reform legislation, a new report released Wednesday shows key improvements in the state’s carceral system — along with widening racial ...