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    "description": "<p>The Doctoral Program in Criminal Justice is a post-master's program of study and research. The program is composed of a substantive core focused on criminal justice theory and institutions, a research methods core that prepares social scientists in the scientific method and social-science statistics, and a selection of substantive criminal justice concentrations (policing, corrections, and juvenile justice).</p> <p>The program focuses on criminal justice and takes advantage of the city of Orlando and surrounding cities and counties to examine criminal justice issues from multiple angles and levels.</p> <p>The program is intended to serve many purposes. Chief among them are:</p> <ul> <li>Prepare disciplinary stewards capable of advancing scholarship in criminal justice;</li> <li>Prepare a qualified workforce to assume criminal justice instructional responsibilities in postsecondary institutions;</li> <li>Prepare analysts competent to staff federal, state, and local criminal justice agencies; and</li> <li>Improve safety and justice in communities through research partnerships with neighborhood, city, county and state agencies and associations.</li> </ul> <p>Students completing the program will be well prepared to pursue academic positions in universities, research positions in criminal justice agencies, and consultancies in program evaluation and needs assessment.</p> <p>The Doctoral Program in Criminal Justice is a 57-credit-hour, post-master's program of study and research. Substantive emphasis is placed on core coursework in criminal justice theory and institutions, and on in-depth concentrations in policing, corrections, or juvenile justice. Students complete a minimum of 42 credit hours of doctoral coursework and 15 credit hours of dissertation research.</p> <p><strong>Total Credit Hours Required: 57 Credit Hours Minimum beyond the Master's Degree</strong></p>",
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