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John Jay College of Criminal Justice
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| Established | 1964 |
| Type: | Public |
| President: | Jeremy Travis |
| Faculty: | 1,000+ (includes adjuncts) |
| Undergraduates: | 14,000+ |
| Location | New York, NY,  United States |
| Campus: | Urban |
| Sports: | 14 teams |
| Colors: | Blue and Gold |
| Mascot: | Bloodhound |
| Website: | www.jjay.cuny.edu |
The John Jay College of Criminal Justice is a senior college of the City University of New York in midtown, Manhattan, New York City and is the only liberal arts college with a criminal justice focus in the United States. It has about 12,000 FTE (full-time equivalent) students, including traditional, pre-career undergraduate students and those pursuing master’s degrees in several disciplines. John Jay College of Criminal Justice was founded in 1964 and was originally called the College of Police Science (COPS). Eventually, the school was expanded to incorporate many liberal arts disciplines and was renamed John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Internationally recognized as a leader in criminal justice education and research, it is also a major training facility for local, state, and federal law enforcement personnel. The college regularly invites distinguished speakers such as Janet Reno and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
The school's namesake, John Jay, was the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court and one of the founding fathers of the United States. Jay was a native of New York City, and a New York State governor.
The school also boasts a Forensic Science program, one of the few schools in the nation which offers the undergraduate degree.
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Consisting of four buildings, The Tenth Avenue Building (The T building) which also contains The Lloyd George Sealy Library, gym and pool, North Hall (The N building), the newly constructed Westport Building (The W building) where John Jay College rents the first two floors, and one floor of the BMW building. Administration is on the top floor of the T building, while the departmental offices are spread around the N building.
"Club Row" is the nickname in the college for a series of hallways where the student clubs are given space.[1] Student organizations that are given the title "Essential Service" by the City University of New York include The John Jay Times, the Judicial Board ("JB"), the Student Government, the radio station, and the theater group.[2]
The school is working on a project known as "Phase II" which involves building an additional building on 11th Avenue in New York City. The N building will also be torn down as it is old and dilapidated. As part of "Phase II", the college built "Safety Zones" in the N building, areas which were structurally reinforced so that students could be brought to them rather than evacuated in the event of an emergency.[3]
- 899 Tenth Avenue, New York, NY 10019
- 445 West 59th Street, New York, NY 10019
- 555 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019
- 500 West 56th Street, New York, NY 10019
John Jay College is considered a respectable college in New York City and one of the better colleges in the CUNY system. Despite the respectable reputation, it only takes about 2.0 High School GPA for prospective students out of high school to get accepted to this school. SAT grades does not have to be high either. You need a minimal of 840 in the old SAT to be accepted, but it's not a gurantee. Only 70% of students remain at John Jay after their 1st year. John Jay is one of the very few schools in the nation that allows undergraduate forensic majors, but considered very hard majors. John Jay College however is considered one of the best graduate schools in the nation for forensic majors. Undergraduate college GPA has to be high to get accepted to the graduate program.
John Jay College of Criminal Justice foremost is known for Criminal Justice, hence the school name. The School is known for developing plenty of cops. The school also specializes in forensic majors (Forensic science and Forensic psychology). JJC is also considered to be a decent school for Pre-Law students, with most of them majoring in either Government, or Justice Studies. Majors such as Judicial studies, International Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies can also be provided for pre-law students. While not known, few students attend JJC to become firefighters
John Jay College does not have a typical college campus, if any. JJC consists of 3 buildings, with 4th building currently in construction. The school is located in the middle of Manhattan near Columbus Circle. Lack of campus often has students complaining and complains how the atmosphere is high schoolesque. There are no Dorms either at JJC. Most students live with their parents and commute. 93% of JJC students are In-State students. There are students who live with roommates in apartments along with students who live in City College dorm called The Towers at City College. JJC is a commuter school, just like most of CUNY schools. JJC is not a partying school. To make up for it, a lot of students go to bars, clubs, or random house parties to fulfil that aspect of their lives.
There are almost 13,000 undergraduate students in total, with only 1,861 graduate students. Despite the name John Jay College of Criminal Justice, there are more females than males in this school, approximately 56% of the student body are females. Almost half of the student body are of hispanic heritage, around 43%. Follow by 23% of White students, 22% African-American students, 8% Asian students, with less than 1% being American Indian. There are nearly 100 different nationalities in the student body.
John Jay College consists of Men's soccer, Women's volleyball, Women's tennis, Men and women's Cross Country in the fall. In the winter, Men and Women's basketball teams, women's swimming team and the Rifle team are in action during that time. Baseball, Softball and Men's tennis are played during the Spring. JJC baseball in 2006 and 2007 had two very successful seasons in CUNYAC conference. In JJC baseball history, there has been 2 players drafted in the MLB amateur draft. Bob Mulligan in 24th round of 1979 draft by the Twins, and Sean Gargin drafted by the Yankees in the 27th round of 1987 draft.
All these sports are played at the level of NCAA division 3, belonging in the CUNYAC conference.
While JJC is not a nationally known school, few fictional characters from the TV Show Law and Order: Criminal Intent are said to have graduated from John Jay College. [[1]] [[2]]
John Jay awards associate's, bachelor's, master's degrees, and a certificate in dispute resolution. It also awards, via the CUNY Graduate Center two doctoral degrees. While you can't Double Major at JJC, you can choose to have a Minor.
- A.S. - Correction Administration
- A.S. - Police Studies
- A.S. - Security Management
- A.S. - Criminal Justice
As of 2006, the College has brought up an issue of removing the Associate's Degree Program from the College. However, currently the Associate's Program is still available to students.
- B.S. - Computer Information Systems in Criminal Justice and Public Administration
- B.A. - Correctional Studies
- B.S. - Criminal Justice
- B.A. - Criminal Justice (B.A./M.A. offered)
- B.S. - Criminal Justice Administration and Planning (B.S./M.A. offered; B.S./M.P.A. offered)
- B.A. - Criminology
- B.A. - Deviant Behavior and Social Control
- B.S. - Fire Science
- B.A. - Fire and Emergency Services
- B.A. - Forensic Psychology (B.A./M.A. offered)
- B.S. - Forensic Science
- B.A. - Government
- B.A. - International Criminal Justice
- B.A. - Judicial Studies
- B.A. - Justice Studies (Humanities and Justice)
- B.S. - Legal Studies
- B.S. - Police Studies
- B.A. - Public Administration (B.A./M.P.A. offered)
- B.S. - Security Management
- Addiction Studies
- African-American Studies
- Anthropology
- Art
- Chemistry
- Computer Science
- Corrections
- Counseling
- Criminology
- Economics
- English
- Fire Science
- Gender Studies
- Government
- History
- Law
- Mathematics
- Philosophy
- Police Studies
- Psychology
- Public Administration
- Puerto Rican/Latin American Studies
- Russian
- Science
- Security Management
- Sociology
- Spanish
- Speech and Media/Theatre
- M.A. - Criminal Justice (B.A./M.A. offered)
- M.P.A. - Public Administration (B.A./M.P.A. offered)
- M.P.A. - Inspector General Program
- M.A. - Forensic Psychology (B.A./M.A. offered)
- M.S. - Forensic Science
- M.S. - Forensic Computing
- M.S. - Protection Management
(at the CUNY Graduate Center)
- Ph. D. - Criminal Justice
- Ph. D. - Forensic Psychology
- CUNY Dispute Resolution Certificate [3]
- Certificate in Terrorism Studies Awarded by the Center on Terrorism. Dr. Charles B. Strozier is the director of the Center.
- Currently Andrea Matten is the Assistant Director of the Center.
- Scott Atran, noted terrorism expert, is also affiliated with the Center. He is a Presidential Scholar in the Sociology Department at John Jay.
Many JJC alumni work as police officers, lawyers, and other areas of public service. One alumnus is a national leader in forensic science. To get a feel of what many JJC alumni do for living, check this link out. [4]
The current president of John Jay is Jeremy Travis. He became the fourth president of John Jay College of Criminal Justice on August 16, 2004. Lynch had been named acting president in 1975 and was made permanent in 1977. After 30 years as president, he retired in 2004 as having tenured the longest senior-level administration in City University of New York history.[5]
- ^ http://johnjay.jjay.cuny.edu/facilities/specialProjects.asp
- ^ http://www.jjay.cuny.edu/catalogJohnJay/pdfCatalogJohnJay/undergraduate20052007.PDF
- ^ http://www.jjay.cuny.edu/expansionproject
- ^ https://johnjay.jjay.cuny.edu/alumni/onTheMove.asp
- ^ http://www1.cuny.edu/portal_ur/news/cuny_matters/july_2003/newpresid.html