About Our Department

Suffolk’s Sociology & Criminal Justice Department offers undergraduate and graduate courses in topics such as the school to prison pipeline, social conflict and social change, and police and society. Our faculty and students are interested in a wide range of social issues and apply their skills in Boston-area schools, prisons, shelters, and communities dealing with crime. Our department also houses the Education Studies and Youth & Community minors. For information about classes and program curriculums, visit our university site

Join Our Department’s Affiliated Research Centers

wip members

Our department houses the Women and Incarceration Project (WIP). WIP is a group of Boston-based academics, attorneys, and social workers who research and write about the costs and harms of incarcerating women.

Our department is home to Assistant Professor Jessica Gillooly who is leading a team of researchers in partnership with the Policing Project on Reimagining Public Safety (RPS). RPS is a multi-city, mixed-methods project that examines how jurisdictions are attempting to shrink the footprint of policing with alternative response models.

obost

Our department is home to the nationally acclaimed Our Bodies Ourselves Today center led by Professor Amy Agigian. As described in Teen Vogue, OBOST aims to generate, curate, and deliver trustworthy and inclusive evidence-based information to women, girls and gender-expansive people.

Our department founded The Center for Women’s Health & Human Rights which strives to advance the health and humans rights of women and girls everywhere through advocacy, education, research, and leadership. Founded in 2003, the Center is the first academic initiative in the United States to focus on women’s health as a human rights imperative.

Explore Our Vibrant Downtown Campus

Walk through Boston Common between classes

Engage with policymakers at the Massachusetts State House just steps from campus

Meet with faculty at 73 Tremont St which houses the Sociology & Criminal Justice Department