Welcome to the Department of Criminology

Criminology is the science of the patterns, prediction, prevention and punishment of crime. The University of Pennsylvania has the longest continuous program of research and teaching in criminology of any American university, with a rich history and a distinguished group of alumni.

Today, Penn offers an interdisciplinary undergraduate major in criminology, a unique and rapidly growing professional M.S. in criminology, and a Ph.D. program for a highly select group of students, as well as a wide-ranging research program under the affiliated Jerry Lee Center of Criminology.

Congratulations to the Criminology Class of 2008, who will graduate at Noon on Saturday May 17th at St. Mary's Church (3916 Locust Walk). We are proud to have 35 M.S., M.S. and PhD students receiving diplomas at the ceremony, with Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey delivering the commencement address. Commissioner Ramsey will be introduced by Lawrence Sherman, Director of the Jerry Lee Center. All are welcome, and a reception will follow the ceremony.