The Florida State University College of Criminology and Criminal Justice is one of sixteen colleges comprising the Florida State University (FSU).
[3][failed verification] With $11 million in externally funded research projects, the College's Center for Criminology and Public Policy Research conducts research that promotes evidence-based policy-making and practice at state and national levels.
[4] It also provides unique hands-on research opportunities for graduate students.
The first offering of criminology courses at Florida State University began in the early 1950s in the Department of Criminology and Corrections within the School of Social Welfare.
Dr. Eugene Czajkoski, a criminology faculty member receptive to both research and practice, was the School's Founding Dean.