The University at Albany, SUNY School of Criminal Justice (SCJ) is a school of the University at Albany, SUNY, offering both undergraduate and graduate programs in criminal justice.
It was established in 1968, as a result of the desire of then-New York governor Nelson Rockefeller to create a research and education program centered around the study of crime.
[1] It offered the first criminal justice doctoral program in the United States.
[2] The current dean is William Pridemore, who also received his Ph.D. from the School in 2000.
[3] The SCJ is located in Draper Hall on the University at Albany's Downtown campus.