John Jay College Of Criminal Justice | The City University of New York

The City University of New York's Doctoral Program in Psychology offers thirteen areas of study. John Jay College of Criminal Justice, in conjunction with the CUNY Graduate Center, houses two programs of study with special emphasis on psychology as it applies to the law and legal settings. Drawing on the College’s extensive history and experience in criminal justice, these doctoral program are designed to prepare scholars to meet the needs of this fast growing field of psychology. These programs train students to develop and apply psychological principles, practices and research for use in a variety of public and private settings, and criminal/civil legal systems.

The Clinical Forensic Psychology Training Program_ is a broad and general clinical psychology training program with added specialization in psycho-legal scholarship and practice. This program is designed to educate the next generation of academic scholars contributing to the field of clinical forensic psychology. The program also trains students to provide professional psychological services in a variety of clinical and research settings, and to contribute to the development of knowledge in the field of clinical psychology. This program requires 90 credits of coursework (including practicum experience), a dissertation, and a one-year internship. Upon completion, students will be eligible for New York State licensure as psychologists. This program is based on the scientist-practitioner (Boulder) model of doctoral education in psychology that places emphasis on research training as well as clinical/applied preparation.

The Experimental Forensic Psychology Training Program_ requires 60 credits of coursework and a dissertation. (Graduates are not eligible to become licensed psychologists.) This track trains students to generate knowledge at the intersections of psychology and law as academicians and applied researchers. The track emphasizes research training, drawing on areas of psychology such as social, cognitive, industrial/organizational and experimental psychology, decision and policy sciences, and evaluation research methods.

The world-renowned faculty of the Doctoral Program in Psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice represents a wide range of academic disciplines, specializations, and areas of expertise within all the core areas of psychology along with particular expertise in criminal and civil psychology & law.

Applications for these programs must be received by the Graduate Center by December 1st.