Vision:

To be a Department of Excellence in Training, Research and Innovation in the provision of Criminology and Social Work education in Africa

Mission:

To attain World Class standards in Training, Research and Innovation for Sustainable Individual Prosperity and Social Development

Objectives:

(i) Build in students the importance of ethical practice;

(ii) Provide its graduates with intellectual, practical and professional skills, ethics and knowledge rooted in progressive values that promote the ideals of professional intervention;

(iii) Develop a critical awareness of the role of learners’ professions in the development, maintenance, and resolution of social and personal challenges;

(iv) Prepare students for service and leadership in government, the private sector nongovernmental organizations and emerging institutions;

(v) Build competencies for consultations, outreach and research.