The Southwest Journal of Criminal Justice has ranked Wichita State University’s criminal justice program No. 7 in the nation for the number of books written by criminal justice faculty.

Thirty universities were ranked by the journal study.

The study is a good indicator of how productive Wichita State’s criminal justice program is. Typically programs that offer a doctorate and also have a large number of faculty produce the most books.

“When you consider the fact that we were ranked above many of the country’s larger criminal justice programs that have three and four times the number of faculty is impressive,” Birzer said. “We were ranked above many other criminal justice programs that would be considered elite programs."