The following list is meant to give you some ideas for a topic. You may choose one of these topics, or you may come up with a topic of your own that is related to the history of Criminal Justice. In either case, your topic must be approved by the instructor.

1. History of women prisoners
2. History of women in law enforcement
3. Evolution of the youth authority
4. History of tribal courts
5. Historical role of private, charitable organizations in CJ
6. Historical role of race in CJ
7. Historical role of class in CJ
8. Historical role of religion and CJ
9. History of women lawyers
10. History of CJ as an academic discipline
11. History of the war on drugs
12. "The oldest profession": History of prostitution in the US
13. Corruption in CJ agencies
14. The chain gang
15. Prison labor
16. Comparison of American CJ system to another country's
17. Historical trends in sentencing severity
18. Vigilantism in America
19. CJ in the Wild West
20. Rural CJ
21. History of gangs
22. Historical treatment of domestic violence by American CJ
23. The link between the temperance movement and CJ
24. History of private security in the US
25. Due process revolution