Criminal Justice Studies

Devon Werner '21, a criminal justice studies minor, sees behind the scenes as a Crime Analyst Intern with Burlington Police Department

Jordyn McAtee '19, a criminal justice studies minor, prepares for her future legal career by interning at the Alamance County District Attorney's Office.

The assistant professor of sociology presented research on cross-national patterns in the justification of violence and "crimes of everyday life."

Ella Fies '19, a criminal justice studies minor, creates group for girls on probation and detained at the Guilford County Juvenile Detention Center

Jess Sabatino '19, a criminal justice studies minor, builds skills while interning at the Guilford County Juvenile Detention Center.

 

The John Jay School of Criminal Justice criminologist and leading expert on corporate crime, global financial crises, and corruption will speak in Yeager Recital Hall at 7 p.m.

 

Rena Zito, assistant professor of sociology, and co-authors Stacy De Coster and Jennifer Lutz of N.C. State University have published a chapter in The Handbook of Race, Ethnicity, Crime, and Justice.

The sociology professor's paper examines the justification of violence and "crimes of everyday life" across 52 nations.

Meredith Allison and alumna Erin Martin co-authored an article on Canadian and American perceptions of sex offender registries with colleague Sandy Jung of MacEwan University in Canada.

Ricky Watson Jr. L'11, co-director of the Youth Justice Project at the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, returns this spring to his alma mater's main campus in Alamance County for a conversation about the law, the school-to-prison pipeline, and improving educational outcomes for youth of color.