Celebrating 50 Years of Service: Expanding Opportunities in Forensic Science
In 2001, the College of Criminal Justice launched the inaugural master’s degree for forensic science in Texas, and it is making history again by offering the first multi-disciplinary Ph.D. in the field...
View ArticleCollege of Criminal Justice Time Capsule Documents Center's History
by Dr. Charles Friel, Distinguished Professor EmeritusIn 1990, at the 25th Anniversary of the founding of Sam Houston State University’s College of Criminal Justice, a time capsule was constructed to...
View ArticleNew Lecture Series Launched on Innovating Police at LEMIT
The Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas (LEMIT) launched a new Distinguished Lecture Series in honor of longtime supporter Dr. Larry T. Hoover, which will present innovative and practical...
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Lyons Named Criminal Justice Dean, Director
#story_content #album{height:330px; background: url(http://www.cjcenter.org/images/blogger/Lyons_Header.jpg) no-repeat top center;} Phillip Lyons, professor of criminal justice at Sam Houston State...
View ArticleLEMIT Hosts Polish National Police Delegation
#story_content {padding-top:420px;} #story_content #album{top:-420px; height:400px; background: url(http://www.cjcenter.org/images/blogger/polish.jpg) no-repeat center;} May 1, 2015 – May 12, 2015 The...
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Dr. Jones Studied Drug Cartels in Mexico
#story_content #album{height:330px; background: url(http://www.cjcenter.org/images/blogger/Jones_header.jpg) no-repeat top center;} As a doctoral student studying drug cartels in Mexico, Dr. Nathan...
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Intern Finds Her Calling in Texas Legislature
#story_content #album{height:330px; background: url(http://www.cjcenter.org/images/blogger/Intern_header2.jpg) no-repeat top center;} As an undergraduate and graduate student at the College of...
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Crime Victims' Institute Surveys Texas Emergency Shelters
#story_content #album{height:330px; background: url(http://www.cjcenter.org/images/blogger/Shelters_header.jpg) no-repeat top center;} Texas has a shortage of beds for survivors of intimate partner...
View ArticleRecent Publications -- Spring 2015
Here is a list of publications recently produced by faculty, students and alumni of Sam Houston State University, College of Criminal Justice. Armstrong, G. S., **Atkin-Plunk, C. A., & Wells, J....
View ArticleMore Than 300 Graduate CJ College in Spring
Hundreds of students graduated from the College of Criminal Justice on May 9, including five doctoral students who earned Ph.D. degrees.Among those reaching the top academic ranks in the criminal...
View ArticleParole and Probation Officers Get Lessons in Impaired Driving
Despite ongoing flooding in Texas, approximately 40 adult and juvenile probation officers braved storms to attend the newest training offered by the Impaired Driving Initiatives on how to detect drug...
View ArticleForensic Classes Offered to Teachers Over Summer
Middle and high school teachers will get hands-on experience in forensic science this summer, whether they are interested in working with their students in the laboratory or at a mock crime scene.The...
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Intern Wants to Protect and Serve His Community
#story_content #album{height:330px; background: url(http://www.cjcenter.org/images/blogger/portales.jpg) no-repeat top center;} From a young age Cirilo Portales was always taught to give back to his...
View ArticleCJ College Produces Third Journal on School Violence
A third journal on school violence will be co-produced by faculty at the College of Criminal Justice, adding to the number of peer-reviewed publications on qualitative criminology and psychology in...
View ArticleScholarships Support Future Corrections Leaders
Two up-and-coming supervisors at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) received joint scholarships from the agency and the Correctional Management Institute of Texas (CMIT) to help advance...
View ArticleChiefs Set Agenda to Address Emerging Issues
#story_content {padding-top:20px;} With controversial suspect deaths and public protests in Ferguson, MO. and New York fresh in their minds, Texas Police Chiefs representing municipal, school, and...
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Professor Investigates Parent-Child Visitation in Prison
#story_content #album{height:330px; background: url(http://www.cjcenter.org/images/blogger/tasca-visit.jpg) no-repeat top center;} It’s not “cupcakes and lollipops” for most children who visit a...
View ArticleAlumnus Rounds Out Police Career in Webster
Alumnus James “Rusty” Lovel (MS ’12) is getting well-rounded experience in various positions at the Webster Police Department, hoping one day to use all his skills to become a police chief.A graduate...
View ArticleProtecting Americans and the First Family Abroad
As a summer intern with the U.S. Department of State, Dakin Stanesic helped prepare for a visit by Michelle Obama and her daughters, Sasha and Malia, to Milan, Italy during the First Lady’s tour to...
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Alumna Serves Crime Victims in Montgomery County
#story_content #album{height:330px; background: url(http://www.cjcenter.org/images/blogger/TamaraYoung_header.jpg) no-repeat top center;} Alumna Tamara Young-Niquette (’98) had planned to go to law...
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