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TDCJ Scholarship Winners Plan Future with State Agency
ScholarshipsTwo TDCJ supervisors hope to climb the ladder at the state agency with a scholarship from the College of Criminal Justice. #story_content #album{height:350px; background:...
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SHSU Study Tests Success of Hot Spot Deployments
ResearchDr. Larry Hoover and colleagues investigate success factors for hot spot policing. #story_content {padding-top:20px;} Hot spot policing is most successful in reducing street crimes in small...
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College Welcomes Four New Faculty in Fall
#story_content {padding-top:20px;} Four new faculty members will join the College of Criminal Justice this fall, adding expertise in corrections, victim studies, and forensic science. Joining the...
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SHSU Students Provide “Security” to Hospitalized Children
Community ServiceSecurity Studies graduates distributed teddy bears to children with cancer in Houston hospitals. #story_content #album{height:350px; background:...
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Growing Up Trooper
#story_content #album{height:350px; background: url(http://www.cjcenter.org/images/blogger/Scamardo_header.jpg) no-repeat top center;} When he was five, Luke Anthony Scamardo Jr.’s grandmother sewed...
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Forensic Science and Psychology Students Get Their Day in Court
#story_content #album{height:350px; background: url(http://www.cjcenter.org/images/blogger/Veasey_header.jpg) no-repeat top center;} Forensic science students had the opportunity to testify in moot...
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Education is Key to Success in Jails
#story_content {padding-top:20px;} As the new President of the American Jail Association, Alumnus Wayne Dicky continues to stress the importance of ongoing education for jail professionals.“The...
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Study Explores Honor Crimes in the U.S.
#story_content #album{height:350px; background: url(http://www.cjcenter.org/images/blogger/48557524_3.jpg) no-repeat top center;} Most so-called honor crimes in the U.S. occurred during the process of...
View ArticleAsian Policing Conference Returns to Huntsville
This summer, the College of Criminal Justice hosted the 16th Annual Conference of the Asian Association of Police Studies (AAPS), an international organization that advances scientific, practical, and...
View ArticleResearch Reveals Restorative Justice Reduces Recidivism
Restorative justice programs, such victim-offender mediation and community impact panels, are more effective in reducing recidivism rates among juvenile offenders than traditional court processing, a...
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Intern Protects Evidence at Freeport Police Department
#story_content {padding-top:20px;} Senior Robert Parsley got an in-depth lesson in processing evidence during his internship with the Freeport Police Department.During the summer, Parsley was tasked...
View ArticleWitnessing the Practice of Law
#story_content #album{height:350px; background: url(http://www.cjcenter.org/images/blogger/Garcia.jpg) no-repeat top center;} Graciela Garcia said her textbooks and classroom lessons came to life this...
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STAFS Provides Hands-on Learning in Anthropology, Biology
#story_content {padding-top:20px;} Sierra Smith spent her summer at the Southeast Texas Applied Forensic Facility (STAFS) working with the deceased to help teach the living.Smith, who hopes to pursue...
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Becoming a Texas Game Warden
InternshipJustin Amundson spent his summer working side-by-side with Texas Game Wardens in Harris and Waller counties. #story_content #album{height:350px; background:...
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Book Relives Glory Days of Texas Prison Rodeo
#story_content #album{height:350px; background: url(http://www.cjcenter.org/images/blogger/Roth_header.jpg) no-repeat top center;} For 55 years, Huntsville held, what was at one time the largest...
View ArticleCollege Graduates Nearly 250 at Summer Commencement
#story_content #album{height:350px; background: url(http://www.cjcenter.org/images/blogger/Commencement7.jpg) no-repeat top center;} Nearly 250 students graduated from the College of Criminal Justice...
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Immigration Status May Act as Protective Factor in Sentencing
#story_content #album{height:350px; background: url(http://www.cjcenter.org/images/blogger/Orrick_header.jpg) no-repeat top center;} Offenders with federal immigration detainers received significantly...
View ArticleCJ Advisor Finds Calling in Higher Education
Brian Howard has taken the University’s motto to heart throughout his academic career at Sam Houston State University and now he wants to pass that lesson on to current students at the College of...
View ArticleCriminal Justice Welcome Week (Aug. 29 - Sept. 1)
Faculty Meet and Greet August 29, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. CJ LobbyMovie Night August 30, 4 p.m. CJ CourtroomStudent Organization Fair August 31, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. CJ LobbyInternships 101 September 1, 2 p.m. CJ...
View ArticleImpaired Driving Training Targets Remote Texas Counties
Law enforcement officers in remote areas of Texas will receive training on detecting drunk and drugged drivers through a special grant awarded to the Impaired Driving Initiatives program at Sam Houston...
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