NEWS

Peggy Giordano 7th Annual Michael J. Hindelang Lecturer

The Hindelang Criminal Justice Research Center will hold its 7th Annual Michael J. Hindelang Lecture on Wednesday, May 7, 2008 from 12:00 noon - 2:00 p.m. in Richardson Hall, Room 002. Dr. Peggy C. Giordano, Ph.D., is a Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Sociology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH. Her lecture is "Legacies of Crime: Mechanisms Underlying Intergenerational Transmission."

Lizotte Reappointed As Executive Director of Hindelang Center

After being nominated and re-elected as the Hindelang Center's new Executive Director by the Hindelang Board of Directors, Alan J. Lizotte has been reappointed for a three-year term effective September 1, 2007. Professor Lizotte is Co-Principal Investigator of the Rochester Youth Development Study (RYDS).

Rochester Youth Development Study Receives CDC Grant

Principal Investigator Marvin D. Krohn, along with Co-Principal Investigators Alan J. Lizotte and Shawn D. Bushway, have received funding for two years on a new CDC project "Examining Protective Factors for Youth Violence within a Developmental Framework." This research project began 9/15/07 and will study the factors that protect youth from violent behavior, and the mechanisms through which protection continues.