School of Criminal Justice

The School of Criminal Justice is concerned with the study of all aspects of crime and societal reactions to crime.

We examine political, economic and cultural patterns that shape definitions of crime and influence the policy choices about how to respond to certain categories of crime. We also study social and personal forces that lead to criminal conduct, and we analyze the organization and operation of crime control systems. Particular emphasis is placed on the interactions among the many agencies which comprise criminal justice systems and on the relationships between these systems and other facets of society.

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    Associate Professor Frankie Bailey is front page news! Special Issue of Justice Quarterly Focused on Papers from Sentencing Symposium
    Professor Bailey's research on clothing and crime is featured in Times Union front page story "Unofficial uniform of crime."  View the video interview.
    A special issue of Justice Quarterly highlights a selection of papers from the 2010 Symposium on the Past and Future of Empirical Sentencing Research (volume 30, issue 2).  The remaining papers from the Symposium can be viewed on the Symposium website.

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Meet-the-Author Book Signings

Stalin's Witnesses
Julius Wachtel, Ph.D., Lecturer, California State University - Fullerton and UAlbany SCJ Alumnus
April 22 at 5:30 pm - Husted Hall Amphitheater

SCJ Commencement Events

Graduate Recognition Ceremony - Saturday, May 18 at 4:00 pm; Milne Hall 200, Downtown Campus
Undergraduate Recognition Ceremony - Sunday, May 19 at 12:30 pm: Main Theater, Performing Arts Center

SCJ Spring Seminar Series

May 10th
Professor Carolyn Smith, School of Social Welfare, University at Albany
Arthur Levitt Room, Page Hall, University at Albany Downtown Campus
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Spring Symposium

Explorations in Justice: Gender, Sexuality and Violence
April 25 & 26, 2013

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    2012 Award Recipients

    Past Recipients

    Alumni Awards

    Distinguished Alumni Awards
    Patricia Van Voorhis, Ph.D. ‘83
    James Halvorsen, M.A. ‘06

    Graduate Awards

    University Distinguished Dissertation Award
    Henda Hsu, Ph.D. ‘11

    Eliot H. Lumbard Award for Academic Excellence
    Andrew Davies

    Lt. John F. Finn Scholarship
    Eithne McCarthy

    Walter M. Francis Policing Award
    Ryan Leavens

    Frank Remington Award for Interdisciplinary Legal Studies
    Jennifer Owens

    Undergraduate Awards

    Donald J. Newman Award for Outstanding Achievement
    Tayo Sarah Woli

    Valedictorian Award
    Keith Slesinski

    Distinguished Teaching Professor James Acker/Dr. Walter Francis Award
    Scott Stofenberg

    Bruce Davis Criminal Justice Scholarship
    Nina Vershuta

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