School of Criminal Justice
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. |
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
2012 Award 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. ‘11Eliot H. Lumbard Award for Academic Excellence
Andrew DaviesLt. John F. Finn Scholarship
Eithne McCarthyWalter M. Francis Policing Award
Ryan LeavensFrank Remington Award for Interdisciplinary Legal Studies
Jennifer Owens
Undergraduate Awards
Donald J. Newman Award for Outstanding Achievement
Tayo Sarah WoliValedictorian Award
Keith SlesinskiDistinguished Teaching Professor James Acker/Dr. Walter Francis Award
Scott StofenbergBruce Davis Criminal Justice Scholarship
Nina Vershuta




