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.

    2013 Award Recipients

    Past Recipients

    Alumni Awards

    Distinguished Alumni Awards
    Marvin Zalman, Ph.D. '77
    Bryon Christman, M.A. '89

    Graduate Awards

    University Distinguished Dissertation Award
    Heidi Bonner, Ph.D. '12
    Ráchael Powers, Ph.D. '12

    Eliot H. Lumbard Award for Academic Excellence
    Vanessa Panfil

    Lt. John F. Finn Scholarship
    Joshua Richardson

    Walter M. Francis Policing Award
    Andrew Wheeler

    Frank Remington Award for Interdisciplinary Legal Studies
    Megan Kennedy

    Undergraduate Awards

    Donald J. Newman Award for Outstanding Achievement
    Jennifer Rounds

    Valedictorian Award
    Darrell Metcalf

    Distinguished Teaching Professor James Acker/Dr. Walter Francis Award
    Nina Vershuta

    Bruce Davis Criminal Justice Scholarship
    Kyler Morris

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    Congratulations David McDowall - UAlbany's Newest Distinguished Teaching Professor
     
    SOAR Project Wins 2013 Community Engagement Award
     
    Special Issue of Justice Quarterly Focused on Papers from Sentencing Symposium
    The SUNY Board of Trustees have promoted David McDowall to the rank of Distinguished Teaching Professor. See the news release.
     
    The Service Outcomes Action Research Project was selected to receive a 2013 President's Award for Exemplary Community Engagement.
     
    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.

SCJ Commencement Events

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