Research

• Criminal Justice Researchers Explore Moral and Legal Ramifications of Wrongful Convictions
  Given that more than one million felony convictions and considerably more misdemeanor convictions occur annually, the number of persons wrongly convicted is potentially staggering. University at Albany researchers James R. Acker and Allison D. Redlich delve into this complicated subject matter in their new book, Wrongful Conviction: Law, Science, and Policy.
  

• National Death Penalty Archive Adds Papers from Pioneer on Racial Equality and the Death Penalty
  The working papers of the late David Baldus, a legal pioneer on racial equality and the death penalty, will become part of the permanent collection of UAlbany's National Death Penalty Archive (NDPA), a national repository of archival material devoted solely to the death penalty.
  

Faculty

• American Society of Criminology Award Quantitative Analyst Lifetime Achievement Award
  Professor David McDowall won the 2011 American Society of Criminology Teaching Award.

Student Experience

• Newman's Own Rewards Student Group for Helping At-Risk-Youth
  The University at Albany student group Reclassifying All Children Equally Organization (R.A.C.E.) was recognized nationally by Newman's Own Foundation for its efforts mentoring at-risk youths in the community.
• Doctoral Student Wins Award for Best Student Paper for Study on Capital Punishment in Texas
  PhD student Jennifer Lynn Owens won the 2012 Michael C. Braswell/Anderson Publishing Outstanding Student Paper Award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences