Research
The School of Criminal Justice administers externally funded research through the renowned Hindelang Criminal Justice Research Center. Funding for projects in the Center in recent years came from myriad sources, including federal agencies like the National Institute of Justice, National Science Foundation, and National Institutes of Health, and New York State agencies like the Division of Criminal Justice Services, Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence, State Police, and Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.
Faculty, research staff, and students work on research projects, develop policy recommendations in the field of criminal justice, disseminate research results through publications in leading scholarly journals, sponsor lectures and other colloquia, and provide opportunities for graduate students to learn research skills and develop dissertation topics. Read about what students and faculty have been working on lately.
Recent News
UAlbany Featured in Season 15 of The College Tour Now Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
The University at Albany is featured in season 15 of The College Tour, a groundbreaking series from Emmy-nominated producers Alex Boylan and Lisa Hennessy, which is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
Dozens of UAlbany Researchers Among World’s Top 2% of Scientists
The annual Stanford University report, published through Elsevier, creates a public database of top-cited researchers.
5 Questions with School of Criminal Justice Senior Executive Director John McCluskey
There’s something about the University at Albany’s School of Criminal Justice that has kept John McCluskey coming back.
McCluskey’s college education began at the school, where he earned his bachelor’s degree, followed by a master’s and PhD, and since earlier this year, he has served as the Senior Executive Director of the school.
School of Criminal Justice students to bring research to the American Society of Criminology meeting
Their research represents a diverse range of topics, including how crime coverage shapes attitudes toward immigrants, the role that Stop-Question-and-Frisk policies played in gentrifying New York, and attrition from the police hiring process in the post-Floyd era, among others.
Cold Case Analysis Center project maps unsolved homicides and missing persons in New York
Camela Hughes was used to getting strange emails and phone calls. People claiming they’d solved cases that had long gone cold or expounding on their theories about corrupt police departments stalling cases. Last year, one such missive sparked an idea for Hughes, the director of the Cold Case Analysis Center (CCAC) and lecturer at the School of Criminal Justice.
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