School of Criminal Justice - University at Albany

08/21/2024

We are deeply saddened by the passing of our esteemed alum, Alice Green. Dr. Green earned an MA and PhD from the UAlbany School of Criminal Justice.

"The entire University at Albany community mourns the loss of a great advocate, philanthropist, and educator,” said UAlbany President Havidán Rodríguez. “Alice Green’s name has long been synonymous with the fight for justice and equity in the Capital Region and beyond. She will be remembered as a tireless advocate for justice for people in marginalized communities and a believer in the transformational power of education. Alice and her husband, Charles Touhey, established a program at UAlbany to diversify the teaching and counseling professions in our region and Alice regularly spoke during New York State Writers Institute events and to UAlbany students. In 2022, UAlbany recognized Alice’s commitment to social justice and advocacy and her ongoing service to underserved communities by naming her a Citizen Laureate of the university."

Founder of the Center for Law and Justice died Tuesday afternoon at St. Peter's Hospital

08/06/2024

This fall, UAlbany students will be able to help investigative agencies and the community solve cold cases — including missing persons and unsolved crimes — through internships in the Cold Case Analysis Center, located within the School of Criminal Justice on the Downtown Campus.

The Cold Case Analysis Center, or CCAC, moved to UAlbany under the leadership of Camela Hughes after the College of Saint Rose closed in spring of 2024. Hughes, now a visiting assistant professor in UAlbany’s School of Criminal Justice, got her master’s and PhD degrees from UAlbany.

The CCAC moved to UAlbany under the leadership of Camela Hughes after the College of Saint Rose closed in spring of 2024.

05/14/2024

Congratulations, Graduates! 🎓🎉

05/13/2024

The Hindelang Criminal Justice Research Center hosted its 22nd Annual Lecture Monday, May 6th. Vesla Mae Weaver spoke about “When Black Police Almost Changed the World: Black Police Political Organizations and Resistance to Racial Authoritarianism.”

The Hindelang Criminal Justice Research Center hosted its 22nd Annual Lecture Monday, May 6, 2024. Vesla Mae Weaver spoke about “When Black Police Almost Changed the World: Black Police Political Organizations and Resistance to Racial Authoritarianism.”

05/13/2024

05/07/2024

On Friday, May 3rd, Rockefeller College celebrated its 2023-24 student and alumni award winners from the Department of Public Administration & Policy, the Department of Political Science, and the School of Criminal Justice. See the full list of honorees here: https://www.albany.edu/2023-24-awards-ceremony-reception

04/29/2024

Congratulations to Shalain Garcia, BA ’07, MA ’09 on receiving the Cochrane Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion Award at the UAlbany Alumni Association’s annual Excellence Awards Gala. Shalain earned a master’s from the School of Criminal Justice and serves as statewide race equity coordinator at NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services.

Read more about Shalain's accomplishments here: https://www.alumni.albany.edu/s/1642/bp19/interior.aspx?sid=1642&gid=2&pgid=4247

04/24/2024

The Michael J. Hindelang Criminal Justice Research Center will host its 22nd Annual Lecture on Monday, May 6th, 2024, at 1pm in the Standish Room, located on the third floor of the Science Library. The lecture will feature Dr. Vesla Mae Weaver, speaking on the topic of, “When Black Police Almost Changed the World: Black Police Political Organizations and Resistance to Racial Authoritarianism.”

The University at Albany’s Michael J. Hindelang Criminal Justice Research Center will host its 22nd Annual Lecture on Monday, May 6th, 2024, at 1pm in the Standish Room, located on the third floor of the Science Library. The lecture will feature Dr. Vesla Mae Weaver, speaking on the topic of, “W...

03/29/2024

🔊LISTEN: Assistant Professor Jason Robey discusses recently updated data on prison populations with Wisconsin Public Radio.

We explore why the prison population has been declining but recently ticked back up. Then, Wisconsin’s Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust explains why the state joined in on an anti-monopoly lawsuit against Apple. Later, a doctor shares the challenges that come with rural healthcare after re...

03/29/2024

TODAY! Join us at noon in Milne 200.

Join us at noon on Friday, March 29th for a presentation by Duke University's Tony Cheng on "The Policing Machine: Enforcement, Endorsements, and the Illusion of Public Input."

The past few years have seen Americans express passionate demands for police transformation. But even as discussion of no-knock warrants, chokeholds, and body cameras has exploded, police departments have successfully stonewalled change. Drawing on his recent book, The Policing Machine (University of Chicago Press, 2023), Tony Cheng will discuss the stages of police departments’ resistance, offering a close look at the deep engagement strategies that NYPD precincts have developed with only subsets of the community in order to counter any truly meaningful, democratic oversight. The fundamental challenge with police-community relationships, Dr. Cheng shows, is not to build them. It is that they already exist and are motivated by a machinery designed to stymie reform.

This event is sponsored by The Hindelang Criminal Justice Research Center and hosted by the Justice, Law, and Inequality Working Group.

03/20/2024

Join us at noon on Friday, March 29th for a presentation by Duke University's Tony Cheng on "The Policing Machine: Enforcement, Endorsements, and the Illusion of Public Input."

The past few years have seen Americans express passionate demands for police transformation. But even as discussion of no-knock warrants, chokeholds, and body cameras has exploded, police departments have successfully stonewalled change. Drawing on his recent book, The Policing Machine (University of Chicago Press, 2023), Tony Cheng will discuss the stages of police departments’ resistance, offering a close look at the deep engagement strategies that NYPD precincts have developed with only subsets of the community in order to counter any truly meaningful, democratic oversight. The fundamental challenge with police-community relationships, Dr. Cheng shows, is not to build them. It is that they already exist and are motivated by a machinery designed to stymie reform.

This event is sponsored by The Hindelang Criminal Justice Research Center and hosted by the Justice, Law, and Inequality Working Group.

03/20/2024

Cecelia Pelkey MPA ‘95 and Gary Striar MPA ‘79 have issued a joint challenge to Rockefeller College graduates and donors. Cecelia and Gary will match all gifts dollar for dollar, up to $10,000, to Rockefeller College during March Matchness. Help make this challenge gift a reality by making a gift today!
https://www.alumni.albany.edu/s/1642/02-alumni/giving/index.aspx?sid=1642&gid=2&pgid=4210

11/13/2023

Heading to Philly for the 2023 American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting this week? UAlbany SCJ will be hosting a reception on Friday, November 17th from 7-9pm. We hope you will join us to meet and mingle with Dean Julie Novkov, Senior Executive Director Dana Peterson, and UAlbany SCJ faculty, students, alumni, and friends.

09/29/2023

Rockefeller College Dean and Professor Julie Novkov will lead a conversation on Tuesday, October 3rd about the clash between the First and Fourteenth amendments, including an examination of critical race theory, Holocaust denial, and countering hate speech and falsehoods portrayed as objective facts...

09/22/2023

🏆 Congratulations to Robert E. Worden on earning the 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Criminology Division of Policing! This award recognizes lifetime scholarly achievement in the field of policing. Dr. Worden will be honored at the ASC Annual Meeting in Philadelphia on November 16th.

09/08/2023

As a co-author of a Washington University in St. Louis Institute for Public Health report, Associate Professor Matt Vogel has been integral in designing and conducting the evaluations in St. Louis of Cure Violence — a community violence intervention program that is being implemented in communities nationwide. https://tinyurl.com/hb27s74h

09/08/2023

Challenge yourself and prepare to change the world by attending this exciting one-day conference hosted by the University at Albany’s nationally ranked Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy! You will learn from and interact with diverse public policy leaders to gain a better understanding...

07/14/2023

A new article co-authored by UAlbany SCJ Assistant Professor Jason Robey has been published in Demography and featured in the Washington Post. The research shows that between 1999 and 2019, the Black male incarceration rate dropped by 44%, and notable declines in Black male imprisonment were evident in all 50 states.

Demography Article: https://read.dukeupress.edu/demography/article/doi/10.1215/00703370-10863378/380376/A-Generational-Shift-Race-and-the-Declining

Washington Post: https://washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/12/good-news-black-incarceration-rate-declines/

A new study shows that incarceration rates have been trending down for two decades and that Black men are the biggest beneficiaries.

07/10/2023

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Julie Novkov on being appointed dean of Rockefeller College! Dr. Novkov has served as interim dean for the past two years and has been an important and influential leader at UAlbany since she arrived in 2006. https://www.albany.edu/news-center/news/2023-julie-novkov-named-dean-rockefeller-college

06/28/2023

A year-long field experiment that provided public defenders at some initial bail hearings found that having an attorney at these hearings lowered the court's use of cash bail and pretrial detention — without increasing the odds of a defendant not showing up at subsequent hearings.

06/21/2023

Dennis McCarty, MA ’79, PhD ’85, a School of Criminal Justice alumnus and CEHC lecturer, has authored an important book on human trafficking. "The Quest to End Human Trafficking: An Educational and Practical Guide for Everyone Who Wants to Help Break the Bonds and Assist Survivors" is available for FREE through UAlbany's open access scholars archive. Download it here: https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/ehc_fac_scholar/8/

06/13/2023

Jillian Benedict, BA '23 is the School of Criminal Justice Valedictorian. Jillian was the founding president of the Indigenous Student Association and organized events that brought tremendous attention to Native culture, traditions, and contributions. After graduation, she will pursue a master's degree in criminal justice.

Jillian Benedict, BA '23 is the School of Criminal Justice Valedictorian. Jillian was the founding president of the Indigenous Student Association and organized events that brought tremendous attention to Native culture, traditions, and contributions. After graduation, she will pursue a master's deg...

06/13/2023

Community violence interventionists are 10 times more likely than police to be shot or shot at. David Hureau, Andrew Papachristos, and Jalon Arthur write about the violence Chicago interventionists face and the need to support their health and safety.

Supporting the health and safety of community violence street workers is urgent and imperative

05/25/2023

The SCJ study, “Does Bail Reform Increase Crime in New York State: Evidence from Interrupted Time-Series and Synthetic Control Methods,” was published earlier this month in Justice Quarterly. Led by Sishi Wu, who received her PhD from SCJ in April, it’s the first study to evaluate the effects of New York’s bail reform law on the entire state.

New York’s bail reform law had a negligible effect on crime, a School of Criminal Justice study found.

05/23/2023

Join us for an “Afterwork Networking and Information Fair” at the Empire State Plaza on Wed., May 24, 4:30-6:30pm. Meet faculty, staff, and alumni, obtain information on financing your degree, and receive an application fee waiver! forms.office.com/r/UB7pZ343Fb

05/18/2023

05/18/2023

05/02/2023

The University at Albany’s Michael J. Hindelang Criminal Justice Research Center will host its 21st Annual Lecture on Thursday, May 4th, 2023, at 4pm in the Standish Room, located on the third floor of the Science Library. The lecture will feature Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad of Harvard University. We hope you will join us!

The University at Albany’s Michael J. Hindelang Criminal Justice Research Center will host its 21st Annual Lecture on Thursday, May 4th, 2023, at 4pm in the Standish Room, located on the third floor of the Science Library. The lecture will feature Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad of Harvard University.