School of Criminal Justice

Ron Clarke (1941-2025)

In Person Service:
June 21, 2025, 11:00 AM
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Notable alum Anthony Braga ('97) pens outstanding piece in City Journal, "Policing as Public Health." He says policymakers profess deep commitment to public health & apply concept to problem of violent city crime. While they may be well-intentioned, they ignore hard truth. rscj.newark.rutgers.edu

You're Invited: SCJ 50th Anniversary Event

Monday, April 14, 2025

10:00 - 11:30 AM

School of Criminal Justice, Room 572

Please congratulate Raven Lewis, who successfully defended her dissertation, "Family Matters, But What About Gender? Examining the Role of Gender in Family Support During Prison Reentry."

Hats off to SCJ PhD candidate Emily Greberman and Professor Colleen Berryessa who presented their work at the American Psychology-Law Society (AP-LS) in Puerto Rico this weekend!

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Your support on #RUGivingDays can unleash the power of education, one student at a time. You can give to strengthen programs that touch thousands of lives. Support what you value during #RUGivingDays. rscj.newark.rutgers.edu

RU Giving Days is a wonderful opportunity to come together & support the values that make SCJ such a special place. With 9 funds available, you can bolster scholarships, research initiatives & community programs. Your donations make an impact, thank you!
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Join us for an info session on the Accelerated Master's Program (BA or BS/MA Joint Degree). Open to all undergrad students majoring in CJ or Justice Studies who want to pursue a grad degree in CJ. You can earn both degrees in a shorter time and save on tuition.

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#RUGivingDays is a chance to unite as one on two very special days to support the Rutgers School of Criminal Justice. Be part of it!

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Kudos to our own Jordan Costa, PhD! Jordan has successfully defended her dissertation, "Pathways to Peace: A Case Study on Risk, Resilience and Professional Evolution in Community Violence Intervention Work."

So proud, Dr. Costa!

Be part of the celebration! This is the 10th anniversary of Rutgers Giving Days, & we need your help to make it a success. Your gift can expand access to education, advance research, help our teams win, enable our communities to thrive, & so much more.

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New day, new dean. Welcome, @nancylavigne.bsky.social!

SCJ's own Prof Alejandro Gimenez Santana was recently featured in an article commending the City of Newark's exceptional use of data to reduce crime.

This approach has resulted in a 25% decrease in homicides, a 36% cut in auto thefts, and 55% fewer “hotspots.”

go.rutgers.edu/ft7l0fme

Bias, risk, racism: Reconciling critical and quantitative approaches to understanding racial inequality in child welfare system outcomes In this essay, I seek to reconcile critical and econometric approaches to diagnosing the causes of deep racial inequalities in child welfare system outcomes. Using a series of causal diagrams and cri...

new paper: common approaches to modeling racism in policy processes (i.e. foster care entry) try to decompose racism into a 'bias' component and a 'risk' component. this relies on a flawed theory of racism and ignores causal identification problems onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

We are hiring a Grant Operations Specialist!
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Using Community Engagement to Improve Public Safety

"Many of Newark’s more successful community safety efforts began in the years following the 2016 consent decree, like the NPSC, a collaborative city-community project emanating from the RU-N SCJ Justice Anchor Initiative."
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Joel Caplan, a School of Criminal Justice professor whose pioneering data-based work has reduced crime in Newark and other cities, has been named Rutgers-Newark Senior Vice Chancellor for Research & Collaboration.

Continue reading at lnkd.in/e_qaejXQ.

Nancy La Vigne, a renowned criminal justice researcher and former leader in the U.S. Department of Justice under President Biden, has been named Dean of the Rutgers School of Criminal Justice. Read more at go.rutgers.edu/zmmblbo0.

U.S. cities have been shifting funding from social services to policing since 2008. What effect has this had on their crime rates? I explore the research on this in a new Annual Review of Criminology article. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Was really privileged to participate in a youth justice discussion panel at #ASC2024 in conjunction with @runscj.bsky.social 50th anniversary! Grateful to hear about my fellow panelists’ impactful work in this area!

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