Spring 2012
Last updated: Apr 2012
MONDAY JANUARY 23rd
Guest Speaker: Dr. Michael Tonry, “H.G. Wells and the Third Dimension: Thinking about Crime across Space and Time.”
CLJ 070, LECTURE 5:00 PM, followed by a reception. Professor Michael Tonry (University of Minnesota) specializes in criminal law. He teaches courses in criminal law, jurisprudence, and comparative law. In 1990, he was named the Marvin J. Sonosky Chair of Law and Public Policy. From 1999 to 2004 he was also Professor of Law and Public Policy and director of The Institute of Criminology at Cambridge University. Since 2001, he has been a visiting professor at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. He has also been a senior fellow of The Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement, Leiden, since 2003.
* Event co-sponsored by the Rutgers Newark Law School
TUESDAY JANUARY 24th
Guest Speaker: Dr. Rosella Selmini, “Criminology from an Italian perspective.”
CLJ 572, LECTURE 10 AM. Dr. Rosella Selmini is Director of the Department of Local Police and Urban Security, Office of the President, Region of Emilia-Romagna (Italy), and has written extensively about crime and justice policy, including books and articles dealing with urban security and organized crime. She is also a member of the Executive Board of the European Society of Criminology.
MONDAY FEBRUARY 6th
SCJ Professional Development Seminar I: The Qualifying Examination
CLJ 572, Noon. Learn about the upcoming PhD qualifying exam to be administered this April (Drs. Anthony Braga, Johnna Chrsitian, and Andres Rengifo).
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 15th
The Alcatel/Lucent Distinguished Lecture Series: Dr. David Weisburd, “The Criminology of Place”
CLJ 572, Reception at 4:00 PM, LECTURE 5:00 PM.
Dr. David Weisburd holds a joint appointment as a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society at George Mason University and also as the Walter E. Meyer Professor of Law and Criminal Justice at the Hebrew University Law School in Jerusalem. He will share findings from his new book “The Criminology of Place: Street segments and Our Understanding of the Crime Problem” (In Press, Oxford University Press).
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 23rd
Dean’s Distinguished Speaker: Dr. Ramiro Martinez, Jr. , “Extending Immigration and crime studies: National implications and local settings”
CLJ 572, LECTURE 5:00 PM. Dr. Ramiro Martínez, Jr. is a Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Northeastern University. Professor Martinez is a quantitative criminologist. His core research agenda asks how does violence vary across ecological settings, and, does violent crime and violent deaths vary across racial/ethnic and immigrant groups?
MONDAY FEBRUARY 27th
Guest Speaker: Dr. Daniel Nagin, “The Effect of Incarceration on Re-Offending: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Pennsylvania”
CLJ 572, LECTURE 12 Noon. Dr. Nagin is Teresa and H. John Heinz III University Professor of Public Policy and Statistics at Carnegie Mellon University and since January, 2006 has served as the School’s Associate Dean of Faculty. Dr. Nagin is an elected Fellow of the American Society of Criminology and of the American Society for the Advancement of Science. He is the 2006 recipient of the American Society of Criminology Edwin H Sutherland Award (for research contributions) and he just finished chairing the National Research Council Committee on Deterrence and the Death Penalty.
TUESDAY APRIL 17th
SCJ Professional Development Seminar: The Empirical Paper
CLJ 025, Noon: Drs. Bob Apel, Rod Brunson, and Beth Griffiths will present information about the empirical paper requirement, including advice about writing papers for publication.
WEDNESDAY APRIL 18th
Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Panel: “Wrongly Convicted and Exonerated in America” with Calvin C. Johnson, Jr. and Vanessa Potkin
CLJ, 4PM: Concerns about serious errors in criminal justice processing have risen to the foreground of public consciousness, largely as a consequence of the exoneration of nearly 300 innocent persons imprisoned for crimes they did not commit. Since the founding of the National Innocence Project in 1992, hundreds of men and women have established factual innocence through the testing or re-testing of DNA evidence that was properly preserved and made available post-conviction. This panel brings together two prominent speakers who will describe their unique experiences in freeing and being freed from the most grievous error that can occur in the American criminal justice system. The event flier can be downloaded here.
FRIDAY APRIL 20TH
SCJ Professional Development Seminar: Navigating the Job Market with a Rutgers Degree
CLJ 572, Noon: Drs. Jesenia Pizarro (Assistant Professor at Michigan State University) and Christopher Sullivan (Assistant Professor at the University of Cincinnati) will meet with graduate students to discuss a wide range of issues related to the job market. All students, even those in early stages of the Ph.D. program, are encouraged to attend.
SATURDAY APRIL 21st
Rutgers Newark Reunion hosted by the RU Alumni Association
Events are still being planned, but the preliminary schedule includes a Reunion brunch, bus tour, evening reception and concert at NJPAC, special events at RBS, NLAW, and SCJ, as well as chartered alumni group activities. Dr. Jay Albanese, the first PhD from SCJ, will be speaking. More information can be found here.
MONDAY APRIL 23rd
SCJ Brownbag Lecture: Madeleine Novich & Jody Miller, “State Intervention and the Policing of Sri Lanka’s Commercial Sex Industry”
CLJ 572, Noon. Madeleine Novich, Ph.D. student in SCJ, and Jody Miller, SCJ professor, will discuss the nature and consequences of the public order policing of commercial sex in Sri Lanka. Drawing from in-depth interviews (N=162) with a range of sex industry participants and criminal justice personnel, they compare police practices in the capital city of Colombo with those in military zones. Their investigation illuminates how the intersections of antiquated colonial laws, expressive agendas, civil war, and widespread corruption hamper justice practices and the protection of women’s human rights.
THURSDAY APRIL 26TH
SCJ Professional Development Seminar: Teaching Basics
CLJ 572, 5PM: Dr. Johnna Christian will discuss introductory topics related to teaching such as syllabus construction, creating learning objectives and assessments, and balancing teaching with course work and completion of program requirements. The seminar is designed for students who have never taught before, but all students are welcome to attend.
WEDNESDAY MAY 16th
CONVOCATION
The School of Criminal Justice Convocation Ceremony
Degrees awarded to B.S./M.A. (Bachelor’s and Master’s) degree candidates.
10am in the Golden Dome, 42 Warren St.
Convocation Instructions
WEDNESDAY MAY 23rd
Treatment Alternatives for Drug Addiction for the Incarcerated: Policy Forum
Paul Robeson Campus Center Multi-Purpose Room, 350 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Newark, NJ: The program will focus on Governor Christie’s recent announcement for non-violent offenders (current and future) to receive drug treatment for substance abuse rather than prison. A NJ focused-Panel will discuss how the process might work in NJ and a second panel will discuss other approaches to treating drug offenders. Click here for program agenda.