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PhD Candidate Brielle Savage Named ‘Woman of Excellence’

Reposted from SJ Magazine, May 2023 Women of Excellence, Honoring the passion, dedication and action of 6 remarkable South Jersey women Inspiration Brielle Savage Criminal Trial Defense Investigator Brielle Savage is haunted by her memories of witnessing the fatal shooting of a 10-year-old boy during a football game nearly 4 years ago. The fifth-grader, Micah Tennant,... Learn More

SCJ Adds Two New Members to its Esteemed Faculty

The School of Criminal Justice Rutgers University – Newark welcomes Brenden Beck to its esteemed faculty this fall. Dr. Beck is a sociologist studying policing, city budgets, housing, and suburbs. A current research project of his investigates how municipal governments shift funding from social services to policing during recessions and how those shifts influence long-term crime rates.... Learn More

NPSC Featured as Newark Named Model Community by Obama Foundation

A recent video produced by the Obama Foundation/My Brother’s Keeper Model Community (MBK) shows Rutgers’ own Newark Public Safety Collaborative’s (NPSC) contribution to the initiative. It also features Rutgers University-Newark School of Criminal Justice faculty member and NPSC Director Alex Gimenez-Santana discussing the Collaborative’s auto theft crime reduction program involving Newark youth. Newark, New Jersey... Learn More

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