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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

WATCH: Professor Mercer Sullivan Retires…and Sings!

Dr. Mercer L. Sullivan has been a Professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University-Newark since 1996. Administration, faculty and current and former PhD students paid tribute and wished him farewell at a retirement luncheon in early May. In addition to being brilliant educator and criminal justice expert, Dr. Sullivan is also quite... Learn More

SCJ Undergrad Emily Molina Wins Fiserv Scholarship

Rutgers-Newark School of Criminal Justice undergraduate Emily Molina is the recipient of this year’s Fiserv Scholarship. This $2500 scholarship includes career modules to prepare students for internships and jobs, mentorship, and more. The Fiserv + RU-N Program for Inclusive Innovation will create a center on campus in 2023 that will serve as a research and... Learn More

Bright Receives 2023 Spring Student Research Award from ADPCCJ

Congratulations to Rutgers-Newark School of Criminal Justice Phd Candidate Katherine Bright! Katherine has received a funded award from the Association of Doctoral Programs in Criminology and Criminal Justice (ADPCCJ) for the 2023 Spring Student Research Award. The award will be used to support survivor and trauma-informed methods in her dissertation, The Digital Footprint of Sexual... Learn More

SCJ Undergrads Gorgievska, Mwaura Publish Paper: Redlining in America

Redlining in America: How an Entire Country Failed to Break Through the Shackles of Political and Economic Racism 80 Years Later Kristina Gorgievska Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Senior – Major: Criminal Justice, Minor: Legal Studies Yvonne Mwaura Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Senior – Major: Criminal Justice, Minor: Legal Studies... Learn More