Criminal Justice Policy Review publishes Jeff Nowacki’s paper on Gender Equality and Sentencing Outcomes

Criminal Justice Policy Review recently published Dr. Jeff Nowacki’s paper “Gender Equality and Sentencing Outcomes: An Examination of State Courts.” Abstract: An important source of racial disparity in policing is traffic enforcement. The level of discretion afforded to officers for traffic enforcement is generally greater than it is for other policing decisions. One way to control […]

Jeff Nowacki’s research published in the International Journal of Police Science & Management

Dr. Jeff Nowacki and co-author Tyrell Spencer, Southern Illinois University, recently published “Police discretion, organizational characteristics, and traffic stops: An analysis of racial disparity in Illinois” in the International Journal of Police Science & Management. Abstract: This paper addresses traffic enforcement as an important source of racial disparity in policing. The level of discretion afforded to […]

Jeni Cross, Hannah Love and IRISS offer social science research to CSU faculty

Story by Jeff Dodge. Originally published on SOURCE. For social science research, CSU faculty can now pick IRISS For social science research, CSU faculty can now pick IRISS Faculty who need to conduct focus groups, design a survey for a research project, or carry out other types of social science research now have a place […]

Pete Taylor presents at International Studies Association

Pete Taylor and David Sonnenfeld presented “Liberalism, Illiberalism and the Environment: an Exploration of Two Cases of Polycentric Water Governance” during the session on “Hidden Figures and the Worlding of Global Environmental Polics” at the International Studies Association annual convention held in Toronto in March.

Michael Carolan speaks about recent book to CSU Composition students

Michael Carolan and his Food Systems research team colleague Becca Jablonski presented  “Rural-Urban Linkages Instead of Divides: Connecting Metropolitan Food Plans to the Countryside” in Clark A101 in March (shown above right). CSU’s Department of English has been assigning his books to composition students for close to a decade. Carolan released The Food Sharing Revolution in December 2018.

Faculty and Graduate Students present at ACJS

The Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) conference was held in Baltimore in March. “Justice, Human Rights, and Activism” was the theme of ACJS’s 56th Annual Meeting. Several faculty and graduate students along with one undergraduate attended and cheered on Prabha Unnithan as he was inducted as the 2019–2020 ACJS president. Shown above from left: Ian Greenwood, Jeff Nowacki, Megan […]

Criminology and Criminal Justice faculty and grad students present at ACJS

The Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) conference was held in Baltimore in March. “Justice, Human Rights, and Activism” was the theme of ACJS’s 56th Annual Meeting. Several faculty and graduate students along with one undergraduate attended and cheered on Prabha Unnithan as he was inducted as the 2019–2020 ACJS president. Shown above from left: Ian Greenwood, Jeff Nowacki, Megan […]