Current Events
Dr. Anthony Braga to lecture on Preventing Gun Violence
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We are pleased to announce a colloquium to be delivered by world renowned scholar Dr. Anthony Braga titled "Preventing Violence by Focusing on Risky Places and Risky People". This will take place on May 7th at 1.30pm, Temple University Main Campus (Anderson Lecture Hall 14, Polett Walk between 11th & 12th Streets).
Professor Braga is the Don M. Gottfredson Professor of Evidence-Based Criminology in the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University and a Senior Research Fellow in the Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.
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Mural Arts Tour
Professor Ostrow's Victims in Society class took a Mural Arts Restorative Justice tour during the first weekend in April. The photo is the new Famillies Interrupted Mural that is focused on the impact of mass incarceration on families of incarcerated people. Click here for more information.
Organized Crime Exhibit at the National Constitution Center
Dr. Rege's Organized Crime class visited the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia on April 7. The class viewed the 'American Spirits: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition' exhibit, which is the first comprehensive showing about America’s most colorful and complex constitutional hiccup. Spanning from the dawn of the temperance movement, through the Roaring ’20s, to the unprecedented repeal of a constitutional amendment, this world-premiere exhibition brings the whole story of Prohibition vividly to life. Click here for more information on the display.
Criminal Justice Society Bake Sale
Metzger and her two daughters Rachel and Allyson assisted the Criminal Justice Society during their Spring Bake sale on March 26th raising money for multiple myeloma. A great time was had by all for such a wonderful cause !! Great job CJ society !!
Dr. Van Cleve' talk at CHAT lecture series
Dr. Nicole Van Cleve gave a talk entitled "The Criminal Justice System as a Welfare Handout: How Criminal Justice Professionals Adapt Welfare-Dependency Narratives to the World of Custody and Courts". Click here to view the talk.
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Undergraduate Urban Minorities Class at the Philadelphia Film Festival
On Wednesday October 24, 2012 Tara Tripp took about 20 students from her Fall 2012 Urban Minorities Class to the Philadelphia Film Festival to see a documentary by Ken Burns - showcasing the infamous Central Park Jogger case and the miscarriage of justice that followed.
