Education project aims to improve overdose-death reporting
Jan 17, 2023
Accurate reporting on causes of death has direct impacts on mortality data, policy making, and setting priorities in public health. A Penn State-led project aims to educate coroners, medical examiners, and others in the death certifier community in Pennsylvania about the reporting of accidental…
Abenaa Jones named Ann Atherton Hertzler Early Career Professor
Aug 4, 2022
Abenaa Jones, assistant professor of human development and family studies, has been named the Ann Atherton Hertzler Early Career Professor in Health and Human Development at Penn State. Jones works to find solutions to complex, real-world problems, including substance use disorders, social and…
Sam Quinones talks fentanyl and the opioid crisis in virtual discussion
Apr 12, 2022
The Social Science Research Institute's Consortium on Substance Use and Addiction (CSUA) and the Criminal Justice Research Center hosted a virtual talk with Sam Quinones on March 23, titled "True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth with Sam Quinones.” During the talk,…
New EIC podcast on the PA juvenile justice system
Apr 7, 2022
We spoke to Megan Kurlychek, professor of sociology, criminology and public policy and associate director of the Criminal Justice Research Center at Penn State, and Rick Steele, executive director of the Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission at the Pennsylvania Commonwealth, about their work in the…
Criminal Justice Research Center announces 2021 seed grant programs
Oct 11, 2021
The Criminal Justice Research Center at Penn State (CJRC) is accepting applications to its 2021 Seed Grant Program that support the development of high-quality criminal justice research at the University. CJRC has for many years offered annual seed funding that allows Penn State faculty to pursue…News Topics: Criminal Justice Research Center
Education project to help improve data on drug overdose deaths
Sep 27, 2021
A new Penn State-led project is educating coroners, medical examiners, and others in the death certifier community in Pennsylvania about the reporting of substances associated with accidental overdose. The project, known as the Death Certifier Education Project, is a collaborative effort with the…
Two Penn State researchers contribute to fight against human trafficking
Feb 8, 2021
Two Penn State researchers are contributing to the fight against human trafficking, acting as leaders and speakers at the First Annual Regional Human Trafficking Summit For Advocates Against Human Trafficking, taking place on Feb. 9-10, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Glenn Sterner, assistant professor of…
Impacts of gambling in Pennsylvania to be explored
Oct 9, 2020
Penn State researchers are exploring unknown territory when it comes to gambling in the state of Pennsylvania. Glenn Sterner, assistant professor of criminal justice at Penn State Abington and coordinator of the Greater Philadelphia Office of the Criminal Justice Research Center (CJRC), has been…News Topics: Criminal Justice Research Center
Impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on the Criminal Justice System
May 11, 2020
Penn State researchers provide informed commentary on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the criminal justice system (CJS), focusing on its efforts to contain the spread of the virus through the three core components of the CJS — courts, corrections, and policing — as well as opportunities…
Columbia University researchers to present talk based on sexual-assault research
Feb 20, 2020
Columbia University professors Jennifer Hirsch and Shamus Khan will share their research into what college students want out of sexual encounters and how misunderstandings about sexual encounters may potentially translate into sexual assault, at a free, public talk taking place 6:30-7:30 p.m.,…
Career expo to feature on crime, law, and policy agencies and organizations
Oct 16, 2019
The Criminal Justice Research Center will be hosting its inaugural crime, law, and policy-focused career expo from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30, in Alumni Hall, HUB-Robeson Center. The Government and Public Sector Career Expo will allow students to access various agencies and organizations…
Center changes name to Criminal Justice Research Center
Sep 24, 2018
The former Penn State Justice Center for Research kicked off the fall semester by changing its name to the Criminal Justice Research Center (CJRC). “We are excited about the center’s name change as it more clearly summarizes our focus on criminal justice research and is well-timed to coincide with…News Topics: Criminal Justice Research CenterCriminal Justice
Sterner, Grozinger recognized as outstanding postdoc and mentor
Sep 10, 2018
The Penn State Postdoctoral Society has announced postdoctoral researcher Glen Sterner III and Distinguished Professor of Entomology Christina Grozinger as the recipients of the 2018 Outstanding Postdoc Award and Outstanding Postdoc Mentor Award, respectively. Sterner, who received his doctorate in…
Sterner's work in communities featured in Journal of Change
May 3, 2018
Glenn Sterner, postdoctoral scholar in the Justice Center for Research, was recently featured in the Journal of Change as one of the journal's "2018 Community Champions for Positive Change." The article, written by Theodore Alter, professor of agricultural, environmental, and regional economics,…News Topics: Criminal Justice Research CenterCommunity