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Criminology Forum 12/9, Graduate Student Research Award Presentations
Glenn Sterner, PhD to present An Examination of the Impacts of Stigma on Those with a Substance Use Disorder: Recommendations for Comprehensively Addressing This Barrier to Treatment and Recovery on 2/11
Criminology Forum 2/13 “Coherently Idiosyncratic Sanction Risk Perceptions and Deterrence”
Brittany Freelin Awarded 2020 CJRC Graduate Student Research Funds
CJRC Blog on the Impacts of COVID-19 on the Criminal Justice System Featured in Penn State Today
Postdoctoral Scholar Alumni Michaela Soyer featured in The Philadelphia Inquirer
Message from the Director on Ongoing Crises
Criminology Forum 10/11 “Initiatives and Opportunities in the Criminal Justice Research Center (CJRC) and Master of Public Policy (MPP) Program”
Criminal Justice Research Center Seed Funding Request For Proposals Due October 25
CJRC Researchers Discuss Impacts of COVID-19 on Criminal Justice System and Individuals Affected by Substance Use Disorder
New article by PA Commission on Sentencing Graduate Student Kim Davidson in Criminal Justice and Behavior
Replicating PINS in Dutch prisons, “Social Organization in Prison: A Social Network Analysis of Interpersonal Relationships Among Dutch Prisoners” published in Justice Quarterly
CJRC welcomes new PA Department of Corrections Postdoctoral Scholar Michael LaForest
Juvenile Lifer Luis Gonzalez To Speak At Abington Campus
Criminology Forum 11/21 “Connected Communities and Neighborhood Crime: Structural Isolation, Homophily in Inter-neighborhood Commuting Ties, and Network Spillover Effects"
Miranda Galvin, CJRC PA Commission on Sentencing Postdoctoral Scholar published in the Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
“Estimated Costs to the Pennsylvania Criminal Justice System Resulting From the Opioid Crisis” published in the American Journal of Managed Care: AJMC
Criminology Forum 11/6 “Prior Victimization of Female Inmates in Illinois”
Post-doctoral Fellow to Study Electronic Cigarette Epidemic Among Youth
Speakers To Present On Sex, Power, and Assault On Campus - March 2!
Criminology Forum 2/13 “Coherently Idiosyncratic Sanction Risk Perceptions and Deterrence”
“Collecting Social Network Data in Prison and During Re-Entry: A Field Guide” article featured in Moving Beyond Recidivism: Expanding Approaches to Research on Prisoner Reentry and Reintegration
Kim Davidson Awarded NIJ Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences
"Charting the hidden City: Collecting prison social network data" published in Social Networks
"The Race of Defendants and Victims in Pennsylvania Death Penalty Decisions: 2000–2010" published in Justice Quarterly
Criminology Forum 10/25 “Lost Childhoods, Poverty, Trauma, and Violent Crime in a Post-Welfare Area”
Share Your Opioid Story Initiative’s Centre County Community Conversation, May 30
Graduate Student Research Awards Request For Proposals
Consortium to Combat Substance Abuse research working groups led by CJRC Faculty Affiliates
"Incarcerated Fathers’ Experiences in the Read to Your Child/Grandchild Program: Supporting Children’s Literacy, Learning, and Education" published in the Journal of Prison Education and Reentry
News Items Here
Article discusses Telling the Stories of the Opioid Epidemic in the Philadelphia Region project led by Justice Center Postdoctoral Scholar Glenn Sterner
ASC Executive Board Releases Statement on Trump Administration's Policies Relevant to Crime and Justice
Blog Post by Justice Center for Research Postdoctoral Scholar, Glenn Sterner, on “Fighting the Stigma of Addiction Through Personal Stories of the Opioid Epidemic”
Second Annual Seed Funding Announcement
Community Conversations on the opioid epidemic held in Philadelphia, Delaware, Bucks, Montgomery, and Chester counties
Crim Forum- Bo Cleveland and Eric Connolly April 24th at 12:15 p.m.
Criminal Justice Research Center Postdoctoral Scholar Receives Outstanding Postdoc Award
Criminology Forum 10/12, "Decision-Making and Desistance: The Relative Importance of Changing Expectations and Changing Preferences"
Criminology Forum 10/20, “Facial Profiling in the Halls of Justice: Race, Appearance and Criminal Punishment”
Criminology Forum 10/23, “Murder Case Processing and the Death Penalty in PA: 2000-2010”
Criminology Forum 4/13, "Putting the 'Gang' back in Gang Research: Group-level Characteristics of Gangs in the Texas Prison System"
Criminology Forum 5/3, "Early Childhood Risk Factors and Adolescent Problem Behavior: How Early is too Early to Target?"
Criminology Forum: Gary Zajac, Ph.D., 3/13
2017 College of the Liberal Arts Office Olympics
2017 Community Corrections Association of PA Annual Training Conference
“Where “Old Heads” Prevail: Inmate Hierarchy in a Men’s Prison Unit” published in American Sociological Review
A colloquium to establish The Consortium for Public Scholars
Criminology Forum: Michaela Soyer, Ph.D., 3/24
Criminology Forum: Shannon Monnat, Ph.D., 2/27
Criminology Undergraduate Research Opportuniuty
Dr. Derek Kreager receives NIJ grant for Women’s Prison Inmate Networks Study
Dr. Glenn Sterner receives Penn State Community Engagement and Scholarship Award
Dr. Glenn Sterner talks about the Share Your Opioid Story project on Philadelphia based podcast
Dr. John Kramer to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at ASC
Ethics of Policing Conference
Evaluation of the Honest Opportunity Probation with Enforcement Demonstration Field Experiment (HOPE DFE) Summary
Event: Rock Ethics Institute 2019 Lippin Lecture, March 20th
Examining Murder Convictions and Punishment project receives award from NSF
Featured article on the opioid crisis by Glenn Sterner, Ph.D., Justice Center Postdoctoral Scholar, in Journal of Change
Glenn Sterner and Diane Felmlee publish article on the social networks of cyberbullying on Twitter
Glenn Sterner discusses opioid crisis with Congressional candidate Marc Friedenberg
Glenn Sterner Ph.D., featured on Pittsburgh’s NPR News Station
Glenn Sterner, Ph.D., Justice Center Postdoctoral Scholar, will present at the Criminology Forum on 12/5
Glenn Sterner, Ph.D. named one of the Independence Blue Cross’s Future Leaders in Community Health for Philadelphia
Glenn Sterner, Ph.D. publishes article on scholarship of teaching and learning
Glenn Sterner, Ph.D., publishes paper on rural broadband access
Glenn Sterner, Ph.D. recipient of 2018 Outstanding Postdoc Award
Glenn Sterner, Ph.D. will speak at Innovations to Address Opiate Addiction on 4/4
Glenn Sterner, Ph.D. will speak at the Third Annual Penn State Addiction Symposium on 4/4
Glenn Sterner will serve as an expert panelist to The Penn State Abington Opioid Overdose Task Force
HOPE Panel Presentation at APPAM
Inmate society research review featured in Penn State News
Justice Center Graduate Student Julia Laskorunsky Defends Dissertation
Justice Center Director and affiliates receive recognition at the Liberal Arts Researcher Appreciation Reception
Justice Center Director, Derek Kreager and colleagues publish book chapter in Social Networks and the Life Course
Justice Center Faculty Affiliate Dr. Derek Kreager discusses the Prison Inmate Networks Study
Justice Center for Research being honored at the 2018 Philadelphia Business Journal Faces of Philanthropy Awards
Justice Center for Research Founding Director, Doris L. MacKenzie receives the Distinguished Achievement Award in Evidence-Based Crime Policy
Justice Center for Research Founding Director and 2017 recipient of the Distinguished Achievement Award in Evidence-Based Crime Policy authors article on efforts in evidence-based crime policy
Justice Center for Research Postdoctoral Scholar Glenn Sterner Presents Poster at the Sunbelt Conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis
Justice Center for Research Postdoctoral Scholar Glenn Sterner speaks to the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia on the opioid crisis
Justice Center Founding Director presents at the Congressional Briefing on the Prospects for Criminal Justice in the U.S.
Justice Center Graduate Assistant Julia Laskorunsky and Faculty Affiliate Jeffery Ulmer Publish Paper
Justice Center personnel receive certificate for completing Mental Health First Aid: Suicide Prevention Training
Justice Center Postdoctoral Scholar Glenn Sterner's work on the opioid epidemic on StateCollege.com
Justice Center Postdoctoral Scholar Glenn Sterner discusses PA Opioid Epidemic
Justice Center Postdoctoral Scholar Glenn Sterner featured in DOJ OJP Diagnostic Center Blog
Justice Center Postdoctoral Scholar, Glenn Sterner, Interviewed by Comcast Newsmakers
Justice Center Postdoctoral Scholar Glenn Sterner presents at Research Unplugged
Justice Center Postdoctoral Scholar Glenn Sterner, Ph.D., presents at the International Network for Social Network Analysis
Justice Center Postdoctoral Scholar, Glenn Sterner’s, projects on the opioid crisis highlighted in Penn State News
Justice Center Researchers present at ASC
Justice Center Researchers Present on Rural Opiate Users
Local news station WJAC highlights Share Your Opioid Story website
Measures for Justice Launches Data Portal of Criminal Justice Performance Measures
Nancy Rodriguez, Ph.D., Director of the National Institute of Justice, will be our guest speaker for the next Criminology Forum
Op Ed by Glenn Sterner and Diana Fishbein featured in The Hill
Opioid distribution networks study, led by Glenn Sterner, featured in Penn State News
Outcome Findings from the HOPE Demonstration Field Experiment article in top 20 most downloaded recent papers
Participate in the Share Your Opioid Story project
Pathways to Pardons Event October 10/25
Peggy Giordano, Ph.D., speaker for the Justice Center for Research Distinguished Lecture Series 4/10
Penn State Summit on the Opioid Epidemic, 1/12/18 in the HUB
Researchers from PINS present at the 8th Illicit Networks Workshop at The Museum of London
President Eric Barron's message to the Penn State community
Prison Re-Entry Services Internship announced for Fall 2018
Rehabilitation in Corrections Course to be Offered Fall 2018
Researchers head to Rutgers University for PINS Meeting
"Outcome Findings from the HOPE Demonstration Field Experiment" published in Criminology & Public Policy
Senate Resolution 6 Report on the Death Penalty Released
Serial Podcast's year inside the courthouse: A conversation about criminal justice with Sarah Koenig, March 29
Sexual Assault Forensic Examination and Training (SAFE-T) project commences
"Share Your Opioid Story" featured in Penn State News
Share Your Opioid Story Website Depicts Stories of Individuals Impacted by the Opioid Crisis
Social Networks and Health in a Prison Unit article published in Journal of Health and Social Behavior
Social Networks and the Life Course: Integrating the Development of Human Lives and Social Relational Networks edited volume
Social Thought Program Annual Conference
Students Present Posters on Racially Specific and Gender Related Cyberbulling on Twitter
Study on IQ scores and criminal thinking in Criminal Justice and Behavior
The Center is Hiring!
The Daily Collegian article highlights Dr. Glenn Sterner’s research on the opioid crisis
The Justice Center for Research has open position for Postdoctoral Scholar
The Justice Center for Research has open position for Research Technologist
Together We Can Convention to address Opioid Addiction
Upcoming Criminology Forum 10/13- The Justice Center for Research and Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing: Missions and Initiatives
Upcoming Opioid Addiction Listening Sessions in York and Franklin Counties
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Criminology Forum 12/9, Graduate Student Research Award Presentations
Glenn Sterner, PhD to present An Examination of the Impacts of Stigma on Those with a Substance Use Disorder: Recommendations for Comprehensively Addressing This Barrier to Treatment and Recovery on 2/11
Criminology Forum 2/13 “Coherently Idiosyncratic Sanction Risk Perceptions and Deterrence”
Brittany Freelin Awarded 2020 CJRC Graduate Student Research Funds
CJRC Blog on the Impacts of COVID-19 on the Criminal Justice System Featured in Penn State Today
Postdoctoral Scholar Alumni Michaela Soyer featured in The Philadelphia Inquirer
Message from the Director on Ongoing Crises
Criminology Forum 10/11 “Initiatives and Opportunities in the Criminal Justice Research Center (CJRC) and Master of Public Policy (MPP) Program”
Criminal Justice Research Center Seed Funding Request For Proposals Due October 25
CJRC Researchers Discuss Impacts of COVID-19 on Criminal Justice System and Individuals Affected by Substance Use Disorder
New article by PA Commission on Sentencing Graduate Student Kim Davidson in Criminal Justice and Behavior
Replicating PINS in Dutch prisons, “Social Organization in Prison: A Social Network Analysis of Interpersonal Relationships Among Dutch Prisoners” published in Justice Quarterly
CJRC welcomes new PA Department of Corrections Postdoctoral Scholar Michael LaForest
Juvenile Lifer Luis Gonzalez To Speak At Abington Campus
Criminology Forum 11/21 “Connected Communities and Neighborhood Crime: Structural Isolation, Homophily in Inter-neighborhood Commuting Ties, and Network Spillover Effects"
Miranda Galvin, CJRC PA Commission on Sentencing Postdoctoral Scholar published in the Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
“Estimated Costs to the Pennsylvania Criminal Justice System Resulting From the Opioid Crisis” published in the American Journal of Managed Care: AJMC
Criminology Forum 11/6 “Prior Victimization of Female Inmates in Illinois”
Post-doctoral Fellow to Study Electronic Cigarette Epidemic Among Youth
Speakers To Present On Sex, Power, and Assault On Campus - March 2!
Criminology Forum 2/13 “Coherently Idiosyncratic Sanction Risk Perceptions and Deterrence”
“Collecting Social Network Data in Prison and During Re-Entry: A Field Guide” article featured in Moving Beyond Recidivism: Expanding Approaches to Research on Prisoner Reentry and Reintegration
Kim Davidson Awarded NIJ Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences
"Charting the hidden City: Collecting prison social network data" published in Social Networks
"The Race of Defendants and Victims in Pennsylvania Death Penalty Decisions: 2000–2010" published in Justice Quarterly
Criminology Forum 10/25 “Lost Childhoods, Poverty, Trauma, and Violent Crime in a Post-Welfare Area”
Share Your Opioid Story Initiative’s Centre County Community Conversation, May 30
Graduate Student Research Awards Request For Proposals
Consortium to Combat Substance Abuse research working groups led by CJRC Faculty Affiliates
"Incarcerated Fathers’ Experiences in the Read to Your Child/Grandchild Program: Supporting Children’s Literacy, Learning, and Education" published in the Journal of Prison Education and Reentry
News Items Here
- Article discusses Telling the Stories of the Opioid Epidemic in the Philadelphia Region project led by Justice Center Postdoctoral Scholar Glenn Sterner
- ASC Executive Board Releases Statement on Trump Administration's Policies Relevant to Crime and Justice
- Blog Post by Justice Center for Research Postdoctoral Scholar, Glenn Sterner, on “Fighting the Stigma of Addiction Through Personal Stories of the Opioid Epidemic”
- Second Annual Seed Funding Announcement
- Community Conversations on the opioid epidemic held in Philadelphia, Delaware, Bucks, Montgomery, and Chester counties
- Crim Forum- Bo Cleveland and Eric Connolly April 24th at 12:15 p.m.
- Criminal Justice Research Center Postdoctoral Scholar Receives Outstanding Postdoc Award
- Criminology Forum 10/12, "Decision-Making and Desistance: The Relative Importance of Changing Expectations and Changing Preferences"
- Criminology Forum 10/20, “Facial Profiling in the Halls of Justice: Race, Appearance and Criminal Punishment”
- Criminology Forum 10/23, “Murder Case Processing and the Death Penalty in PA: 2000-2010”
- Criminology Forum 4/13, "Putting the 'Gang' back in Gang Research: Group-level Characteristics of Gangs in the Texas Prison System"
- Criminology Forum 5/3, "Early Childhood Risk Factors and Adolescent Problem Behavior: How Early is too Early to Target?"
- Criminology Forum: Gary Zajac, Ph.D., 3/13
- 2017 College of the Liberal Arts Office Olympics
- 2017 Community Corrections Association of PA Annual Training Conference
- “Where “Old Heads” Prevail: Inmate Hierarchy in a Men’s Prison Unit” published in American Sociological Review
- A colloquium to establish The Consortium for Public Scholars
- Criminology Forum: Michaela Soyer, Ph.D., 3/24
- Criminology Forum: Shannon Monnat, Ph.D., 2/27
- Criminology Undergraduate Research Opportuniuty
- Dr. Derek Kreager receives NIJ grant for Women’s Prison Inmate Networks Study
- Dr. Glenn Sterner receives Penn State Community Engagement and Scholarship Award
- Dr. Glenn Sterner talks about the Share Your Opioid Story project on Philadelphia based podcast
- Dr. John Kramer to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at ASC
- Ethics of Policing Conference
- Evaluation of the Honest Opportunity Probation with Enforcement Demonstration Field Experiment (HOPE DFE) Summary
- Event: Rock Ethics Institute 2019 Lippin Lecture, March 20th
- Examining Murder Convictions and Punishment project receives award from NSF
- Featured article on the opioid crisis by Glenn Sterner, Ph.D., Justice Center Postdoctoral Scholar, in Journal of Change
- Glenn Sterner and Diane Felmlee publish article on the social networks of cyberbullying on Twitter
- Glenn Sterner discusses opioid crisis with Congressional candidate Marc Friedenberg
- Glenn Sterner Ph.D., featured on Pittsburgh’s NPR News Station
- Glenn Sterner, Ph.D., Justice Center Postdoctoral Scholar, will present at the Criminology Forum on 12/5
- Glenn Sterner, Ph.D. named one of the Independence Blue Cross’s Future Leaders in Community Health for Philadelphia
- Glenn Sterner, Ph.D. publishes article on scholarship of teaching and learning
- Glenn Sterner, Ph.D., publishes paper on rural broadband access
- Glenn Sterner, Ph.D. recipient of 2018 Outstanding Postdoc Award
- Glenn Sterner, Ph.D. will speak at Innovations to Address Opiate Addiction on 4/4
- Glenn Sterner, Ph.D. will speak at the Third Annual Penn State Addiction Symposium on 4/4
- Glenn Sterner will serve as an expert panelist to The Penn State Abington Opioid Overdose Task Force
- HOPE Panel Presentation at APPAM
- Inmate society research review featured in Penn State News
- Justice Center Graduate Student Julia Laskorunsky Defends Dissertation
- Justice Center Director and affiliates receive recognition at the Liberal Arts Researcher Appreciation Reception
- Justice Center Director, Derek Kreager and colleagues publish book chapter in Social Networks and the Life Course
- Justice Center Faculty Affiliate Dr. Derek Kreager discusses the Prison Inmate Networks Study
- Justice Center for Research being honored at the 2018 Philadelphia Business Journal Faces of Philanthropy Awards
- Justice Center for Research Founding Director, Doris L. MacKenzie receives the Distinguished Achievement Award in Evidence-Based Crime Policy
- Justice Center for Research Founding Director and 2017 recipient of the Distinguished Achievement Award in Evidence-Based Crime Policy authors article on efforts in evidence-based crime policy
- Justice Center for Research Postdoctoral Scholar Glenn Sterner Presents Poster at the Sunbelt Conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis
- Justice Center for Research Postdoctoral Scholar Glenn Sterner speaks to the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia on the opioid crisis
- Justice Center Founding Director presents at the Congressional Briefing on the Prospects for Criminal Justice in the U.S.
- Justice Center Graduate Assistant Julia Laskorunsky and Faculty Affiliate Jeffery Ulmer Publish Paper
- Justice Center personnel receive certificate for completing Mental Health First Aid: Suicide Prevention Training
- Justice Center Postdoctoral Scholar Glenn Sterner's work on the opioid epidemic on StateCollege.com
- Justice Center Postdoctoral Scholar Glenn Sterner discusses PA Opioid Epidemic
- Justice Center Postdoctoral Scholar Glenn Sterner featured in DOJ OJP Diagnostic Center Blog
- Justice Center Postdoctoral Scholar, Glenn Sterner, Interviewed by Comcast Newsmakers
- Justice Center Postdoctoral Scholar Glenn Sterner presents at Research Unplugged
- Justice Center Postdoctoral Scholar Glenn Sterner, Ph.D., presents at the International Network for Social Network Analysis
- Justice Center Postdoctoral Scholar, Glenn Sterner’s, projects on the opioid crisis highlighted in Penn State News
- Justice Center Researchers present at ASC
- Justice Center Researchers Present on Rural Opiate Users
- Local news station WJAC highlights Share Your Opioid Story website
- Measures for Justice Launches Data Portal of Criminal Justice Performance Measures
- Nancy Rodriguez, Ph.D., Director of the National Institute of Justice, will be our guest speaker for the next Criminology Forum
- Op Ed by Glenn Sterner and Diana Fishbein featured in The Hill
- Opioid distribution networks study, led by Glenn Sterner, featured in Penn State News
- Outcome Findings from the HOPE Demonstration Field Experiment article in top 20 most downloaded recent papers
- Participate in the Share Your Opioid Story project
- Pathways to Pardons Event October 10/25
- Peggy Giordano, Ph.D., speaker for the Justice Center for Research Distinguished Lecture Series 4/10
- Penn State Summit on the Opioid Epidemic, 1/12/18 in the HUB
- Researchers from PINS present at the 8th Illicit Networks Workshop at The Museum of London
- President Eric Barron's message to the Penn State community
- Prison Re-Entry Services Internship announced for Fall 2018
- Rehabilitation in Corrections Course to be Offered Fall 2018
- Researchers head to Rutgers University for PINS Meeting
- "Outcome Findings from the HOPE Demonstration Field Experiment" published in Criminology & Public Policy
- Senate Resolution 6 Report on the Death Penalty Released
- Serial Podcast's year inside the courthouse: A conversation about criminal justice with Sarah Koenig, March 29
- Sexual Assault Forensic Examination and Training (SAFE-T) project commences
- "Share Your Opioid Story" featured in Penn State News
- Share Your Opioid Story Website Depicts Stories of Individuals Impacted by the Opioid Crisis
- Social Networks and Health in a Prison Unit article published in Journal of Health and Social Behavior
- Social Networks and the Life Course: Integrating the Development of Human Lives and Social Relational Networks edited volume
- Social Thought Program Annual Conference
- Students Present Posters on Racially Specific and Gender Related Cyberbulling on Twitter
- Study on IQ scores and criminal thinking in Criminal Justice and Behavior
- The Center is Hiring!
- The Daily Collegian article highlights Dr. Glenn Sterner’s research on the opioid crisis
- The Justice Center for Research has open position for Postdoctoral Scholar
- The Justice Center for Research has open position for Research Technologist
- Together We Can Convention to address Opioid Addiction
- Upcoming Criminology Forum 10/13- The Justice Center for Research and Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing: Missions and Initiatives
- Upcoming Opioid Addiction Listening Sessions in York and Franklin Counties
- Why Social Science?

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