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RDCJN's Co-PIs received a grant through a joint program of the NIJ and NSF to support a Research Experience For Undergraduates (REU). This program is now in progress. We are currently hosting 8…
Nancy Rodriguez has completed her term as Director of the National Institute of Justice. Thanks Nancy for taking on this important role, and for the many accomplishments during your tenure. We are…
Ohio State University alum Ramiro Martinez will be recognized during the OSU College of Arts and Sciences “Honoring Excellence” event on Friday evening April 21, 2017 for his “significant…
Numerous RDCJN members published new books during 2016 and 2017. CONGRATULATIONS to: John Eason, Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve, Anthony Hatch, Patrisia Macias-Rojas, Ramiro Martinez, Keesha Middlemass…
RDCJN member Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve was named "Source of the Week" by National Public Radio. The article references Van Cleve's new book Crook County: Racism and Injustice in America's…
Devon Johnson, Patricia Warren, and Amy Farrell collaborate to create "Race and Criminal Justice, on the Anniversary of Trayvon Martin's Death". To read more, please visit https://www…
If you have not already done so, please mark your calendars for the 2016 RDCJN Workshop scheduled for July 14-15, 2016. The 2016 Workshop will mark the 11thAnniversary of the Crime and Justice…
Congratulations to Waverly Duck, whose name and work were referenced in the New York Times' magazine piece on Alice Goffman released on January 17th, 2016. Victor Rios, another RDCJN member, had…
Congratulations to Dr. Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve for recently being featured on CNN. The topic of discussion focused on rises in Chicago gun violence despite tough gun laws. For more information…
Congratulations to RDCJN colleague and SRI alum, Dr. Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve whose discussion on the complexities and miscarriages of justice in Chicago/Cook county resulted in a Rachel Maddow…
Congratulations to RDCJN member, Alexes Harris, along with University of Washington colleague, Hedy Lee, for getting invited to a workshop on criminal justice reform at the White House. The…
Apply for the 11th annual Summer Research Institute by February 12, 2016. This year's SRI will take place at Rutgers University- Newark. Please direct all inquiries to rdcjn@newark.rutgers.edu.
The Racial Democracy and Criminal Justice Network's Dr. Victor Rios was invited to Vice President Joe Biden's house for Latino Heritage Month. Dr. Rios had an opportunity to talk with Vice…
The Racial Democracy and Criminal Justice Network's Carla Shedd was featured on the Chris Hayes Show October 28th, 2015. Shedd, a Columbia Unviersity assistant professor and author of "Unequal…
There will be another Teaching Tolerance Forum held on Nobember 10, 2015 at 6:30 PM. The topic will focus on Understanding the Justice System. Please feel free to join in on the disucssion as the…
The 11th annual Crime and Justice Summer Research Institute will be held summer 2016 at Rutgers University- Newark.
Organized by Jody Miller and Rod Brunson, the institute is designed to…
Congratulations to SRI Fellow CheyOnna Sewell for being awarded a graduate research fellowship with the United States Bureau of Justice Statistics. We wish her the best of luck in her future…
Congratulations to SRI Fellow Randol Contreras for winning the American Sociological Society's Albert J. Reiss Distinguished Scholarly Publication Award for his book The Stickup Kids: Race,…