University at Albany, SUNY School of Criminal Justice

The University at Albany, SUNY School of Criminal Justice (SCJ) is a school of the University at Albany, SUNY, offering both undergraduate and graduate programs in criminal justice. It was established in 1968, as a result of the desire of then-New York governor Nelson Rockefeller to create a research and education program centered around the study of crime.^[1] It offered the first criminal justice doctoral program in the United States. In 2006, this program was ranked the 2nd best criminology doctoral program in the country by U.S. News & World Report.^[2] The current dean is William Pridemore, who also received his Ph.D. from the School in 2000.^[3]

Location

The SCJ is located in Draper Hall on the University at Albany's Downtown campus.^[4]

Former deans

Former deans of the SCJ are:

Richard Myren (1968–76)^[5]
Vincent I. O'Leary (1976–77)
Donald J. Newman (1977–83)^[6]
Terence Thornberry (1984–88)^[7]
David E. Duffee (1988–95)
David Bayley (1995–99)^[2]
Dennis P. Rosenbaum (1999-2000)
Julie Horney (2002–09)
Alan Lizotte (2010–15)^[8]

References

^ "Graduate Study" (PDF). University at Albany, SUNY. p. 2.
^ ^a ^b "School of Criminal Justice: Four Decades of Academic Excellence". University at Albany-SUNY. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
^ "Dean's Message". University at Albany-SUNY. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
^ "About the School of Criminal Justice". University at Albany-SUNY. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
^ "School of Criminal Justice Records".
^ Fowler, Glenn (1990). "Donald J. Newman, Criminologist And Ex-SUNY Dean, Dies at 65". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
^ "Terence Thornberry CV" (PDF). p. 1.
^ "A Gift for Preeminence". University at Albany-SUNY. 2017-10-23. Retrieved 2018-01-27.

External links

Official website

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[1] "Graduate Study" (PDF). University at Albany, SUNY. p. 2.

[decades-2] "School of Criminal Justice: Four Decades of Academic Excellence". University at Albany-SUNY. Retrieved 2018-01-27.

[3] "Dean's Message". University at Albany-SUNY. Retrieved 2018-01-27.

[4] "About the School of Criminal Justice". University at Albany-SUNY. Retrieved 2018-01-27.

[5] "School of Criminal Justice Records".

[6] Fowler, Glenn (1990). "Donald J. Newman, Criminologist And Ex-SUNY Dean, Dies at 65". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-01-27.

[7] "Terence Thornberry CV" (PDF). p. 1.

[8] "A Gift for Preeminence". University at Albany-SUNY. 2017-10-23. Retrieved 2018-01-27.

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