Hate Crime: Critical Issues
Ted Hoover , Persad Center's Community Safe Zone Project, gave a presentation on Hate Crime on October 15, 2013. The presentation was cosponsored by the Department of Criminology and the 亚色影库 Safe Zone Project.
Career Panel Discussion
Panelists discussed career development in the discipline. Panelists included: Jennifer Boyer (Crawford County Public Defender), Raymond Dupilka (Westmoreland County Detective), Pamela Krosel (Butler County Probation), Dennis Marsili (亚色影库, Criminal Justice Training Center), Raymond Robinson (Allegheny County Shuman Detention Center), Lesley Simmons (Indiana County Jail) and David Zacur (亚色影库, Criminal Justice Training Center). March 5, 2013
Gender Based Programming in Adult Correctional Settings and Correctional Issues
Dr. Barbara Owen presented seminars for undergraduate students, graduate students and faculty. April 5, 2012
Punished: Policing the Lives of Black and Latino
Dr. Victor Rios . Co-sponsored with the Department of Pan-African Studies. March 26, 2012
Career Panel Discussion
Panelists representing a variety of positions in the criminal justice system discussed career in Criminology and public service. Panelists included: Douglas Reston (Butler County Adult and Juvenile Probation), Raymond Robinson (Allegheny County Shuman Detention Center), Robert Manzi (Delaware County Assistant District Attorney), and Abby Blazavich (PA State Police). March 7, 2012
The Criminal Justice System and Terrorism and Terrorism, the Media, and Social Networks
Captain Randall Bowdish , U.S. Navy (retired). September 28, 2011
Career Panel Discussion
Panel discussion of roles in the Criminal Justice System. Panelists included: Dr. Mike Arter, Guy Haberl, Brad Shields, Jessica Morse, Robert Manzi and Raymond Robinson . April, 2011
Solving Problems, Shifting Systems, Transforming Lives
Ms. Megan Josep h presented a community based approach to sustainable reentry and life after 亚色影库's Criminology program. March, 2011
100 Years of Organized Crime: Old Cons, New Criminals
Jay Albanese , Ph.D., criminologist and professor, Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University,presenteda PowerPoint-assisted survey of the development of organized crime in the United States, with photos illustrating the themes of anti-immigrant feelings, city gangsters, Mafia, Cosa Nostra, the government response, and the global changes of the last twenty years, which have changed the landscape for organized crime. April 22, 2010
The Pennsylvania Prison Society presented a discussion about justice, innocence, and the criminal justice system.
Discussants included: Kirk Bloodsworth, exonoree; Craig Cooley, attorney ; Bill Moushey , Innocence Institute director; Cyril Wecht, forensic pathologist, attorney, and medical legal consultant; and John Rago, post-conviction DNA project director. April 7, 2010
Wrong Place: Wrong Time: Trauma and Violence in the Lives of Black Men
Dr. John A. Rich. Co-sponsored with Pan-African Studies Program, Latin American Student Organization, Anthropology Club, and the College of Health and Human Services. April 6, 2010
Trends in Law Enforcement and Corrections
Maurita Bryant , Assistant Chief, Pittsburgh Police, and Calvin Lightfoot, former Warden, Allegheny County Jail. March 24, 2010
Homeland Security Presentation: Transportation Security Administration and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
Bob Staby , Field Intelligence Officer with the Transportation Security Administration, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and Jim Tanda , Resident Agent-in-Charge of the Western Pennsylvania Office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, U.S. Department of Justice. March 4, 2010. Cosponsored by the Department of Criminology