Criminal Justice
Blackhawk and Bell Jet Ranger helicopters, bomb-dismantling robots, police SWAT vehicles, ambulances and fire trucks will be among the attractions when Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis observes its second annual Public Safety Career Day on Monday, Aug. 11
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The Indiana Women's Prison will host a graduation ceremony on Monday, July 28, for the 24 students who completed the semester-long Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program course, a collaboration between IUPUI and the prison. Family members, IUPUI faculty and facility staff will attend.
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Professor Craig Bradley of the Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington is available to discuss whether the U.S. Supreme Court may reconsider a recent case in which it ruled 5-4 that child rapists cannot be executed and that capital punishment is reserved for murderers.
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Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs announced it has established the Indiana University Public Policy Institute. Located near the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis campus, the new Institute will serve as an umbrella organization for SPEA-affiliated centers that conduct research and provide expertise on urban and environmental policy, health policy and criminal justice.
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Government policymakers and nonprofit agencies focused on criminal justice and public safety now have a new resource at their disposal: The Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs today (April 24) announced the creation of the IU Center for Criminal Justice Research.
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Jody Madeira, professor at the Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington, explains that there is little consensus and no guidance from the courts on whether lengthy sentences for young offenders constitute cruel and unusual punishment. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal from Christopher Pittman, a South Carolina youth sentenced to 30 years in prison without parole for the murder of his grandparents when he was 12 years old.
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