Media Relations
Tuesday,
September 9,
2003
Criminal Justice
The Indiana Commission for Higher Education has approved the state's first Master of Science in Criminal Justice and Public Safety (MSCJPS) degree program, at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Uniquely combining substantive strengths of the IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs, the master's program promotes criminal justice with a management focus and offers the only opportunity for graduate study in Indiana in the broad and intricate field of public safety.
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A conference in Bloomington today (Sept. 21) focuses on Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) work with the Center for Adolescent and Family Studies (CAFS) on a four-year project to bring best research into practice in the state's community corrections programs. The partnership has led to establishment of the Indiana Center for Evidence-Based Practices in Community Corrections.
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The Center for Evidence-Based Practice, which is a joint project of the Indiana Department of Correction and the Center for Adolescent and Family Studies at the Indiana University School of Education, is holding a conference on Sept. 21 focused on best practices in community corrections.
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Participants in the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program classes, including IUPUI students and inmates at the Plainfield Re-Entry Educational Facility (PREF) and the Indiana Women's Prison, will take part in end-of-semester celebrations in the next week. This was the third time an Inside-Out course was offered at PREF and the second time at the Indiana Women's Prison.
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Piracy taking place off the coast of Somalia is, from a legal perspective, very close to terrorism, and there are legal mechanisms for dealing with both, says Steve Russell, associate professor in the Indiana University Bloomington Department of Criminal Justice.
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The March 2009 issue of Book Marks features books about the Romanian-born French philosopher E. M. Cioran, the late style of composer Claude Debussy, the use of irony in the Hebrew Bible, developments in civil and criminal law on child maltreatment, and the roles of Muslims in Western politics.
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