Media Relations
Monday,
September 17,
2007
Criminal Justice
Indiana University faculty members will discuss their research, including studies of the relationship between alcohol sales and violent crime and the effects of 1990s welfare reform on poor women during the recent recession, at the American Sociological Association's 2011 Annual Meeting on Aug. 20-23 in Las Vegas.
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The Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis is hosting its annual Public Safety Career Day on Aug. 15.
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Research presented this week by Indiana University Bloomington faculty member Nathalie M.G. Fontain at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science highlights the importance of callous-unemotional traits (CU) in identifying children at risk of antisocial behavior and other adjustment problems.
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Crystal A. Garcia and Roger Jarjoura, both associate professors in the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) at IUPUI, have been awarded $200,000 from the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute. The award will allow the co-investigators to document the decisions by juvenile court personnel at various points in the juvenile court process over a five-year period (2005-2009) in Indiana's 91 county courts.
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Students who signed up for a class this summer at the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IUPUI can count on having a blast. Literally. Instructors for the "Investigating Post-blast Crime Scenes" course will blow up three cars this Friday (Aug. 6). Then students will reassemble the evidence and present their conclusions on what caused the explosions.
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Two dozen college classmates -- half of them from IU Bloomington and half from the Putnamville Correctional Facility -- will present research findings and receive certificates Friday, April 30, in the closing ceremony of an Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program course.
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