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Wilder School Shares Research at Criminology Conference
November 20, 2018
By Pamela Stallsmith
The Wilder School made an impactful showing at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, held Nov. 14-17 in Atlanta.
Eight faculty members, from the Wilder School’s Criminal Justice and Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness programs, and two doctoral students presented their research on a wide range of topics at the conference, whose theme this year was “Institutions, Culture and Crime.”
ASC is an international organization whose members pursue scholarly, scientific, and professional knowledge concerning the measurement, etiology, consequences, prevention, control, and treatment of crime and delinquency.
“This is the premier association for those engaged in research, teaching and practice relating to criminal justice and criminology,” said Jill Gordon, Ph.D., associate dean of faculty and academic affairs and professor in the Wilder School’s Criminal Justice program. “Our faculty and students did an excellent job of sharing their cutting-edge research and promoting the synergy of the Wilder School.”
Faculty and students who presented were as follows:
- Dhara Amin, doctoral student; Christina Mancini, Ph.D., associate professor; Patrick Lowery, Ph.D., assistant professor; Amy Cook, Ph.D., Criminal Justice program chair, “Advances in Sexual Offense Policy Research: Legal Issues” with Tusty ten Bensel
- Jessica Robertson, doctoral student, “Advances in Sexual Offense Policy Research: Community Support for Sex Offender Policies”
- Christina Mancini, Ph.D., associate professor, “Authors Meet Critics: Living Under Sex Offense Laws: Consequences for Offenders and Their Families”
- Jill Gordon, Ph.D., associate dean of faculty and academic affairs, “Job Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction Among Correctional Officers” with Frances Abderhalden and Thomas Baker
- Amy Cook, Ph.D., “Roundtable: Helping Students Prepare for Careers in Criminal Justice: Internships, Service Learning and Field Trips”
- Patrick Lowery, Ph.D., “The Role of Race/Ethnicity in Juvenile Justice” with John Borrow and Robert Kaminski
- Amy Cook, Ph.D., and William V. Pelfrey Jr., Ph.D., Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness program chair, “Intersections of Mental Health, Drugs and Criminal Justice Institutions”
- Kristine Artello, Ph.D., associate professor, and Jay Albanese, Ph.D., professor, “White-Collar Crime: Cases of Corruption”
- Jill Gordon, Ph.D., “Race in Prison and Post-Release” with Lucas Alward and Thomas Baker
- Nancy Morris, Ph.D., associate professor, “International and Comparative Perspectives on Terrorism”