UCI awarded $10.1 million grant to expand O.C. Young Adult Court study
Funding will provide more extensive wraparound services for program participants
July 26, 2022
KEYWORD
crime
Approaching its golden anniversary, Irvine sets a gold standard for safety
UCI criminologists examine how the city defies expectations by keeping crime levels low
December 10, 2021
NIH awards over $2.5 million for research to improve interviewing of young witnesses
UCI study to focus on questions about the sequence of events in child maltreatment cases
September 30, 2021
National Institute of Justice funds UCI evaluation of new Orange County Jail program
Research will gauge effectiveness of measures to curb recidivism among young men
August 24, 2021
UCI Podcast: A second chance for teens marked by felony’s scarlet letter
Elizabeth Cauffman partners with Orange County on two programs to make juvenile justice more just
August 24, 2021
$2.7 million gift by Arnold Ventures to UCI funds most comprehensive prison violence study to date
Unique multi-strategy approach will identify evidence-based reduction, prevention policies
June 29, 2020
No increase in crime under California’s ‘sanctuary state’ status, UCI study finds
Innovative policy research is first to gauge impact of controversial legislation
March 05, 2020
UCI researchers are awarded Department of Justice grant to study immigration and crime
John Hipp and Charis Kubrin, both professors of criminology, law & society, and Emily Owens, associate professor of criminology, law & society, have been awarded a two-year, $700,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to determine the ways in which immigration and crime are related. Using a decade of data, they’ll conduct analyses that […]
November 26, 2019
UCI, UCR scientists eavesdrop on DNA synthesizer to steal genetic blueprint
Research shows vulnerability of sensitive procedure to acoustic side-channel attack
February 22, 2019
Study finds that drug activity boosts crime in neighborhoods regardless of stability, wealth
The influence of drug activity on crime rates is independent of a neighborhood’s stability and socioeconomic status, according to a recent UCI study. “Communities with narcotics trafficking bring in serious, high-rate offenders, whose activities spill over into surrounding neighborhoods,” said lead author Christopher Contreras, a doctoral student in criminology, law & society. “Residential stability and […]
January 22, 2019