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
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criminal justice
Jon Gould is named dean of UCI’s School of Social Ecology
Leading justice scholar brings years of higher ed, federal government achievement to post
July 13, 2021
UCI experts produce guide for defense attorneys fighting use of rap lyrics in trials
First Amendment rights and racism intersect in criminal cases involving musicians
June 09, 2021
Making juvenile justice more just
Innovative O.C. Young Adult Court gives youthful offenders a second chance
February 22, 2021
UCI online criminology master’s program ranked #1 in the nation for second year in a row
Named 2021 best in criminal justice by U.S. News & World Report
January 26, 2021
National institute awards $20 million in renewed funding to forensic science center
UCI researchers contribute expertise in criminology, statistics and computer science
May 18, 2020
Jodi Quas gets NSF grant to improve protocols for interviewing young sex trafficking victims
Jodi Quas, UCI professor of psychological science, has received a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to improve protocols for law enforcement officers when questioning adolescent sex trafficking victims. She and Thomas D. Lyon, the Judge Edward J. and Ruey L. Guirado Chair in Law and Psychology at USC, will examine several hundred interview […]
September 26, 2019
UCI online master’s program in criminology, law & society rises to No. 2 in national ranking
UCI’s Master of Advanced Study in criminology, law & society has advanced to No. 2 in the country in U.S. News & World Report‘s 2019 ranking of the Best Online Graduate Criminal Justice Programs. A total of 77 schools with online criminal justice or criminology programs were evaluated in five categories: engagement, expert opinion, faculty […]
January 17, 2019
National Institute of Justice awards grant of $780,000 to professor of psychological science
Elizabeth Cauffman, professor of psychological science at UCI, has received a $780,000 grant from the National Institute of Justice to evaluate the Orange County Young Adult Court. This will be the first randomized control trial in the country of a YAC. Such courts are designed to focus specifically on people between the ages of 18 […]
December 19, 2018
Justice league
Social ecology faculty highlight deficits in effort to improve law enforcement, court processes and corrections
August 28, 2018