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criminal justice

Elizabeth Cauffman, professor of psychological science

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

Jon Gould, incoming dean of the School of Social Ecology

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

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

Elizabeth Cauffman, professor of psychological science

Making juvenile justice more just

Innovative O.C. Young Adult Court gives youthful offenders a second chance

School of Social Ecology building on UCI campus

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

National institute awards $20 million in renewed funding to forensic science center

UCI researchers contribute expertise in criminology, statistics and computer science

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Justice league

Social ecology faculty highlight deficits in effort to improve law enforcement, court processes and corrections