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March 27, 2025

34th Annual Reckless Memorial Lecture

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CJRC Awards Seed Grant to Kayla Herbell, PhD - Asst. Professor Nursing

The Criminal Justice Research Center is pleased to announce a $3,000 seed grant has been awarded to Kayla Herbell, PhD of The Ohio State University College of Nursing to support her…

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City of Columbus Office of Violence Prevention Presentation

On Friday, Nov 3rd, the Criminal Justice Research Center hosted guest speakers Director Rena Shak and her team from the Office of Violence Prevention (OVP) for the City of Columbus, along with…

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Criminology at The Ohio State University

As the celebration of the centennial anniversary of the Department of Sociology at The Ohio State University (OSU) in autumn 2022 moves forward, three alumni of the PhD program (Leesa Kern 1999,…

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31st Annual Reckless-Dinitz Lecture

Reducing Lethal Violence by the Police: Insights from Organizational Accident Theory

Video of the 31st Annual Reckless-Dinitz Lecture held on 4/7/22.  The use of deadly force by…

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Associate Professor of Geography, The Ohio State University, Lima
Frank R. Strong Chair of Law, Distingushed University Professor
Inaugural Director of the Todd Anthony Bell National Resource Center on the African American Male; EHE Distinguished Professor of Urban Education, College of Education and Human Ecology
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