Criminal Justice Research Center News

Volume 13: Issue 3 - April 2012

Hi everyone. We're quickly working our way through Spring here at CJRC, and planning a busy summer ahead. To begin with, we are looking forward to our signature event coming up later this week. On Thursday, our very own Dr. Ruth Peterson will be the keynote speaker at CJRC's signature event - the 23rd Annual Walter C. Reckless-Simon Dinitz Memorial Lecture at the Barrister Club. We are honored and delighted that Ruth will share her thoughts on the place of race and community investments in affecting local crime, and that she'll be joined by our friends Laurie Krivo and Ramiro Martinez who will offer their remarks. Further, we are very grateful to the many generous contributors who gave monetary gifts to help make the Reckless-Dinitz lecture a possibility. To learn more about the engagement please see the "Upcoming Events" column as well as Amanda's featured article on the Reckless-Dinitz lecture.

In other news, we continue to build our CJRC Internship Program. We're in the process of interviewing candidates for two internship positions with our affiliate, Dr. Deanna Wilkinson (Human Development and Family Science). Once hired, Deanna's interns will be working with FBI data, studying the clearance rates of violent crimes. We were enthused about the hearty number of responses we received over the past two weeks from students interested in these internships. Big thanks to Deanna for providing these valuable opportunities for our OSU undergraduates, and to Dr. Helene Cweren of the Undergraduate Research Office for getting the word out about the internship openings.

Even though it's only April, we are also being mindful here at CJRC that Summer is right around the corner. This July, we will be holding the seventh annual Crime and Justice Summer Research Institute. We will welcome and host eight talented young scholars from colleges and universities across the nation. During their three week stay in Columbus, our participants will be diligently working on their respective research projects. At the end of the three week institute, our participants will present their work at the ninth annual Racial Democracy, Crime and Justice Network (RDCJN) Workshop. This year, the RDCJN Workshop will be held in the new Ohio Union. Ruth Peterson and Amanda Kennedy are busily preparing arrangements for these important scholarly events, and we look forward to seeing friends old and new when July rolls around.

Lastly, we thank you, our CJRC affiliates, for your continued support and interest in the center. We couldn't do the work we do without you!

--Dana