Interdisciplinary Projects

Adolescent Health and Development in Context

The objective of the Adolescent Health and Development in Context study is to understand how social contexts (including the social network, organizational, and geographic settings of routine activities) affect mental health and behavioral development during adolescence. 

Quality Data Is the First Step:
The National Homicide Data Improvement Project

The goal of the Quality Data Is the First Step: The National Homicide Data Improvement Project is to improve dramatically the quality of data on homicides for the United States since 1959.

The Historical Violence Database

The Historical Violence Database is a Collaborative Research Project on the History of Violent Crime and Violent Death

The CJRC Undergraduate Internship Program

The CJRC Undergraduate Internship Program was established in January 2012 and has steadily grown since its founding. To date, twenty-seven OSU students have been placed with a variety of valuable research opportunities on campus and at state agencies in Columbus. Representing seventeen majors including Sociology, Math, and English, our students possess a range of intellectual interests. However, the common thread they share is their passion for learning more about the criminal justice system, first-hand. I spoke with several of our interns and their internship supervisors to hear more about their important experiences working with the program.