Doctoral Degree Program Offered: Doctor of Philosophy

Master`s Degree Programs: For information about programs leading
to the master of arts, students should obtain the catalog of the School of Criminal Justice from the academic program`s office, Room 576, Center for Law and Justice, 123 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102 (973/353-3029).

Director of Graduate Program : Mercer Sullivan, Ph.D., School of Criminal Justice, Center for Law and Justice (973/353-5870)

Assistant Dean: Bil Leipold, School of Criminal Justice, Center for Law and Justice (973/353-3029)

Members of the Graduate Faculty

Professors:

Freda Adler, SCJ; Ph.D., Pennsylvania Criminological theory; social control; maritime crime

Ronald V. Clarke, SCJ; Ph.D., London Rational choice in criminological theory; situational crime prevention

Marcus Felson, SCJ; Ph.D., Michigan Criminology; routine activity and crime

James O. Finckenauer, SCJ; Ph.D., New York Juvenile justice; organized crime; crime and justice in the former Soviet Union

Clayton A. Hartjen, SCJ/FAS-N; Ph.D., New York International and comparative criminology; special emphasis on juvenile delinquency/justice in India; corrections; control

George L. Kelling, SCJ; Ph.D., Wisconsin Police; evolution of policing strategies and tactics; relationship among fear, crime, and disorder; community crime control

Leslie W. Kennedy, SCJ; Ph.D., Toronto Violence, victimization; crime mapping

Michael G. Maxfield, SCJ; Ph.D., Northwestern Research methods; policing; public policy; victimology; frugal evaluation

Gerhard O.W. Mueller, SCJ; J.D., Chicago; LL.M., Columbia Law and criminal justice; constitutional issues and the criminal justice system; maritime crime

Associate Professors:

Edem F. Avakame, SCJ; Ph.D., Rutgers (School of Criminal Justice); Ph.D., Alberta Social stratification and crime; child development; life-course criminology; quantitative methods; macrosociology

Ko-lin Chin, SCJ; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Street gangs; organized crime; drug use and trafficking; illegal immigration

Candace McCoy, SCJ; J.D., Cincinnati; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Plea bargaining; prosecution; sentencing; criminal justice ethics

Mercer L. Sullivan, SCJ; Ph.D., Columbia Neighborhood and community influences on crime; qualitative research methods; crime and the life course

Bonita M. Veysey, SCJ; Ph.D., SUNY (Albany)
Mental health and justice; corrections; violence against women

Assistant Professor:

Johanne Christian, SCJ; Ph.D., SUNY (Albany) Corrections; reentry; prison families