Degree Program Offered:
Doctor of Philosophy
Dean: Bill McCarthy, Ph.D., School of Criminal Justice, Center for Law and Justice (973-353-3311)
Director of Graduate Program: Robert Apel, Ph.D., School of Criminal Justice, Center for Law and Justice (973-353-5216)
Manager of Graduate Programs: Jimmy Camacho, Manager Graduate Programs and Graduate Enrollment (973-353-3448)
Website:
rscj.newark.rutgers.edu
PhD Student Handbook:
rscj.newark.rutgers.edu/graduate-program/handbook/
Members of the Graduate Faculty
rscj.newark.rutgers.edu/people/faculty/
Professors:
Robert Apel, SCJ; Ph.D., Maryland
Economy; life course; crime policy; violence and injury; applied econometrics
Joel Caplan, SCJ; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Parole; policing; public security; geographical information systems (GIS); criminal justice policy
Ko-lin Chin, SCJ; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Street gangs; organized crime; human trafficking; illegal immigration
Ronald V. Clarke, SCJ; Ph.D., London
Crime opportunity theories; situational crime prevention; wildlife crimes
Todd Clear, SCJ; Ph.D., SUNY (Albany)
Incarceration; community justice issues; sentencing and correction; reentry; higher education
Leslie W. Kennedy, SCJ; Ph.D., Toronto
Spatial risk assessment; public security; policing
Bill McCarthy, SCJ;Ph.D., Toronto
Violence; race and crime; policing
Jody A. Miller, SCJ; Ph.D., Southern California
Gender, crime, and victimization; feminist theory; qualitative research methods; international/comparative research
Joel Miller, SCJ; Ph.D., Surrey (UK)
Police-community relations; ethnic and racial profiling; juvenile justice and delinquency; program evaluation
Andres Rengifo, SCJ; Ph.D., CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Bail and first appearance courts; policing;cross-national and comparative research; social networks
Norman Samuels, SCJ; Ph.D., Duke
Terrorism & counter-terrorism; security & intelligence studies; international crime
Mercer L. Sullivan, SCJ; Ph.D., Columbia
Neighborhood and community influences on crime; qualitative research methods; crime and the life course; juvenile justice; school violence
Bonita M. Veysey, SCJ; Ph.D., SUNY (Albany)
Trauma and behavioral health; implicit social cognition; resistance and identity transformation
Sara Wakefield, SCJ; Ph.D., Minnesota
Incarceration and inequality; reentry and social networks; parental incarceration
Associate Professors:
Valerio Bacak, SCJ: Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Health; inequality; comparative criminology; drug policy; quantitative methods
Brenden Beck, SCJ, Ph.D., CUNY Graduate Center
Policing; Urban governance; Spatial analysis; Housing markets
Colleen Berryessa, SCJ; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Law and society; courts; mental health; biosocial criminology; mixed methods
Frank Edwards, SCJ; Ph.D., University of Washington
Child welfare; punishment and society; law and society; welfare state; race
Sarah Lageson, SCJ; Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Law; crime; media; technology; criminal records
Ebony Ruhland, SCJ, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Police and community; Probation; Correctional policies; Criminal justice policies
Jason Silver, SCJ, Ph.D., State University of New York at Albany
Morality and ideology; Public opinion; Police-citizen relations
Assistant Professors:
Keisha April, SCJ, Ph.D., Drexel
Juvenile justice; Policing; Mental health and crime; Community-based research
Pilar Larroulet, SCJ, Ph.D., University of Maryland
Life course criminology; Women and reentry
Professor of Professional Practice
Alex Gimenez-Santana, SCJ; Rutgers - Newark
Crime mapping; GIS; Neighborhood effects on crime; International Comparative studies
Affiliated Research Faculty
Paul Boxer, SASN; Bowling Green
Juvenile Delinquency; juvenile justice
Bernadette C. Hohl, RSPH; University of Pennsylvania
Youth violence; injury epidemiology; urban health; health disparities; place-based interventions
Master's Degree Programs: For information about programs leading
to the master of arts degree, students should refer to the online catalog of the School of Criminal Justice. The academic programs office is located at Center for Law and Justice, Fifth Floor/ Suite 578, 123 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102 (973-353-3311).