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Department of Criminal Justice

  • November 21, 2019

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    The toll of illegal firearms 

    The Rochester Beacon talks to Irshad Altheimer, associate professor of criminal justice and director, Center for Public Safety Initiatives, about gun violence.

  • August 6, 2019

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    Alumni Update: RIT alumna is U.S. Army Brigadier General

    Brigadier General Stacy Babcock ’91 (criminal justice) ’96 (educational interpreting) ’98 MS (instructional technology) assumed duties earlier this year as the Deputy Commanding General at the 63rd Readiness Division in Mountain View, Calif.

  • April 1, 2019

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    RIT’s College of Liberal Arts honors students for writing excellence

    RIT’s College of Liberal Arts honored student achievement in writing on Friday with the presentation of more than a dozen writing awards for essays varying from sanctuary cities, how democracies can withstand outside meddling, and the excavation, preservation and reconstruction of a London theater where Shakespearian plays debuted.

  • November 20, 2018

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    Liberal Arts alumnus promoted to four-star general

    U.S. Army Gen. Stephen R. Lyons ’83 (criminal justice) took over U.S. Transportation Command at Scott Air Force Base in August, becoming the first Army officer to lead the global combatant command.
  • October 11, 2018

    Yellow "Crime Scene Do Not Cross" police tape stretching across black pavement.

    RIT research aims to cut Rochester gun violence

    With a grant from the New York State Health Foundation, RIT’s Center for Public Safety Initiatives will form a program to determine whether a victim of street crime was involved in a dispute, and whether that dispute could escalate with gun violence.
  • August 24, 2018

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    RIT garners record $78 million in research funding

    RIT’s sponsored research portfolio grew in fiscal year 2018, reaching a record $78 million in funding. RIT received 340 new awards and had a record 333 principal investigators associated with active research awards.
  • May 8, 2018

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    RIT honors RPD Chief Ciminelli ’78

    Rochester Police Chief Michael Ciminelli ’78 (criminal justice) received the Contributions to Justice Award at the Senior Luncheon and Recognition Celebration put on by RIT’s Department of Criminal Justice and Center for Public Safety Initiatives. Several criminal justice majors also were honored.
  • April 30, 2018

    Three Clockwyse team members hold up a large check while the CPSI director talks to a crowd about their first-prize accomplishment.

    Emergency mass notification clock wins STEAM contest

    A team of three computer engineering majors has developed a prototype for an emergency mass notification clock, which won the top prize and $5,000 in RIT’s first STEAM competition, sponsored by RIT’s Center for Public Safety Initiatives.