
Drs. George Day (l to r)), Michelle Richter and Nhatthien Nguyen
Three Ph.D. students graduated from Sam Houston State University’s College of Criminal Justice in December.
Three Ph.D. students graduated from Sam Houston State University’s College of Criminal Justice in December.
Sat, Dec 18, 2010, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
George J. Beto Criminal Justice Center
CJava Cafe
Attention all December 2010 Graduates!
Bring your friends and family for refreshments before commencement.
Check out our CJ Online website for more information.
The latest research published by faculty at Sam Houston State University, as well as professional presentations delivered, was included in Faculty Research Notes.
After surveying 2,414 inmates at 14 jails in Florida, Dr. Kate Fox has learned several important lessons about conducting research with incarcerated populations.
In his latest book, Dr. Will Oliver of SHSU’s College of Criminal Justice explores the assassination of four U.S. Presidents and the attempted assassination of 17 more over the history of this country.
The U.S. Navy is opening a new 400-bed military prison in Chesapeake, Virginia in September 2011. Jim Adams, Technical Director of the project, developed a list of 107 issues, including budgeting, hiring, logistics, and administration, that need to be addressed before opening the doors.
The Society of Forensic Science at Sam Houston State University recently elected officers for 2011.
The Professional Development Program (PDP) is a new leadership initiative consisting of a suite of specialized personalized development opportunities at the Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas. Leadership Inventory for Female Executives (LIFE), designed for aspiring and existing female executives in law enforcement, is the first program under the PDP series.
Heather Lewis witnessed domestic violence up close and personal during her internship.
Cesar Garcia assisted police in preparing key evidence in child sexual abuse cases by summarizing the interview tapes from young victims.
Thu, Dec. 2, 3:30 p.m.
Criminal Justice Courtroom
Come to the informational meeting for the Study Abroad Program to Germany and Austria. From May 16-28, Dr. Willard Oliver will guide a trip to Munich and Vienna. Students will explore the history and development of the criminal justice system and visit such sites as Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria and the Donauinsel Island Park in the Danube River.
Senior Carter Cole spent her Fall semester at Sam Houston State University tracking stolen guns for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) in Houston.
Wed, Dec. 1, 5:00 p.m.
Chemistry and Forensic Science Building
Room 103
Wed, Dec 1, 2010
Deadline for Proposals for Undergraduate Conference
George J. Beto Criminal Justice Center
Undergraduate students at the College of Criminal Justice have until Dec. 1 to submit a proposal for a research paper or poster for a chance to win a scholarship of up to $500.
Colonel Perry Gilmore, Assistant Police Chief in Amarillo, has a unique specialty in the world of criminal justice. He is a certified investigative hypnotist who uses his skills to help victims and witnesses of violent crime recall details of the event.
Research from 27 faculty and 36 graduate students from SHSU’s College of Criminal Justice was presented during the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology held in San Francisco from Nov. 17-20.
Police chiefs from across Texas recently attended continuing education training at the Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas.
The Correctional Management Institute of Texas (CMIT), in collaboration with the American Jail Association, recently trained mid-level jail managers from 16 states across the country to take on leadership roles in their institutions.
Sat Nov. 20, 2010
8:00 AM - 2 PM
Sam Houston State University Visitors Center
Saturdays@SAM is a free program for prospective students, families, and friends.
Wed, Nov. 17, 5:00 p.m.
Chemistry and Forensic Science Building
Room 106
The scheduled speaker, Forensic Anthropolist Dr. Joan A. Bytheway, will be unable to attend the session. Instead, the guest speaker will be Dr. Karon Murff on digital forensics.
Tue Nov 16, 2010
2:00 pm - 3:00pm
CJ Cafe (CJava)
Nov. 15-19
10 AM - 2PM
Lowman Student Center, Mall Area
ROTC and LAE are working together to send our soldiers Shoe Boxes full of items to show our support. Come help us support our soldiers.
The Society of Forensic Science is offering a Spring 2011 Scholarship to a deserving member of the organization. The purpose of the award is to financially assist the student with additional educational costs above tuition and fees such as textbooks. The total award amount is $250.
Graduate Student Breanne Dolphin spent her summer with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, researching books, movies and articles on child predators for that country’s National Child Exploitation Coordination Center.
Sam Houston State University’s College of Criminal Justice recently completed the Houston Police Department’s latest citizen survey.
Wed, Nov. 9 or 11, 4 p.m.
Dr. Mitchel Roth's Office
Criminal Justice Hotel Building
Room 224
Join Dr. Roth for informational meetings about the Study Abroad Program in Italy this summer. Dr. Roth will lead the trip from June 15-28, examining the historic and current criminal justice system in the country. The trip includes visits to Rome, Florence and Sicily, with stops at famous landmarks like the Coliseum, Vatican and Mamertine Prison.
Monday, Nov 8, 5 p.m.
Health and Kinesiology Center, Multipurpose Room 3
Workout with NABCJ
Come start your week off right with an invigorating workout.
Tue, Nov. 9, 7 p.m.
Olsen Auditorium
W.O.W (Women of the World)
A forum discussing the image of women in public and professional settings portrayal of women in the media and dating.
Wed, Nov. 10, 7 p.m.
Lowman Student Center, Room 304
Dirty Dark Secrets
You think you know but you have no idea.
Thu, Nov. 11, 7 p.m
SHSU Mall Area
Candelight Visual for Domestic Violence
Come light a candle for survivors of breast cancer and domestic violence as guest speakers talk about their experience with domestic violence.
Top command staff for Texas police departments were trained in key management issues during a recent program at the Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas.
High School criminal justice teachers from across Texas got lessons on new trends in the field, including the areas of DNA, cyber-crime, forensics, terrorism, crime in the media and data analysis.
SHSU Senior Joan Kim has dreams of joining the Department of Homeland Security or the Drug Enforcement Agency. She is commissioning as an officer in the U.S. Army and hopes her criminal justice degree and experience in the military will make that a reality.
Thur, Nov. 4, 3:30 p.m.
Walls Prison Unit
815 12th St.
Huntsville, Texas 77320-3320
(936) 291-4200
Wed Nov 3, 2010
4:30pm - 6:30pm
University Hotel
Bluebonnet Suite
The University Hotel cordially invites you to an open house to see our newly renovated rooms. Reception in Bluebonnet Suite.
SHSU’s Impaired Driving Initiatives Program recently received a $740,000 grant from the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT).
Chris Cronen, a 1991 graduate of Sam Houston State University’s College of Criminal Justice, recently was promoted to Deputy Director of the National Firearms and Tactical Training Unit (NFTTU) at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Wed, Nov. 3, 5:30 p.m.
Chemistry and Forensic Science Building
Room 103
Oct 28 - 29, 2010
George J. Beto Criminal Justice Center
Teaching Criminal Justice in the 21st Century
Sam Houston State University College of Criminal Justice will once again host an annual seminar for Texas high school criminal justice instructors. Don't miss this opportunity to attend 1½ days that will provide professional training directly related to CJ subject field and special needs.
Tue Oct 26, 2010
2:00 pm - 3:00pm
CJ Cafe (CJava)
After 24 years of high adventure, experiences that seem almost unreal and travels that have taken him all over the world, David Mohr laughs as he thinks back to where it all began – in the little prison town of Huntsville.
More than 140 sheriffs, jail administrators and jail personnel converged on Sam Houston State College’ s Criminal Justice Center in October for the 41st Annual Jail Conference.
New probation and parole executives from across the country met at the College of Criminal Justice in September to learn management techniques and discuss common issues. Ideally, each executive has been in their position for a year or less.
Wed, Oct. 20, 5:30 p.m.
Chemistry and Forensic Science Building
Room 103
Deborah Sibila already had a 22-year career working for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) before she came to the College of Criminal Justice for her Ph.D.
Police chiefs from four major cities in Texas joined the latest New Chief Development Program at the Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas in October.
Tue Oct 19, 2010
6 pm to 8:30 pm
CJ Courtroom
Panel discussion by parents whose children have been murdered and their experiences as victims and with the criminal justice system.
.Tue Oct 19, 2010
9:30 - 11:00 A.M.
Hazel B. Kerper Courtroom
Dr. David W. Garland, one of the world’s leading sociologists in crime and punishment, will be the featured speaker at the Beto Chair Lecture Series on Oct. 19. His topic will be "Peculiar Institution: America's Death Penalty in an Age of Abolition."
Wed, Oct. 20, 5:30 p.m.
Chemistry and Forensic Science Building
Room 103
In addition to being a criminal justice professor, Dr. Jurg Gerber is wearing many hats for Sam Houston State University, including those from Korea, Japan, India, China, Mexico, Switzerland and Eastern and Central Europe, to name just a few.
Dr. Bill Wells
The Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas (LEMIT) recently appointed Dr. Bill Wells of Sam Houston State University’s College of Criminal Justice as its new Research Director.
The Correctional Management Institute of Texas (CMIT) hosted prison officials from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan during the biannual meeting of the Executive Forum for Criminal Justice Planners.
The local chapter of Lambda Alpha Epsilon brought home the Sweepstakes title from a recent regional competition of its fraternity.
Rita Watkins, Executive Director of the Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas, was appointed to the Board of Directors of Texas’ oldest police organization.
Thu Oct. 7, 2010
3:30 p.m.
Estelle Prison Unit
264 FM 3478 Rd.
Huntsville, Texas 77320-3320
(936) 291-4200
Wed Oct. 6, 2010
5:30 pm
Chemistry and Forensic Science Building
Room 103
Get a crash course in different Forensic Science disciplines by taking a tour through the lab. We will be looking at Blood Spatter, Trace, Toxicology, DNA, and Fingerprints.
Pizza and drinks will be provided!
Tue Oct 5, 2010
2:00 pm - 3:00pm
CJ Cafe (CJava)
For Bill Taylor, a police officer is like a paladin, a knight sent out to protect citizens against those that would harm them.
Taylor is Police Chief and Director of Public Safety for Rice University, a sprawling 300 acre campus located in the heart of Houston, the fourth largest city in the country. Taylor has spent his career protecting college campuses, including Arizona State University in Tempe and Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
Dr. Jerry Dowling (left) and then Dean Dr. George Killinger in 1977.
The brainchild of two visionary men, George J. Beto, former Director of the Texas Department of Corrections, and Arleigh B. Templeton, former President of Sam Houston State College, was to establish a program of excellence in criminal justice education. Forty years later, the College of Criminal Justice has produced 259 doctoral graduates, including prominent leaders in academia and in practice across the Unites States and world.
Established just four years ago, the Institute for Legal Studies in Criminal Justice at Sam Houston State University continues to seek a wider influence on the study of law as it relates to criminal justice.
Like the new television series “The Chase,” Deputy U.S. Marshal Robert Garmon has tracked down fugitives, seized property and brought suspects to justice in court.
Sat Oct 2, 2010
1:45 pm
Texas Prison Museum
491 State Highway 75N
Huntsville, Texas
(936) 295-2155
Join Us for a Tour!
Top managers within adult and juvenile corrections throughout Texas met leading researchers in the criminal justice field during the latest training offered by the Correctional Management Institute of Texas.
Thu Sept 30, 2010
2:00 pm - 3:20pm
CJ Center, Lower Auditorium
Dr. Teske's class will feature the author of "To the Last Breath," the story of the murder of two-year old Renee Goode and her grandmother’s search for justice.
Among the presenters will be:
All students and interested parties are invited to attend.
As teen death and injuries continue to rise from alcohol and drug related crashes, Sam Houston State University, Impaired Driving Initiatives Program, is addressing the statewide issue by delivering a national curriculum to teachers, counselors, nurses and coaches.
Parents and students tried drunk driving simulation goggles, got fingerprinted and found out about Study Aboard programs in China, Italy and Germany at the College of Criminal Justice Open House during Bearkat Family Weekend.
Mon Sep 23, 2010
3:00 p.m.
Hazel B. Kerper Courtroom
Attention Criminal Justice Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors: If you are interested in completing an internship
Applications due Oct. 1, 2010. You will need to attend a registration meeting on
Monday, September 20, 2010
at 10:00 a.m.
CJ Court Room
or
Thursday, September 23, 2010
CJ Court Room
Please contact the Internship Office at 294-1659 or come by Room 228-A (Hotel) for further information.
Thu Sep 23, 2010
10:00 am
Hazel B. Kerper Courtroom
Attention Criminal Justice Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors: If you are interested in completing an internship
Applications due Oct. 1, 2010. You will need to attend a registration meeting on
Monday, September 20, 2010
at 10:00 a.m.
CJ Court Room
or
Thursday, September 23, 2010
CJ Court Room
Please contact the Internship Office at 294-1659 or come by Room 228-A (Hotel) for further information.
Criminal justice students will get a chance to combine study and sightseeing during trips to China, Germany/Austria and Italy in the Spring and Summer of 2011.
Wed Sep 22, 2010
9:30 - 11:00 A.M.
Hazel B. Kerper Courtroom
The College of Criminal Justice will host Dr. John Hagan, John D. MacArthur Professor of Sociology and Law at Northwestern University, for the Beto Chair Lecture Series on Sept. 22. Hagan's topic will be "Explaining State-Led Genocide: Dehumanization, Death, and Displacement in Darfur."
Wed Sep 22, 2010
5:30 p.m.
Chemistry/Forensic Science Building 103
Our guest speaker at this meeting will be Forensic Firearms Examiner Bradley Bruns from the Harris County Sheriff's Office.
Tue Sep 21, 2010
2:00 pm - 3:00pm
CJ Cafe (CJava)
Alumni Natalie Garza found a diverse and exciting career in the U.S. Marshals Service. As a deputy in the federal agency, Garza assists with apprehending federal fugitives, protecting the federal judiciary, shielding the Witness Security Program, transporting federal prisoners and seizing property acquired through illegal activities.
The Texas Police Chiefs Leadership Series recently was held by LEMIT in Lubbock. Among the participants were (l to r) Chief Brian Frieda of Muleshoe Police Department; Yvette Shorten, TPCLS Assistant Coordinator; Chief Jackie Skelton of LaGrange Police Department; Chief Rusty Moore of Crowell Police Department; Chief Steven Jones of Trinity Police Department; Mike Mirarchi, TPCLS Instructor; Chief Larry Payne of Dumas Independent School District Police Department; Donna Garcia, TPCLS Program Coordinator; James McLaughlin, Executive Director/Legal Counsel, Texas Police Chief Association and Dr. Steven Presley, Associate Professor/Research Coordinator, Zumwalt National Program
A total of 64 police chiefs from northwest Texas participated in a biennial 40-hour management training provided by the Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas.
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