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College of Criminology and Criminal Justice programs and students were selected to represent Florida State University programs of excellence during incoming Senate President Joe Negron’s State University System Listening Tour on April 18. As part of the visit, criminology students Heather Loveridge, undergraduate criminology major, and Ph.D. students Cresean Hughes, Sergio Garduno, and Julie Mestre Brancale, gave visiting Senators a snapshot of the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice.

The last Graduate Faculty Workshop will be this Friday, April 22 at 10:00 a.m. (with breakfast starting at 9:30 a.m.) in Eppes 214. Dr. Brian Stults will be presenting “An Introduction to Spatial Analysis in Criminology.” This workshop will introduce students to fundamental concepts in the spatial analysis of crime. Attendees will also learn how to use free and open-source software to work with spatial data, including generating crime maps and estimating spatial regression models.

Internship opportunities are currently available with the Public Defenders Office in Leon County.  In addition to being a great addition to your resume, this  internship can also be taken for academic credit and in place of minor requirements. Interns at the Public Defender’s Office work in the Investigative Division alongside attorneys and investigators conducting intake interviews.

Over 30 students attended the Criminology Career Panel, held March 25 at the Claude Pepper Center. This year’s panel included: Christian M. Hoffman United States Department of Justice Viani Menges Certified Criminal Defense Investigator, Florida’s 2nd Judicial Circuit Office of the Public Defender Tony Nardi Assets Protection Business Partner, Target

The faculty of the Florida State University College of Criminology and Criminal Justice leads the nation in article productivity in top journals. According to a recent article in the Journal of Criminal Justice Education, the College’s faculty ranked No. 1 in productivity, with more articles published in the top-eight peer-reviewed journals than any other criminology or criminal justice program in the country.

Jennifer Lynne Holmes, MSW, M.S., a College of Criminology and Criminal Justice Ph.D. student, recently received the ASC’s Division of Victimology (DOV) Best Graduate Student Paper award for 2015. The award winning article, “Campus Sexual Assault: A Systematic Review of Prevalence Research From 2000 to 2015,” has been published online in the journal Trauma, Violence, & Abuse and will be published in the print version of the journal in the upcoming months.

Each month the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice will feature an internship opportunity especially for criminology students. As well as being great additions to your resume, the featured internships can also be taken for academic credit. This month’s featured internship is the Pat Thomas Law Enforcement Academy (PTLEA).

The College of Criminology and Criminal Justice is home to more McKnight Fellows than any other college at Florida State University, with a total of five McKnight Doctoral Fellows in residence. This prestigious and highly sought fellowship was established in 1984 to address the under-representation of African American and Hispanic faculty at colleges and universities in the State of Florida by increasing the pool of citizens qualified with Ph.D. degrees to teach at the college and university levels.

On Feb. 22 College of Criminology and Criminal Justice dean, Dr. Thomas Blomberg, will deliver a keynote address to the Palm Beach County Criminal Justice Commission. The purpose of Dr. Blomberg’s presentation is to assist Palm Beach County in setting their crime and justice priorities for 2016-2017.

FSU College of Criminology and Criminal Justice Professor Dr. Gary Kleck was featured in a recent WalletHub article. The article examines the states that are currently the most dependent on the gun industry. For insight WalletHub turned to a panel of experts, including Dr. Kleck, who answered questions on compromising solutions to the growing gun-related problems in the U.S.