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By Amy Farnum-Patronis | FSU News Florida State University will soon become the home of a state-of-the-art Real-Time Crime Center that will bring together the Tallahassee area’s law enforcement agencies and some of the nation’s leading criminology researchers in an effort to make the community safer. Read More
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Jason Kaelin
A sense of service, faith, family, and 1970s television programs led College of Criminology & Criminal Justice alumnus Jason Kaelin to his career in law enforcement and, ultimately, to his current position with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Matthew Robinson
Matthew Robinson, College of Criminology & Criminal Justice alumnus and professor at Appalachian State University, was recently named among the Top 25 most influential criminologists by AcademicInfluence.com, coming in at the 19th most influential in the field.
Online Masters' in Criminal Justice #8 in the nation
The College of Criminology and Criminal Justice’s online graduate program remains among the top 10 best programs in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2021 Best Online Programs ranking. The College’s online master’s degree in criminal justice retained its respective spots at No. 8 nationally and No. 6 among public universities. For veterans, the online program checked in at No. 5.
Brendan Lantz
The College of Criminology & Criminal Justice is pleased to announce that Assistant Professor Brendan Lantz has been selected as the 2021 Academy New Scholar awardee for the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.
Fall 2020 graduates
Congratulations to all of our Fall 2020 College of Criminology & Criminal Justice Graduates! Please join us in celebrating the graduates, listed below, at Florida State University’s Virtual Graduation on Friday, December 11 at 7:30 p.m. (ET). The ceremony will be streamed on http://Facebook.com/floridastate, http://YouTube.com/floridastate and http://live.wfsu.org!
Joe Schwartz
The College of Criminology & Criminal Justice is pleased to announce that Associate Professor Joseph A. Schwartz is this year’s recipient of the Early Career Award from the BioPsychoSocial Division of the American Society of Criminology (ASC).
Ms. Rosalind D. Czajkoski
The College of Criminology and Criminal Justice is saddened to announce the passing of FSU alumna and College patron, Ms. Rosalind D. Czajkoski.
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Julie Kuper
The College of Criminology & Criminal Justice is pleased to announce that Ph.D. student, Julie Kuper, has been honored with the Graduate Student Paper of the Year award from the American Society of Criminology (ASC) Division of Victimology.
Daniel P. Mears
The College is pleased to announce that Daniel P. Mears, Mark C. Stafford Professor of Criminology, is the recipient of the 2020 Distinguished Scholar Award from the American Society of Criminology’s Division of Corrections and Sentencing.