University at Albany, SUNY School of Criminal Justice

The University at Albany, SUNY School of Criminal Justice (SCJ) is a school of the University at Albany, SUNY, offering both undergraduate and graduate programs in criminal justice. It was established in 1968, as a result of the desire of then-New York governor Nelson Rockefeller to create a research and education program centered around the study of crime.[1] It offered the first criminal justice doctoral program in the United States. In 2006, this program was ranked the 2nd best criminology doctoral program in the country by U.S. News and World Report.[2] The current dean is William Alex Pridemore, who also received his Ph.D. from the School in 2000.[3]

Location

The SCJ is located in Draper Hall on the University at Albany's Downtown campus.[4]

Former deans

Former deans of the SCJ are:

  • Richard Myren (1968–76)[5]
  • Vincent I. O'Leary (1976–77)
  • Donald J. Newman (1977–83)[6]
  • Terence Thornberry (1984–88)[7]
  • David E. Duffee (1988–95)
  • David Bayley (1995–99)[2]
  • Dennis P. Rosenbaum (1999-2000)
  • Julie Horney (2002–09)
  • Alan Lizotte (2010–15)[8]

References
  1. "Graduate Study" (PDF). University at Albany, SUNY. p. 2.
  2. "School of Criminal Justice: Four Decades of Academic Excellence". University at Albany-SUNY. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
  3. "Dean's Message". University at Albany-SUNY. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
  4. "About the School of Criminal Justice". University at Albany-SUNY. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
  5. "School of Criminal Justice Records".
  6. Fowler, Glenn (1990). "Donald J. Newman, Criminologist And Ex-SUNY Dean, Dies at 65". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
  7. "Terence Thornberry CV" (PDF). p. 1.
  8. "A Gift for Preeminence". University at Albany-SUNY. 2017-10-23. Retrieved 2018-01-27.


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