Criminal Justice Studies

Ricky Watson Jr. L'11, co-director of the Youth Justice Project at the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, returns this spring to his alma mater's main campus in Alamance County for a conversation about the law, the school-to-prison pipeline, and improving educational outcomes for youth of color.

Rena Zito, assistant professor of sociology, spoke with the Burlington Times-News about research on sexual harassment and assault.

Rena Zito, assistant professor of sociology, published a chapter on the sociology of deviance in Sociology in Action.

Rena Zito, assistant professor of sociology, examined how gendered employment dynamics influence coercion and physical violence in intimate relationships.

Meredith Allison published article on the accuracy of English-as-a-Second Language eyewitnesses with Cecily Basquin '16 and colleague Dr. Jennifer Gerwing of the University of Victoria

Professor Rena Zito and Elon student Colleen Fitzpatrick '17 presented their research at the North Carolina Sociological Association conference

Rena Zito, assistant professor of sociology, and co-author Stacy De Coster of N.C. State University have published a chapter on life-course offending in Preventing Crime and Violence.

Rena Zito, assistant professor of sociology, presented research at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Nov. 17-20, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Meredith Allison, associate professor of psychology, Erin Martin '16, and collaborator Sandy Jung from MacEwan University presented their research at the annual meeting of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers in Orlando, Florida.

Research by Elon University senior Cecily Basquin points to shortcomings in the way law enforcement gather eyewitness information from non-native English speakers, and she hopes her work – already being shared at international conferences – will lead to improvements in the criminal justice system.