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Learning to Thrive After Life Behind Bars
Criminal justice graduate is honored for overseeing a county program that provides a career path for people released from incarceration ...
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Potter to Lead UCF’s Center for the Study of Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery
The sociology professor also has a background working with Florida’s justice system and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
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Interdisciplinary Call to Action Addresses Correctional Healthcare and the Community
"One of my favorite phrases with my students is criminal justice is no longer just us. We have to bring ...
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UCF’s Online Undergraduate Programs Recognized Among the Best in the Nation
The University of Central Florida’s online undergraduate programs are among the best in the nation, according to U.S. News & World ...
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Criminal Justice, Psychology Undergrad Researches Suicide Risk in Jails
Inmates in the nation’s jails commit three times more suicides than in prisons. Undergraduate Megan Small researched what might cause ...
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American Society of Criminology Division of Policing Honors Professor
Congratulations to our college's Gene Paoline, professor of criminal justice, on his Distinguished Scholar Award from the American Society of ...
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Many People Who Are Stalked Never Tell Anyone
According to survey data from more than 2,100 adults, one-quarter of Americans who have been stalked never told anyone about ...
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UCF Alumnus Directs Lockheed Martin’s Relief Efforts for Hurricane Maria
Forty horses. Sixteen cars. One commercial airplane. What do these things all have in common? They each weigh roughly 80,000 ...
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New UCF Police Chief Says Criminal Justice Degree Strengthens Leadership Skills
Carl Metzger, who received his master’s degree in criminal justice at UCF, was recently named UCF’s police chief. We spoke ...
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Fighting the Dark Hearts: UCF Faculty, Alumni Combat Human Trafficking
Although the term “human trafficking” is relatively new, the phenomena it comprises – sex trafficking, forced labor and debt bondage ...