Department of Criminal Justice News

Bethany Backes, an assistant professor in the Violence Against Women faculty cluster who worked for the Department of Justice for more than 10 years, shares what it means to be a champion both against violence and for social justice. 

Eric Smith ’93 graduated with a degree in criminal justice and has worked at the Orlando Police Department for nearly three decades.

A tenure-track position is the unicorn of academia, but students are finding jobs after earning their doctorate degrees at UCF and going onto places like NC State, Notre Dame, and the University of Toronto.

What’s learned could help build a model to improve equity in higher education nationwide.

The researchers will create evidence-based, intimate partner violence pretrial safety assessment guides for judges to use when considering pretrial release in intimate partner violence cases.

Probation and parole agencies have had to adapt to help some 6 million Americans stay on the right track and not reoffend.

UCF graduate’s research focuses on earlier signs for prevention of suicide in jails and inspires new scholarship opportunity.

Florida jails lack critical mental health services and treatments for inmates, ultimately posing a risk to the community and the inmate upon release, according to…

An annual Orange County Sheriff’s Office internship program for University of Central Florida students interested in law enforcement has its first all-female class of interns.…