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NewsFeed: Trying To Find Houses For The Formely Incarcerated

December 31, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Even out of prison people with a criminal background still cannot seem to get a break. For the formerly incarcerated finding a home can be difficult especially when landlords can choose to bar such individuals. A toolkit or guide was developed by Fortune Society and John Jay College Criminal Justice to help people with a criminal past to find education and housing.  National Reentry Resource Center presents a webinar that reviews the toolkit as well as other findings to aid people with criminal histories.

Sources- National Reentry Resource Center

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NewsFeed: The Crime Report Developed A Top Ten List for Criminal Justices Stories of 2011

December 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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The Crime Report, published by the Center on Media, Crime and Justice at John Jay College of Criminal Justice,with the help of contributors and bloggers complied a list of top ten Criminal Justice stories of 2011. The stories were according to The Crime Report to be significant and interesting in terms of Criminal Justice. Topics on the list include changes in corrections, re-evaluating the reliability of eyewitnesses identification, and redefining what rape is.

Source- The Crime Report

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NewsFeed: Murder Is Down, But Why?

December 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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This year alone New York City has experienced its third lowest homicide rates of 502. The lowest being in 2009 of 471 and the second being in 2007 of 499. The decline in homicide is also more significant or sharper in the city than anywhere else in the nation. Mayor Bloomberg attributes the decrease to the work of police and fire departments but experts are not too sure about that. Experts such as Andrew Karmen, sociology professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, attributes the decline to the current lifestyle of young adults. Karmen believes because young adults from ages 18 to 24 are attending colleges,  they are less likely be murdered then young adults that do not attend college.

Source: San Francisco Chronicle
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Murder Mystery

December 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The Long Island serial killings of women prostitutes have become a mystery even being called “the Gilgo Beach Murder mystery.” Many experts believe that there are multiple killers due to the number of victims, the different methods used in disposing the body, and the number of years that separate the murders. Louis B. Schlesinger, Professor of Forensic Psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice believes there is only one serial killer. Despite the number of victims and the gap in years between the first murder and the last, 15 years, he still believes there is one murderer. In response to the reason why the victims were dismembered in the past but are no longer, Schlesinger  explains that

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the killer must have just realized that it was too much work and decided to switch up his methods.

Source- The new Zealand Herald
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Unable To Accept Freedom

September 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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After spending 26 years locked up in jail for fatally stabbing a man, Randall Lee Church finds himself back in after he burns down a house. He was 18 years old when he was first incarcerated in the year 1983; before Facebook and before smartphones. When he was released at age 46 he was unable to adjust to the world he knew in 1983. The frustration boiled to a point when he commits arson in retaliation. Church is a prime example of the prison re-entry our nation, prisoners unable to cope and wanting a way out end up back in prison. Executive Director of Prisoner of John Jay College of Criminal Justice Ann Jacobs further explains the recidivism dilemma.

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Two John Jay Students win the Elbert Stillwaggon Memorial Scholarship

September 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Two John Jay Students win scholarships in Fire Science major:

“New York, NY, September 16, 2011 – The John Jay Foundation today announced that John Jay College of Criminal Justice sophomore Mateusz Grebowiec, age 20, and junior Ken Zeng, age 22 were awarded the Elbert Stillwaggon Memorial Scholarships. Sponsored by the New York Propane Gas Association (NYPGA), these scholarships of $3,000 annually are awarded to two full-time students in the College’s Fire Science Program. ”

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