List of criminal justice notables
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Notable academics or such within the field of criminal justice
in the United States of America:
Criminal justice
Criminal Justice is the system of practices and institutions of governments directed at upholding social control, deterring and mitigating crime, or sanctioning those who violate laws with criminal penalties and rehabilitation efforts...
in the United States of America:
- Stephen Barnes
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
- George J. Beto
- David Crews
- John J. DiIulio, Jr.
- Christopher Boyle, a.k.a Boiler
- Tony FabeloTony FabeloTony Fabelo was the executive director of the Texas Criminal Justice Policy Council from 1991 to 2003, when the agency's budget was vetoed by Governor Rick Perry. This was the research and evaluation agency created by Texas in 1983. Dr. Fabelo was appointed by Governor Ann Richards as Executive...
- James Alan FoxJames Alan FoxJames Alan Fox is a professor of criminology at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States. He is the Lipman Family Professor of Criminal Justice and former dean at Northeastern University. He has published 15 books and dozens of journal and magazine articles and...
- Marvin D. Free Jr.
- Lani Guiner
- George Killinger
- Gary LaFreeGary LaFreeGary LaFree is a professor of criminology and criminal justice at the University of Maryland and the director of the National Center for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism . His main areas of expertise are sociology, criminology, race and crime, and terrorism.-Education:LaFree...
- Coramae Richey MannCoramae Richey MannCoramae Richey Mann was a professor emeritus of criminal justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She argued vehemently that the United States criminal justice system was racist....
- Katheryn K. RussellKatheryn K. RussellKatheryn Russell-Brown is a professor of law and director of the Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations at University of Florida's Fredric G. Levin College of Law. Her main areas of expertise are race and crime, sociology of law and criminal law.-Education:Russell-Brown received her B.A...
- Samuel F. Saxton
- Frank SchmallegerFrank SchmallegerFrank Schmalleger is the director of the Justice Research Association. In 1974, he received a Ph.D. in sociology from Ohio State University. He is a professor emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke...
- Jerome Herbert Skolnick
- August VollmerAugust VollmerAugust "Gus" Vollmer was a leading figure in the development of the field of criminal justice in the United States in the early 20th century. He was also the first police chief of Berkeley, California.-Youth:...
- James Q. WilsonJames Q. WilsonJames Q. Wilson is an American academic political scientist and an authority on public administration. He is a professor and senior fellow at the Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy at Boston College....
- Orlando W. Wilson
- Chester Slaughter