Loyola University Chicago
Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology
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Leanna Taylor
Major: Criminal Justice Minor: Psychology of Crime and Justice Post-graduate plans: Graduate Studies in Social Work
News
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22nd Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology
Drs. Kurti and Rezey attended and presented at the 22nd Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology in Malaga, Spain, September 21-24, 2022. Criminologists from different countries addressed issues related to prisons, criminal gangs, police, organized crime, drugs, restorative justice, prevention, juvenile delinquency, cybercrime, and the war in Ukraine. -
58th Chicago International Film Festival Award Winners
King of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones won the 2022 Chicago International Film Festival. King of Kings tells the story of Edward Jones, a thrilling life story of a legendary African American powerbroker who built a multimillion-dollar empire running Policy, the illegal lottery on Chicago’s South Side in the 1930s and ‘40s, directed by his granddaughter Harriet Marin Jones. Much of the film is based on a chapter in Robert Lombardo's Organized Crime in Chicago. Dean Arthur Lurigio and Professor Emeritus Lombardo appeared in the movie and participated in a panel discussion at the Chicago Historical Society for the premiere. VIEW -
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CJC Professor David Olson pens essay for Duke Law School's Center for Firearm Law
Professor David Olson has published an article stemming from his recent participation on the Duke University Law School’s Center for Firearms Law 2021 roundtable on Race and Guns in America. The essay examines how responses to illegal firearm possession may miss the mark in addressing gun violence, and potentially exacerbate racial disparity in the justice system. -
CJC faculty complete comprehensive study of firearm possession sentencing in Illinois
A recent study completed by professors David Olson and Don Stemen, along with a number of criminal justice and criminology students, is the most the most comprehensive and detailed analysis of sentencing for gun possession offenses in Illinois. The research findings call into question the equity of enforcement and sentencing as well as the effectiveness of tougher mandatory sentences in reducing violent crime. The project was supported by the Joyce Foundation and carried out through Loyola’s Center for Criminal Justice Research, Policy and Practice. More information about the Center can be found at https://www.luc.edu/ccj/. -
CJC Faculty's Study on Bail Reform in Cook County Informs Statewide Effort to End Cash Bail
A recent study co-authored by Associate Professor Don Stemen and Professor David Olson examines bond court reforms that create a presumption of release without monetary bail for the large majority of felony defendants in Cook County. The study finds that the reforms led to a significant decrease in the use of monetary bail, saving defendant defendants and their families $31.4 million in avoided bond costs during the first six months of the reforms. The study also finds that the reforms had no impact on new criminal activity or new violent criminal activity of those defendants released pretrial, or on overall crime rates in Chicago. The study was funded by the MacArthur Foundation as part of the Safety and Justice Challenge, a national effort to reduce the over-reliance on jails. -
Assistant Professor's New Study Highlighted in the Crime Report
A new study co-authored by Assistant Professor Elizabeth Webster was highlighted in the Crime Report and will be published in an upcoming issue of Law & Social Inquiry. The researchers, Sarah Lageson, Webster, and Juan Sandoval, find that criminal justice agencies distribute a proliferation of criminal history information online: over ten million arrests, 4.5 million mugshots, and 14.7 million criminal court proceedings annually. Criminal history information can endure online indefinitely, may be inaccurate and incomplete, and can stigmatize individuals never convicted of a crime.VISIT -
Covid-19's Effects on Chicago Crime Trends Website
The Center for Criminal Justice Research, Policy, and Practice created a website to track trends in Chicago crime and Cook County jail populations since Covid-19. -
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CJC Faculty Release New Report on Prosecutors' Attitudes, Perspectives, and Priorities
A new report by faculty at Loyola and Florida International University examines the attitudes of prosecutors in four partner sites - Cook County, Milwaukee, Tampa (FL), and Jacksonville (FL). The report examines how prosecutors think about success, the mission of their offices, racial disparity in the justice system, and how best to engage the community. This is the first report from a two-year project funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. -
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CJC Students and Faculty Step Up to Give Hope to Former Inmates
Loyola students and faculty working with participants at the Summit of Hope, an annual event that provides community services and support to encourage parolees and probationers who are re-entering society to remain crime-free. -
Dr. Stemen publishes The Prison Paradox for the Vera Institute of Justice
Dr. Don Stemen, Associate Professor and Chair, published a research bulletin for the Vera Institute of Justice. The Prison Paradox: More Incarceration Will Not Make Us Safer summarizes the weak relationship between incarceration and crime reduction, and highlights proven strategies for improving public safety that are more effective and less expensive than incarceration.
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