Announcements

In an article published recently in the Journal of Criminal Justice (Steiner and Schwartz, 2006) the School of Criminal Justice at FIU ranked 13th nationally in average publications per faculty member between 2000 and 2004. When the publications were weighted by equally dividing each article among the number of authors, FIU's School of Criminal Justice ranked 10th nationally. The journals used in this study for ranking purposes were Criminology, Justice Quarterly, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Journal of Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice and Behavior, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, and Crime and Delinquency. These journals are considered the leading journals in criminology and criminal justice.

Reference: Steiner, Benjamin and John Schwartz (2006) "The Scholarly Productivity of Institutions and their Faculty in Leading Criminology and Criminal Justice Journals." Journal of Criminal Justice 34:393-400.

The Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice will be offered fully online beginning Fall 2007. See http://online.fiu.edu/academic_degree_criminal_justice.html.

Congratulations to our faculty: Professors Ellen Cohn and Suman Kakar received FIU faculty awards for outstanding academic achievements in service (Dr. Cohn) and teaching (Dr. Kakar). Professor Ramiro Martinez was recipient of the 2007 Coramae Richey Mann Award for outstanding scholarship in the area of race, crime, and justice from the American Society of Criminology, Division on People of Color and Crime.  

Professor Luis Salas, along with Professors Robert Malow and Marianna Baum, was recognized at the recent Board of Trustees meeting for his outstanding leadership in the research arena. Professor Salas has received approximately $34 million in funding since 1998 and currently heads the Center for the Administration of Justice.