Four seniors enrolled in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, Social Work and Criminal Justice will present results from the study, "Leaving Correctional Facilities: Understanding What it Means and How it Shapes the Transition to Adulthood," at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences to be held March 3 to 7 in Orlando, Fla.
Drs. Rolanda Ward from the Department of Department of Sociology, Anthropology, Social Work and Criminal Justice, and Dani McMay from the Department of Psychology, were principal investigators of the study and will present it at the conference.
“Broadening the Horizon of the Criminal Justice Sciences: Looking Outward Rather than Inward” is the theme of the assembly that will be held at the Caribe Royale All-Suite Hotel and Conference Center.
The four student presenters include: Social Work majors Louise DeCosta-Bacher, Fredonia (Fredonia High School); Emily Pleszewski, Fredonia (Fredonia High School); and Javier Pagan, Dunkirk (Dunkirk High School); and Criminal Justice major Casey Springer, Forestville (Forestville Central School and Jamestown Community College).
Topics of the Fredona study are: “Re-entry: Housing and Employment Issues;” “Planning for the Future? Leaving Correctional Facilities as Emerging Adults;” “What Happened Before Incarceration? Understanding the Role of Pre/Interventions for Emerging Adults” and “Negative Impacts of Prisoner code Among Emerging Adults.”
ACJS conducts professional and scholarly activities related to criminal justice through the promotion of criminal justice education, research and policy analysis for educators and those who work in the field. It was founded in 1963 and has members in all 50 states as well as many foreign countries.
