University at Albany School of Criminal Justice
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The University at Albany, SUNY School of Criminal Justice (SCJ) is a school of the University at Albany, SUNY, offering both undergraduate and graduate programs in criminal justice. It was established in 1968, as a result of the desire of then-New York governor Nelson Rockefeller to create a research and education program centered around the study of crime.[1] It offered the first criminal justice doctoral program in the United States. In 2006, this program was ranked the 2nd best criminology doctoral program in the country by U.S. News & World Report.[2] The current dean is William Pridemore, who also received his Ph.D. from the School in 2000.[3]
Location
The SCJ is located in Draper Hall on the University at Albany's Downtown campus.[4]
Former deans
Former deans of the SCJ are:
- Richard Myren (1968–76)[5]
- Vincent I. O'Leary (1976–77)
- Donald J. Newman (1977–83)[6]
- Terence Thornberry (1984–88)[7]
- David E. Duffee (1988–95)
- David Bayley (1995–99)[2]
- Dennis P. Rosenbaum (1999-2000)
- Julie Horney (2002–09)
- Alan Lizotte (2010–15)[8]
