Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice: An Interdisciplinary Journal (YVJJ) received an impact factor of 2.981 and is currently ranked 10 out of 65 in the nation in the “Criminology and Penology” category.
The program is tied for number 24 in the nation.
Dr. Bland will spend the summer teaching and mentoring faculty and students at Renmin University in Beijing.
The data looks at education, race and gender in relation to opinion of capital punishment.
Alpha Phi Sigma is the National Criminal Justice Honor Society. In order to join, undergraduate students must have a 3.2 cumulative GPA on all their college work and 3.2 CJUS course GPA with at least 4 completed CJUS courses. Graduate students must have a 3.4 cumulative GPA and a 3.4 GPA in their CJUS courses, with at least 4 completed CJUS courses.
Please contact Jessica Craig at Jessica.Craig@unt.edu or (940) 565-4085 with any questions you may have about Alpha Phi Sigma.
Dr. Adam Trahan is Professor and Chair of the Department of Criminal Justice at UNT. He earned a B.A. and M.A. in criminal justice and criminology at Sam Houston State University and a Ph.D. in criminal justice from Indiana University, Bloomington. Dr. Trahan has extensive research experience in capital jury behavior and decision-making. He has worked on several capital cases as a jury consultant. In these capacities, he has advised litigators during voir dire and jury selection using the Colorado Method to classify potential capital jurors.
