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Department of Criminal Justice News

  1. Apr 9, 2013

    Criminal justice academy honors RU professor

    Radford University Professor Lucy Hochstein has been honored with an Outstanding Service Award by the Academy of Criminal Justice Services (ACJS), Police Section, for her service as the section's historian and archivist.

  2. Apr 9, 2013

    Students shadow professor for a day

    Students in Professor Tod Burke’s criminal investigative theory class spent Tuesday shadowing Burke’s colleague, Professor Stephen Owen, around campus as an exercise in surveillance techniques.

  3. Apr 6, 2013

    CHBS honors its Dean's Scholars

    The 2013 Dean's Scholars from the College of Humanities and Behavioral Sciences were honored on Saturday at a reception for the students, their professors, families and friends.

  4. Mar 19, 2013

    Delegate Yost to deliver commencement address at RU

    Virginia Delegate Joseph Yost, a Radford University alumnus, will be the keynote speaker at Radford University’s 2013 Spring Commencement on Saturday, May 11, at 10 a.m. on the university’s Moffett Lawn.

  5. Jan 15, 2013

    Criminal justice students look for gems among junk

    You can learn a lot about a person by rummaging through the rubbish.

  6. Nov 6, 2012

    Students Test Skills in Mock Disaster Drill

    As professional emergency personnel responded to a simulated crisis in a state-mandated "tabletop" exercise Monday in Heth Hall, about 40 Radford University graduate and undergraduate mirrored the incident for an unusual applied learning experience.

  7. Oct 23, 2012

    Criminal Justice Fraternity to Host Career Fair

    Lambda Alpha Epsilon is hosting a career fair for criminal justice majors from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29, in the Muse Banquet Hall.

  8. Sep 24, 2012

    National Hazing Prevention Week

    Kicking off National Hazing Prevention Week at 5 p.m. today, Professors Stephen Owen and Tod Burke of the Department of Criminal Justice will lead a session in the Bonnie Auditorium titled "Hazing: Is This Your Legacy?"

  9. Aug 2, 2012

    Professors Train Law Enforcement Pros in Forensic Techniques

    Radford University’s Forensic Science Institute brought to campus last week law enforcement professionals for a series of workshops focused on forensic science training.

  10. Jun 30, 2012

    Traveling This Summer? Think like a Criminal, Professor Says

    Traveling this summer is going to be a blast. You're taking the kids to the beach, visiting relatives and maybe making a side trip to see the world's largest display of alligator spit.

Department of Criminal Justice Announcements

  1. Apr 15, 2013

    Honor Society Inducts New Members

  2. Apr 10, 2013

    Students Collaborate with Police on Research Project

  3. Oct 22, 2012

    Study Abroad in Finland

  4. Sep 24, 2012

    Dr. Abdul-Ra'uf Conducts Research in Finland

    In May, Dr. Abdul-Ra’uf, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, spent three weeks working on a grant with Dr.Johanna Lasonen of the Educational Research Institute at the University of Jyvaskyla, in Jyvaskyla, Finland.

  5. Sep 24, 2012

    Attend the Criminal Justice Career Invitational!

    Looking for a career in the criminal justice field? Are you curious of what employment opportunities are out there? Look no more! Come to the Criminal Justice Career Invitational