Abigail Howard, Criminal Justice undergraduate student, was recently named a 2019 Woman of Distinction by Soroptimist International for her work to combat human trafficking.

Did you know that Florida ranks 3rd in the nation for reported cases of human trafficking?

Drs. Gabriel Cesar, Vaughn Crichlow, Lisa Dario, and MSCCJ Program Coordinator Dr. Cassandra Atkin-Plunk hosted the first MSCCJ Professional Development Series event of the semester: “Thrive not Survive: Tips and Tricks...

Opioid overdoses claimed the lives of over 60,000 Americans in 2016 alone, and FAU researchers want to lower that number.

The good news is that adolescent “sexting” is not at epidemic levels as reported in some media headlines.

Seth Fallik, Assistant Professor, and Mara Schiff, Associate Professor, were awarded two of the three 2019 Presidential Awards – Fallik for Research/Scholarship and Schiff for Teaching. Schiff was also the runner-up for...

The study represents one of the most comprehensive assessments of the “dangerousness” of policing to date, and also shows a statistically significant decline in felonious killings of police following the Ferguson effect...

On April 11, 2019, the Criminology and Criminal Justice Graduate Committee hosted its second Brown Bag event for students seeking their Master of Science in Criminology and Criminal Justice (MSCCJ) degree.

While there is a lot of research on the LGBT community’s relationship with police, there is scant research on how they perceive police legitimacy and what predicts their willingness to obey, cooperate, and recognize police...

“Sextortion,” the threatened dissemination of explicit, intimate and embarrassing sexual images without consent, is the fastest-growing cyberthreat to children.