criminology

Lynching map shows extent of mob violence

Map reveals that lynching extended far beyond the deep South

Student auxiliary officers retrieve volleyball

University Police offers students unique work experience as auxiliary officers

Penn State shield: A general image used to accompany some pieces of content on Penn State News.

Four faculty members join Social Science Research Institute

man stealing bag from car

Biases may stoke victim blaming, or reduce it, no matter what the crime

Candice Crutchfield head shot

Candice Crutchfield selected as criminology student marshal at spring graduation

Empathy Study

Tests can help quantify automatic empathy and moral intuitions

Mary Marsh ('69, LEC)

Alumna creates new endowed professorship in criminology

2016 Stand Up awardees Jaden Rankin-Wahlers, Alanna Kaiser, and Nathan Larkin.

Undergraduates honored with Rock Ethics Institute 2016 Stand Up Award

Ferguson Missouri events

Course explores Ferguson events through many perspectives

Dr. Joongyeup Lee

Criminologist: Police find it difficult to apply one law to all cases