May was a busy month for graduate students in the Criminology, Law and Society Department, as several students presented the results of their research at two national conferences.
Alese Wooditch presented a poster titled “The Geography of Drug Abuse Epidemiology among Probationers in Baltimore” at the 4th Annual Conference for Student Research on Addictions, Infectious Disease, and Public Health, held at Johns Hopkins University. The goal of the conference is to provide a forum for students, fellows, and faculty throughout the Baltimore/Washington region to meet, network, develop collaborative relationships, and learn about educational and training program opportunities.
Several students presented papers at the Law & Society Association annual meeting in Chicago:
- Stephen Fender: “Assessing Compstat at the Street Level: Examining the Use of Compstat from Crime Reduction Strategy to Implementation.”
- David McClure: “Campbell Systematic Review on Forensic DNA in Police Investigations in the "Informatics”
- Kimberly Mehlman-Orozco: "The Effect of Smuggling on the Likelihood of Detention."
- Travis Moran: “Magistrates, Professionalization, and Organizational Change: Moving Forward in Virginia.”
- Robyn Rosenthal: “Media Framing, Wrongful Conviction, and Public Support for the Death Penalty.”
- Holly Stevens: “Measuring Quality of Representation for Indigent Defendants, and Defining Quality of Representation for Indigent Defendants.”
In addition, graduate students Stephanie Ainsworth and Ajima Olaghere were co-authors on a paper presented by Dr. Shannon Portillo titled “Pro Se Framing of Legal Arguments in Administrative Hearings.”
June 03, 2010
