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Terrance J. Taylor

A look inside UMSL’s undergraduate research scene

Budding researchers are finding their roots as undergraduates at UMSL....

James Day aims for a job with National Park Service after earning criminology and criminal justice degree

The Army veteran plans to enroll in the Seasonal Law Enforcement Training Program in North Carolina with the goal of becoming a law enforcement ranger....

Criminology students get glimpse of what traffic stops are like for law enforcement officers

Students from the Criminology and Criminal Justice Undergraduate Student Association went through a series of role-playing exercises with the Missouri State Highway Patrol....

NIJ grant allows criminologists to study school safety issues

Researchers in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice have been awarded a highly competitive grant to study school safety and better understand the causes and consequences of school violence....

Crime mapping can lead to more effective law enforcement

The fragmentation of police services is a problem inherent in the organization of many communities across the county. St. Louis is no different, as there are a multitude of jurisdictions—many...

Criminologists pen book on youth violence

Nightly news reports are filled with images of youth violence – from school shootings to gang-related murders to neighborhood stabbings. Is youth violence on the rise? University of Missouri–St. Louis...

UMSL criminologists honored for gang victimization research

Two University of Missouri–St. Louis criminology scholars and one alumnus were recently awarded the 2010 William L. Simon Outstanding Paper Award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Finn-Aage Esbensen,...