CRIMINAL JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES
Department
In class lectures
Faculty member
Criminology & Crim Justice
Ophir Sefiha
Criminology & Crim Justice
Ophir Sefiha
Criminology & Crim Justice
Regina Cline
Criminology & Crim Justice
Kyle Burgason
Criminology & Crim Justice
Lisa Briggs
Emergency & Disaster Mgt.
Carlie Merritt
Emergency & Disaster Mgt.
Carlie Merritt
Criminology & Crim Justice
Criminology & Crim Justice
Criminology & Crim Justice
Criminology & Crim Justice
Lisa Briggs and Regina Cline
Jamie Vaske
Jamie Vaske
Thomas Johnson
Criminology & Crim Justice
Thomas Johnson
Emergency & Disaster Mgt.
Carlie Merritt
Emergency & Disaster Mgt.
Carlie Merritt
Emergency & Disaster Mgt.
Carlie Merritt
Emergency & Disaster Mgt.
Carlie Merritt
Emergency & Disaster Mgt.
Carlie Merritt
Activity
Discussion of Ban the Box initiative (eliminate
the check box on job applications regarding prior
record)
Discussion of voting rights registration passed in
NC
Discussion of the progression of rape laws in NC
Discussion of sterilization procedures in NC as a
link to biological theories of crime
Discussed eugenics laws in NC
Natural Disasters in North Carolina
Climate Change in North Carolina
Assignments and Exercises
Certifying students and inmates in Peace
Education curriculum (first time inmates &
students certified in pgm in NC)
Posters educating WCU students on most recent
"Raise the Age" bill and writing op-eds for
Citizen Times on pros/cons of "Raise the Age"
Undergrad research on the use of technology in
NC criminal justice (use of body cameras by law
enforcement, DNA for exoneration (Picking
Cotton book), and high tech electronic
monitoring in corrections)
Students are developing an all-hazards plan for
Robeson County based upon individually
assigned emergency support functions. At the
end of the semester, student plans with be tested
with a tabletop disaster exercise.
Students will develop an infrastructure
protection plan that will protect various WCU
buildings and facilities from a zombie
apocalypse attack.
Risk assessment of students' homes
Full Scale disaster exercise and theme of
"zombie apocalypse" involving campus
community with goal of sharing preparedness
information
Community vulnerability assessment
Community resilience assessment
Development of community resilience plan
Emergency & Disaster Mgt.
Carlie Merritt
"Whole Community" tabletop disaster exercise
involving east coast with special emphasis on
North Carolina coastal communities
Criminology & Crim Justice
Lisa Briggs and Jamie Vaske
Volunteered and took student volunteers to "flip
this prison" conversion
When
Location of activity
Fall 2014
Intro to CJ class (CJ 150)
Fall 2014
Intro to CJ class (CJ 150)
Fall 2014
Violence in American Society (CJ
351)
Fall 2014
Theories of Crime (CJ 355)
Fall 2014
Crime, Justice and the Movies
Spring 2015
Spring 2015
Introduction to Emergency
Management (EDM 250)
Introduction to Emergency
Management (EDM 250)
Spring 2015
Inside/Out CJ course
Fall 2014
Senior Seminar (CJ 495)
Spring 2015
Senior Seminar (CJ 495)/Undergrad
Research Expo
Fall 2014
Emergency Planning (EDM 324)
Spring 2015
Homeland Security (EDM 435)
Spring 2015
Introduction to Emergency
Management (EDM 250)
Spring 2015
Introduction to Emergency
Management (EDM 250)
Fall 2014, Spring 2015
Fall 2014, Spring 2015
Fall 2014, Spring 2015
Social Dimensions of Disaster (EDM
322)
Social Dimensions of Disaster (EDM
322)
Social Dimensions of Disaster (EDM
322)
Fall 2014, Spring 2015
Social Dimensions of Disaster (EDM
322)
Fall 2014
Research Methods; Crime, Justice,
and Movies; Criminal Justice Club