CRIMNOTES
Volume 31: Issue 1
Homecoming Edition: Fall, 2001
The School of Criminology & Criminal Justice
welcomes all students, past, present, and future to join in celebrating
Florida State University’s Sesquicentennial.
The 150th anniversary celebration began on January 24, 2001
at the University’s Westcott Plaza, the oldest
continuous site of higher education in the state of Florida. The School of Criminology
& Criminal Justice’s focus week of October 29 through November 2, 2001
is our part of the University’s celebration, where we will be remembering
the School’s past, looking at it’s present, and imagining its future (various
activities are planned and listed below).
In addition, we’ve created a timeline showing
the history of criminology at the University, with photographs, memorabilia, and biographical information from
faculty, staff and alumni. We’re
also installing a criminology-themed art exhibit,
featuring pieces from various Tallahassee museums’ permanent collections
(including works by Judy Chicago, Robert Longo and Ed Love), with associated
text on the pieces written by the School’s faculty.
Alumni are using this week as a pan-year reunion and
will be on hand to discuss their memories of Florida State and their
achievements since graduation. The School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
extends an invitation to everyone to join in the festivities.
Play the School Trivia Game each week until the celebration at www.criminology.fsu.edu.
Just click on the Sesquicentennial icon, follow the instructions, and
win a beautiful Sesquicentennial pin!
Monday, October 29th, 12:30 PM
Wednesday, October 31st, Noon
Thursday, November 1st, 3:00–5:00 PM
Friday, November 2nd, 1:30-3:00 PM
Hecht House
Panel Discussion on “Criminology, Youth, and Public Policy”
by Associate Dean Thomas Blomberg and Dr. John Hagan
Followed by the unveiling of the School’s timeline and art exhibit; a
reception will follow.
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Florida State University Student Life Building Theater
A free showing of Halloween-appropriate Criminology films
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Hecht House Garden
Reception honoring Dr. Gene Czajkoski,
Dean Emeritus of the School
And
Recognizing School Alumni
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Beth Moore Lounge, Longmire Building
Keynote Address by Dr. Jerome H. Skolnick
From Torture to Deception: Human Rights and Interrogation”
Followed by a Roundtable Discussionfeaturing
Dr. Jerome H. Skolnick, Dr. Chiricos, Dr. Czajkoski- Dean Emeritus, Dean Maier-Katkin, and
Terry Coonan-Director of the Center for the Advancement of Human Rights.
A reception at the Hecht House will follow.
Don’t miss our sesquicentennial celebration!
Please plan
on joining us as we prepare for the homecoming game. For Homecoming Weekend, the School will be hosting a
reception at its current home, the Hecht House, from 4-6 PM on Friday,
November 9th. As
you’ll read elsewhere, the School will have just completed its
Sesquicentennial Focus Week as part of the celebration of the University’s
Westcott Plaza being the oldest continuous site of higher education in the
state of Florida (please join us for those festivities also).
So when you come to join us in celebrating homecoming, please plan some
time to see our exhibits that will still be on display: the School’s
timeline showing the history of criminology at the University; and our
criminology-themed art exhibit.
The city of
a hundred spires, Prague, rivals Paris in beauty. However, after the fall of communism in 1989, the borders of
the Czech Republic reopened to western influences including western -style
drug usage and crime.
Last
summer, 25 students traveled overseas to study topics such as War Crimes,
Crime in An Emerging Democracy and Qualitative
Methods in
the Czech Republic. The relative newness of the criminal justice system in the
Czech Republic makes it an exciting environment for research. Students were
able to observe criminal court trials, tour prisons, visit concentration camps
and take part in a Czech SWAT team operation. The School
continues the study abroad program this year under the direction of Dr. Laura
Bedard, who has led the program for the last two years.
In 2002,
hospitality courses will be added, diversifying program participants. The
dates for 2002 are June 21 through August 2 and the cost $3,225.00. Interested
students can contact Dr. Bedard at lbedard@mailer.fsu.edu.
for more information.
Homecoming 2001 Reception
Friday, November 9th
4-6 PM
Hecht House
Elicka Peterson
Elicka Peterson joins us from the University of
Missouri in St. Louis where she recently earned her Ph.D.
Her areas of study include race and gender, crime as social control,
violence, and homicide. She will teach courses related to victimology and women and
crime while pursuing research interests in the same area. Dr. Peterson has lived all over the world. She received the
“Outstanding Teacher Award” at the University of St. Louis.
She enjoys doing research but most of all she loves teaching and
mentoring students.
Spencer D. Li
Spencer D. Li, originally
from China, earned a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Illinois.
He joined the faculty in the summer of 2001. His research areas include
corrections, social control, religion, psychology and crime and research
methods. He has taught at the
University of Illinois, Lamar University, and the University of Maryland. He enjoys both teaching and conducting research.
Dr. Li will teach courses such as Assessment of Secondary Data,
Advanced Research Methods and Statistics.
John
Kerbs
John Kerbs joins the
faculty in Spring 2002. He comes
to FSU from Ann Arbor Michigan. Dr. Kerbs has a B.S. in Psychology from Emory
University, a master’s in Sociology from the University of Michigan, an
M.S.W. from the University of California at Berkeley, and a joint Ph.D. in
Social Work and Sociology. His
areas of specialization include corrections, aging inmates and juvenile
justice policy. Dr. Kerbs’ research aimed at promoting prison safety has
been extensively published.
Kristin Winokur
Kristin Winokur joins the faculty as a visiting assistant professor. Her B.A. is from the University of Florida, her M.A. from the University of Baltimore, and her Ph. D. from Florida State University. Her areas of specialization include Juvenile Delinquency, Quantitative Methods, and Gender Issues. She has previously taught at Florida State University as an adjunct instructor. Dr. Winokur came to us from the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice where she was the director of Research and Evaluation.
Terry Coonan
Terry
Coonan is the Director of the new Center for the Advancement of Humar Rights
at Florida State University and a member of the faculty of the School. Originally from Los Angeles, Professor Coonan earned his B.A.
in History. He also holds a
Master’s of Divinity from Notre Dame University, a M.A. in Immigration
History from Boston College, and a J.D. from the University of Cincinnati.
Terry has spent four years in South America assisting the families of
people who disappeared as victims of the Secret Police. He specializes in
International Human Rights and Law. Dr. Coonan enjoys being able to practice
law and teach, and will be teaching Refugee Law at the Law School as well as
other human rights related courses throughout the university.
Rights Center
Florida
State University recently received an anonymous gift to open the Center for
the Advancement of Human Rights. The center, located on Jefferson Street, will
use a multidisciplinary approach for conducting research on international
human rights, teaching courses and holding seminars.
The renowned Dr. Sumner Twiss from Brown University joins the Center as
a distinguished scholar in Religion and Human Rights. He will be teaching both undergraduate and graduate classes.
The
Center will be holding its first International Conference on Human Rights
November 1st-3rd. Look for details on the FSU web page http://www.cahr.fsu.edu/Conference.htm.
The School
has recently completed an upgrade of the classroom in Hecht House (Room 102)
to bring it on a par with the other technology-enhanced classrooms on-campus.
A console at the front of the room was custom designed and built for
the room gives the instructor access to the following aids: a desktop
computer; a VCR/DVD system; and a document camera (which displays any document
placed beneath it, negating the need for overhead transparencies, but allowing
for their use if desired). A
top-of-the-line projection system allows the entire class to comfortably see
images generated from any of these devices.
A touch screen display on top of the console manages the various
components, while plug-ins are available on the top of the console for a
personal laptop computer or other devices.
The room
augments the Edutek ‘ Classroom in a Cart’ system that the School obtained
last year. The Edutek system
consists of fifteen laptop computers, each containing a card allowing for
wireless communication via an antenna within the cart.
Thus any professor wishing to use computer resources in class may do
so. As an added benefit, the
self-contained quality of the cart allows the professor to have the same
computer capability in any room in Hecht House that allows the cart to be
plugged into a data-link.
of a Lifetime
by Rochelle Allen, FSU Criminology Undergraduate
Have you ever had an experience that made your dreams seem like they could be a reality? From May 29-June22, 2001 I had such an experience. This summer I was fortunate to be accepted into the Florida State University College of Law Summer Law Program for Undergraduate Students. Since 1992, the FSU College of Law has invited college undergraduates to a month-long program to expose them to the possibilities of law as a career.
At the end
of the program there was an award ceremony. At this time individuals who made
outstanding progress throughout the program were recognized.
I received an award for writing the best letter of advice to a client.
I was very pleased and felt it was the perfect way to end an
invigorating summer experience.
Welcome to the School’s Alumni section. Here is what our alumni shared with us last year. The School is very interested in what you’ve been up to since graduating, so please send your information using the form attached to this newsletter, or use our web-site- http://www.criminology.fsu.edu/alumni.htm
To all of
you who have shared your news, nice to hear from you and keep in touch.
We hope you can join us for our Sesquicentennial Celebration Focus Week
or the Homecoming Week Reception.
1967 - Anderson,
James R. (B.S.
‘67) James recently retired and is living in Mississippi.
He remains active in Hospice of the Gulf Coast and is conducting
research on juvenile aggressive behavior.
Blatt, Mike (B.S.
‘67) Mike owns Old Town Wine & Spirits in Key West, FL and is
married with 3 children.
1969 - Conner,
Stephen M. (B.S. ‘69) Stephen
has been with Probation & Parole in Panama City Beach and a member of FCCD.
He has been married for 30 years and has 2 children.
e-mail: SMC7777@aol.com
Earp, Curtis D.
(B.S. ’60, M.S. ‘69) Curtis lives in Tallahassee.
He is a retired Military Police Colonel for the US Army.
e-mail: cearp@angelfire.com
1970 - Kreidler,
Frank A. (M.S. ‘70) Frank
is a lawyer in Lake Worth,
Florida. He was recently honored
with the Harriette Glasner Freedom Award by the Palm Beach County Chapter of
the American Civil Liberties Union.
1971 - Cumming, Georgia (B.S.
‘71) Georgia is a Program Director of the Vermont Treatment Program for
Sexual Aggressors. She is the
co-author of Supervision of the Sex Offender in 1997.
e-mail: gcumming@doc.state.vt.us
DeVolentine, Joel M. (B.S. ’70, M.S. ‘71) Joel was recently appointed
to Regional Director for north Florida Detention Services. He recently
published an article on case management with Laura Bedard.
e-mail: Joel.Devolentine@djj.state.fl.us
Mason, Bill W. (B.S. ‘71) Bill
retired in June, 2001. He worked
for 29 years as a Postal Inspector and was assigned to mail fraud cases in the
New Orleans area.
e-mail:
NAM@compsurf.com
1974 - Dobrin,
Leonard E.
(B.S. ’63, M.S. ’66, Ph.D. ‘74) Dr. Dobrin retired as a professor
from Old Dominion University in Virginia.
He lives in Melbourne,
Florida and is enjoying his retirement. e-mail:
ldobrin@odu.edu
Dovi, Stephen J. (B.S. ‘74) Stephen
works as a Shift Commander Lieutenant at the Deland Police Department.
e-mail:
dovi@totcon.com
Mark, Barbara Wardell (M.S. ‘74) Barbara is a
social worker in geriatric health care. She
previously worked with teenagers in substance abuse treatment.
1975 - Harriet Sr., Steven (B.S.
‘75) Steven is in his 25th
year of law enforcement service. He
is the Chief Deputy of the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office in Sanford,
Florida.
e-mail: sharriet@seminolesheriff.org
Stephens, Michael (B.S.
’74, M.S. ‘75) Michael worked for the Internal Revenue Service Criminal
Investigation for 25 years. In
addition, he worked Candidate Protection Details during the past presidential
campaign.
e-mail: untouchable605@aol.com
1976 - Groot,
Lonnie (B.S.
’73, J.D. ‘76) Lonnie lives
in Orlando and is a partner in the law firm of Shutts & Bowen.
e-mail: LGROOT@shutts-law.com
O’Connor, Robert
(B.S. ‘76) Robert is a special agent with the Florida Department of Law
Enforcement in the Orlando area. He
previously worked at the Seminole County Sheriff’s Department. e-mail: mmocon@bellsouth.net
Schoonmaker, Robert A. (B.S. ‘76) Robert
is a Special Agent in
Charge at the Los Angeles Office of Export Enforcement for the U.S. Department
of Commerce.
e-mail:
rschoonm@bxa.doc.gov
1977 - Buie
III, Dougal (B.S.
‘77) Dougal is a financial advisor for Morgan Stanley Dean Witter.
e-mail: BB71@aol.com
Vodrey, Becky
(B.S. ‘77) Becky is the Director of Alumni, at her alma mater, Episcopal
High School of Jacksonville.
Vohryzek-Bolden, Miki
(M.S. ’74, Ph.D. ‘77) Miki is a Professor at California State
University and the Director of Graduate Academic Programs.
e-mail: vohryzek@csus.com
1978 - Barker,
Brent (B.S.
‘78) Brent is a special agent with Diplomatic Security Services for the U.S.
Department of State.
e-mail: BarkerBA@state.gov
Copeland, George (B.S.
‘78) George is a nurse at Columbia Hospital in West Palm Beach, Florida
where he works in the Acute/Adult Psychiatry unit.
e-mail: dgjl@dellnet.com
Greason, Evelyn Matthews (B.S. ‘78) Evelyn
works as a Revenue Specialist for Child Support Enforcement for the
Department of Revenue in Florida.
1979 - Edenfield,
Mark (B.S.
‘79) Mark works as a Special Operations Sergeant for the FSU Police
Department. He recently received an award for his heroic efforts.
e-mail: medenfield@admin.fsu.edu
Hines, Melanie Ann
(B.S. ’76, J.D. ‘79) Melanie is the statewide prosecutor and resides in
Tallahassee.
1980 - Brock,
Lisa (B.S. ‘80) Lisa owns a marketing and public
relations firm. Her company is responsible for the world tour of royal
garments worn by the late Diana, Princess of Wales.
e-mail: lbcomm1@gte.net
Edelhoch, Marilyn
(Ph.D. ‘80) Marilyn lives in Columbia, South Carolina and works for the
Department of Health & Environmental Control.
Garrett, Cindy
(B.S. ‘80) Cindy has been working in probation since 1996.
e-mail: cgphonehome@hotmail.com
1981 - Clift,
Robert (B.S.
‘81) Robert is the Chief of Investigations for the Florida Department of
Transportation.
e-mail: bobclift@aol.com
Futch, Deborah May
(B.S. ‘81) Deborah worked as a police officer in the City of Hollywood,
Florida since graduation. She is
the first female Major in the history of the department.
e-mail: COPMOM1384@aol.com
Heiner, Robert (M.S.
‘81) Robert is a Professor of Sociology at Plymouth State College in New
Hampshire. He has two books in
print and is expecting his third book to be released by Oxford University
Press Fall 2001.
e-mail: rheiner@oz.plymouth.edu
Jenkins, Cassandra (B.S.
’79, M.S. ‘ 81) Cassandra is resides in Tallahassee and works for the
Department of Juvenile Justice.
e-mail: Cassandra.Jenkins@djj.state.fl.us
1982 - Bennett,
T. Kirk
(B.S. ‘82) Kirk lives in Tampa and works as a Senior Special Agent
with the U.S. Customs Service.
e-mail: supernole1@yahoo.com
1983 - Golt,
David (B.S. ‘83) David is a Police Lieutenant for the
City of Pembroke Pines, Florida.
1985 - Chown,
Craig (B.S. ’84, M.S. ‘85) Craig is employed in the
Executive Office of the Governor
and is responsible for policy and budget oversight of Juvenile Justice in
Florida.
e-mail: chown@worldnet.att.net
Schulz, Sally (B.S.
‘85) Sally lives in New Jersey where she works as a Litigation Specialist
for an insurance carrier.
e-mail: SAS63SALLY@aol.com
Trahan, Kevin (B.S.
‘85) Kevin was recently promoted to rank of Sergeant for the Gainesville
Police Department. He is married and has three children.
e-mail: KTFSU50@aol.com
Wood, Susan (B.S.
‘85) Susan resides in Palm Harbor, Florida.
e-mail: susanw@jbpfirm.com
1986 - Cromwell,
Paul (Ph.D. ‘86) Dr. Cromwell is a Professor and Director for the School of
Community Affairs at Wichita State University in Kansas.
He has published numerous books and journals since his graduation from
Florida State.
e-mail: Paul.Cromwell@wichita.edu
Weinstein, Leonard
(B.S. ‘86) Leonard is the Associate General Counsel for Multi-Line
Insurance Company
1987 - Gray,
Nan Alderman (B.S.
‘87) Nan is an Inmate Systems Officer at the Federal Correctional Institute
in Tallahassee, Florida.
1988 - Imperato,
Cynthia G. (M.S.
’80, J.D. ‘88) Cynthia is an Assistant Statewide Prosecutor. She is an Adjunct Law Professor at Nova Southeastern
University and a member of Law Enforcement Against Child Harm. She does pro
bono work for Women in Distress.
e-mail:
Cynthia_Imperato@oag.state.fl.us
1989 - Whitehead,
John (B.S.
‘89) John is a Special Agent with the FBI in Kentucky.
He works on the Bank Robbery Squad and SWAT team. He is married with
two sons.
1990 - Williams,
Jimmy (Ph.D.
‘90) Dr. Williams is the Chair of the Department of Criminal Justice at The
University of Alabama.
e-mail: jwilliam@bama.ua.edu
1991 - Dobson,
Roger (B.S.
‘91) Roger is a Wellness Education Specialist II for the Florida Department
of Corrections. He works
part-time as the University of West Florida’s Men’s Cross Country coach.
e-mail: RunDobson@aol.com
Gayner, Stephen (B.S.
‘91) Stephen is a Patrol Officer for Montgomery County, Maryland.
He was previous employed as an officer in Atlanta, Georgia and
Baltimore, Maryland.
Taylor, Candace
(M.S. ‘91) Candace resides
in Illinois where she works as a paralegal, specializing in employment law.
e-mail: clt@emprights.com
1992 - Billett,
Jerry (B.S.
‘92) Jerry lives in Orange Park, Florida and is on special assignment for
UPS, working with UPS Logistics.
e-mail:
JBillettFSU@hotmail.com
Harmsen, David
(B.S. ‘92) David
lives in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
e-mail:
DH58Bravo@aol.com
Reed, Anthony
(B.S. ‘92) Anthony is a
Rehabilitation Therapist for Florida State Hospital in Chattahoochee, Florida.
Yap, Sean (B.S.
’92) Sean is employed by the Pembroke Pines Police Department and has worked
as a road patrol officer since 1997.
e-mail:
CHINAJAMS@aol.com
1993 - Bornost,
Venessa E.
(B.A. ‘93) Venessa is
currently employed by the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office where she works
as a Narcotics Detective and SWAT team member.
e-mail: SWATNAR@aol.com
Cole, Darryl
(B.S. ‘93) Darryl lives in Daytona Beach and attended FSU’s 2000
Homecoming.
Hall, Bill (B.S.
‘93) Bill is working Special Operations for the Ft. Pierce Police
e-mail: Rhino530@aol.com
1994 - Litchfield,
Helen
(B.S. ’90, M.S. ‘94) Helen is a Special Education Teacher at
Battery Creek High School in Beaufort, South Carolina.
She is also a Deputy Law Enforcement Officer with the Department of
Natural Resources in South Carolina.
e-mail: dleo815@hotmail.com
Litton, William (B.S.
‘94) William is an Assets
Protection Team Leader for Target Stores in Spring Hill, Florida.
e-mail:
blitton@litter.net
Richardson, Linda
(B.S. ‘94) Linda currently resides in Naples, Florida.
e-mail:
Naples1Nol@aol.com
1995 -
Burnotes, Sean
(B.A. ‘95) Sean recently graduated law school and is working as a law
clerk for the Honorable Lacey A. Collier, US District Court for the Northern
District of Florida.
e-mail: SBURNOTES@yahoo.com
Peckham, Scott
(B.S. ‘95) Scott works as a Misdemeanor Probation Officer for the 20th
Judicial Circuit in Collier County, Florida.
1996 - Hicks,
Catherine (B.S.
‘96) Catherine is employed
with the Department of Corrections Victim Assistance Program. She works part-time with Tallahassee Community College Police
Department as a Public Safety Officer II.
e-mail: hicks.Catherine@mail.dc.state.fl.us
Keating, Jemma Kingston (B.S. ‘96) Jemma resides
in New York City where she works for a law firm.
She is married and has one child.
e-mail: Jkeating@gordon&silber.com
Perez, Fatima
(B.S. ‘96) Fatima works in the State Senate for Senator Walter
“Skip” Campbell and resides in Hialeah, Florida.
e-mail: fperez13@yahoo.com
Russell, Robert
(B.S. ‘96) Scott is employed
as a Police Officer with Naples Police and Emergency Services Department.
e-mail: ScottRussell@cops.com
1997 -
Davis, John Rhett
(B.S. ‘97) Rhett resides in Tallahassee.
e-mail: sprugsXXX@worldnet.att.net
Dorociak, Jennifer (B.S.
‘97) Jennifer resides in Miami where she works in the Human Services field.
e-mail: Jennsanole@aol.com
Radell, Lauren
(B.S. ‘97) Lauren works at residential psychiatric facility for
children with mental health problems.
e-mail: leajoela@bellsouth.net
Buckingham, Sharon (B.S.
’94, M.P.A. ‘97) Sharon is works with the Office of the State Courts
Administration as a Senior Court Analyst. She conducts research on Florida’s
family court system, child support court system, and dependency court system.
e-mail: Buckings@flcourts.org
1998 - O’Connor,
John (M.S.
‘98) John is the Chief of Police for Brooks Air Force Base in San Antonio,
Texas.
e-mail: Jjousaf@aol.com
Valuntas, Richard
(B.S. ’91, M.S. ’93, J.D. ‘98) Richard is an Associate at the law firm
of Beasley, Leacock, and Hauser, P.A. in West Palm Beach, Florida.
e-mail: Valuntas@BLHlaw.com
1999 - Houston,
Kimberly (B.S.
‘99) Kimberly is pursuing her Master’s in Guidance & Counseling.
She works at Coastal Recoveries Center as a counselor, providing group
therapy to adjudicated male youths.
e-mail:
Houston_95@yahoo.com
Ricks, Nikki Giovanni
(B.S. ‘99) Nikki works in corrections in North Carolina.
e-mail: Peachcobbler7521@yahoo.com
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