Lycoming College has announced a new cooperative agreement with the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) that will allow students to earn internship credits toward their degree by successfully completing cadet basic training at the Pennsylvania State Police Academy during their final semester.
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Lycoming College will host Michelle Daniel Jones, Ph.D., for the 25th annual Strauser Lecture. Daniel Jones’ talk, “The Embodied Observer: Rewriting US Women’s Prison History,” is slated for Thursday, March 26, at 5 p.m., in the Jane Schultz Room in the Wertz Student Center. The event is free and open to the public.
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Lycoming College will welcome Kristen Golden, Ph.D., as the speaker for the 24th annual Strauser Lecture. The talk is slated for Wednesday, March 26, at 4 p.m. in the Trogner Presentation Room in the Krapf Gateway Center, with a reception immediately following in the Lady Family Reception area.
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Students with an interest in research know that an REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) can provide the boost their resume needs for entry into graduate school or the career field of their choice. Despite limited REU offerings in the social sciences, Lycoming student Alex Jones ’25, was able to secure a rare REU in criminology – the first from Lycoming College to do so – impacting the trajectory of their education and career.
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Francine Bacon, a criminal justice major from Burlington, N.J., with minors in both psychology and sociology, has racked up a number of enhanced experiences, and she’s not done yet! With acceptance to a respected leadership institute, prominent internships, and an on-campus research project already reinforcing her resume, Bacon is set to graduate in 2025 and already thinking of her next move.
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Nearly three million adults are currently on probation in the United States, making it the most used criminal punishment in the United States, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
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Undergraduate students majoring in criminal justice at Lycoming College will be asking residents in Williamsport to participate in a survey this spring to assess attitudes toward the local police. Students will begin this field research on May 15 and will continue through June, during early and late afternoon hours. The student research assistants are working with Justin Medina, Ph.D., assistant professor of criminal justice-criminology at Lycoming, who oversaw an earlier iteration of this research in Fall 2022 that concluded with over 70 survey participants across four Williamsport neighborhoods.
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Lycoming College welcomes Jill McCorkel, Ph.D., as the speaker for the 22nd annual Strauser Lecture. Her talk, titled “Ain't I a Prisoner? How Justice Reform Efforts Are Failing Incarcerated Women,” will discuss the widespread failure of modern reforms in the justice system to help disenfranchised women. It will be held on Monday, March 27, at 4 p.m. in the Academic Center, room D-001, followed by a reception at 5 p.m. in Pennington Lounge. This event is free and open to the public.
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New York Times bestselling author Ann Leary will lecture at both Bucknell University and Lycoming College March 7 and 8 respectively about her book, The Foundling, an historical fiction novel based on the Laurelton Village for Feebleminded Girls and Women of Childbearing Age. Bucknell will host Leary on Tuesday, March 7, at 7 p.m., in Bucknell Hall. Lycoming will host her on Wednesday, March 8, at 7 p.m., in the Trogner Presentation Room in the Krapf Gateway Center. These collaborative events are free and open to the public.
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The Mansfield University Public Safety Training Institute (MUPSTI) paid a recent visit to Lycoming College to give the campus community a taste of scenarios faced by the police every day. Students, faculty, and staff were provided the opportunity try out state-of-the-art virtual reality technology to simulate life-like policing scenarios.
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Undergraduate students majoring in criminal justice at Lycoming College will be asking residents in four Williamsport neighborhoods near the College campus and in Newberry to participate in a survey assessing attitudes toward the local police. Students will be doing this field work from Oct. 5-Nov. 11, during early and late afternoon hours. The student research assistants are working as part of class assignments in two courses: Research Methods in Criminal Justice taught by Julie Yingling, Ph.D., assistant professor of criminal justice-criminology; and Policing and Society taught by Justin Medina, Ph.D., assistant professor of criminal justice-criminology. The professors have integrated the research project and student training into their Fall 2022 courses.
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"One-size-fits-all probation and parole are not solutions for reducing future criminality"
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