The Best Research Paper Award is given each year for the "Best Paper" written by a CJ graduate in the past calendar year. We request faculty to submit nominations for papers that are of outstanding quality. This year's recipient is Lindsey Vaca-Zamudio (Class of 2024). Congratulations, Lindsey!

CJSP honored over 55 spring and summer graduates the morning of May 9, 2025. It was especially fun to meet their family and friends who have supported them throughout their undergraduate journey. Congratulations, Class of 2025!

SPRING 2025 CAPSTONES INCLUDED COMPUTING, HISTORY, STATISTICS, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE

By: Alan Flurry

A wide array of capstone opportunities across Franklin College – ranging from data-driven projects in statistics and data science to history students curating a Special Collections exhibition – produced outstanding work and provided many opportunities for student learning and career readiness this spring. 

The Liverpool Study Abroad Program kicked off with a welcome dinner at Leaf on Bold Street last night! We’re excited to spend three weeks learning about criminal justice in the UK.

If you’re interested in studying abroad in Liverpool with us next summer, the application is open and priority deadline is Nov. 1. 

Each year CJSP gives an award for Outstanding Senior based on three important criteria: academic achievement, service, and professional promise. This year's recipient of the Outstanding Senior Award is Nicole Poppel. 

The Susette Talarico Service Leadership Award is given to students who have strong records of service to the community and on campus. Dr. Talarico served as director of the Criminal Justice Studies Program for over two decades; she was also the Albert Berry Saye Professor of American Government and Constitutional Law and was awarded the Josiah Meigs Distinguished Professorship for excellence in teaching.

The Susette M. Talarico Lecture, presented by the Criminal Justice Studies Program and the Criminal Justice Society, is hosted annually in memory of Dr. Talarico, a long-time director of the Criminal Justice Studies Program. With support from the Susette M. Talarico Fund, the Criminal Justice Society, the Departments of Political Science and Sociology, this lecture series has brought practitioners and scholars to campus to speak on a wide variety of current issues in criminal justice.

Interested in Georgia Law? Come join us on Tuesday, February 18th for a tour of the UGA Law school followed by an info session. Check our GroupMe for the link to register! Can’t wait to see everyone there!

Meet our new Academic Advisor, Caleb Tarver!