Criminal Justice

• Greg Hampikian, biology and criminal justice, was featured in a KTVB Channel 7 news report on DNA testing in the Wayne Williams child murder case from the 1980s. Hampikian is part of the Innocence Project, which uses DNA testing to determine if someone is innocent of a crime for which they have been convicted. The story also ran on KIFI TV in Idaho Falls.
• Greg Hampikian, biology and criminal justice administration, organized a two-day workshop for teachers on Forensic Science and Molecular Biology. 26 High School and University Teachers took part. The instructors examine some of the gold weapons seized from Sadam Hussein in Iraq.
• A Reader’s View by Michael Blankenship, criminal justice, on capital punishment and Sister Helen Prejean’s upcoming lecture, ran in the Idaho Statesman.
• Faculty and students in the Department of Criminal Justice had a great showing at the recent conference of the Western and Pacific Association of Criminal Justice Educators in Reno Oct. 8-11. Combined, their presentations contributed to about one-third of the conference. Presentations included:

Jonathon A. Cooper, M.A. student, “Potential Impacts of Perceptions of Neighborhood Disorder on Perceptions of Serious Crime and Perceptions of Neighborhood Safety: A Test of the Broken Windows Model of Crime Control.”

Marianne Hudson, M.A. student, “Juvenile Sex Offenders.”

Suzann C. K. Lathrop, M.A. student, “Domestic Violence in Native American Communities: A History of Oppression as a Contributing Factor to this Social Problem.”

Lisa Bostaph, assistant professor of criminal justice, Andrew Giacomazzi, chair and associate professor of criminal justice, Elizabeth Hannah, assistant professor of community and environmental health, “Co-location of Victims’ Services and Beyond: A Site-Specific Evaluation of a Family Justice Center in the Inland Northwest.”

Richard Kirkendall, M.A. student, “Religion in the Prison System.”

Michael Blankenship, professor of criminal justice, “Workshop: Technology in the Classroom.”

Brian Iannacchione, adjunct professor and former M.A. student, and Jeremy Ball, assistant professor of criminal justice, “The Effects of Blakely on Sentencing Departures in the State of Washington.”

Marc Ruffinengo, M.A. student, “Measuring Protective Behaviors: Do Perceptions of Disorder Matter?”

Marc Ruffinengo, M.A. student, David Mueller, associate professor of criminal justice, “An Analysis of ACJS Conference Papers.”