Criminology & Criminal Justice

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Contact Information

Jessica Lloyd
Secretary
Criminology & Criminal Justice
R.C. Vance Academic Center
208
(860) 832-3005
j.lloyd@ccsu.edu
Reginald Simmons
Professor and Chair
Criminology & Criminal Justice
R.C. Vance Academic Center
20801
860.832.3134
simmonsred@ccsu.edu

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency

Publications

School Programs and Delinquency

Cox, S.M., Bynum, T.S., & Davidson, W.S. (2004). Understanding the relationship between carrying weapons to school and fighting. In. R. Holmes and S. Holmes (Eds.), Violence: A Contemporary Reader, pp. 133-146. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Cox, S.M. (1999). An assessment of the effects of an alternative education program for at risk delinquent youth. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 36, 323-336.

Cox, S.M., Bynum, T.S., & Davidson, W.S. (1998). An exploration of the relationship between weapons in school and victimization. In L. Moriarty and B. Jerin (Eds.), Current Issues in Victimology Research, pp. 59-72. Richmond, VA: Carolina Academic Press.

Cox, S.M., Davidson, W.S., & Bynum, T.S. (1995). A meta-analytic assessment of delinquency related outcomes of alternative education programs. Crime and Delinquency, 41, 219-234.

Cox, S.M. (2006). Evaluation of the Hartford Public Schools’ pilot reintegration education program (PREP). Hartford, CT: Connecticut Office of Policy and Management.

Pease, S.E., Cox, S.M., Ludwig, M.A., & Tafrate, R. (2004). Evaluation of the young offender model, final report. Hartford, CT: Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.

Simmons, R., Ungemack, J., Sussman, J., Anderson, R., Adorno, S, Aguayo, J., Black, K., Hodge, S., & Tirnady, R. (2008). Bringing adolescents into substance abuse treatment through community-based outreach and engagement: The Hartford Youth Project. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 40, 41-54.

Youth Service System Development

Tebes, J.K., Bowler, S.M., Shah, S., Connell, C.M., Ross, E., Simmons, R., Tate, D., Chinman, M.J., & Kaufman, J.S. (2005). Service access and service system development in a children’s behavioral health system of care. Evaluation and Program Planning, 28, 151-160.