Director: William H. Sousa, Ph.D.

Website: www.unlv.edu/ccjp

Mailing Address: 

Center for Crime and Justice Policy

Department of Criminal Justice

University of Nevada Las Vegas

4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Box 5009

Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-5009

Phone:  702.895.0100

Email:   [email protected]

The Center for Crime and Justice Policy (CCJP) is located within the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV). CCJP’s primary mission is to use applied research to help inform criminal justice practice. CCJP works closely in collaboration with community groups, social service organizations, and criminal justice professionals on a wide range of criminal justice topics, including police tactics and technologies, school violence, community crime prevention, community corrections, and prisoner re-entry.

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CCJP staff include the Director, Associate Director, Publications Coordinator, and several Research Associates and Research Assistants. A number of UNLV faculty who specialize in policy development also serve as Research Fellows.

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Sample Publications

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Anthony A. Braga, James R. Coldren, Jr., William H. Sousa, Denise Rodriguez, and Omer Alper (2017). The Las Vegas Body-Worn Camera Experiment: Research Summary. Research in Brief Series, 2017-02. Las Vegas, NV: UNLV Center for Crime and Justice Policy.

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Emily Troshynski, Alexis Kennedy, William Sousa, Tamara Madensen, and Carolyn Willis (2016). Prisoner Reentry in Nevada: Final Report on the Hope for Prisoners Program. Research in Brief Series, 2016-01. Las Vegas, NV: UNLV Center for Crime and Justice Policy.

 

William Sousa, Terance Miethe, and Mari Sakiyama (2015). Body Worn Cameras on Police: Results from a National Survey of Public Attitudes. Research in Brief Series, 2015-02. Las Vegas, NV: UNLV Center for Crime and Justice Policy.

 

Jonathan Birds and William Sousa (2015). Perceptions of Disorder: Results from Two Las Vegas Tourist Locations. Research in Brief Series, 2015-01. Las Vegas, NV: UNLV Center for Crime and Justice Policy.

 

Tamara Madensen, William Sousa, Joel Lieberman, and Joseph Belmonte (2014). School Violence Prevention in Nevada. Research in Brief Series, 2014-05. Las Vegas, NV: UNLV Center for Crime and Justice Policy.