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Archive for May, 2015
Legal Studies Presented Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Service
On April 21, 2015, The University of Mississippi Department of Legal Studies was presented a Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Service on Behalf of Victims of Crime from Warden Ian Wallace at the Southeast Correctional Center in Charleston, MO. Dr. Linda Keena, associate professor of legal studies, and a group of undergraduate and graduate students […]
Criminal Justice Students Foster Community Connections
Mississippi has one of the highest adult incarceration rates in the nation. The Pew Charitable Trusts has reported that the prison population in the state has grown by over 300% during the past three decades, a rate that far outstrips Mississippi’s rate of population growth. According to the Sentencing Project, blacks in Mississippi are incarcerated at […]