On April 6, 2022, the Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center (TJCPC) at Prairie View A&M University, supported in part by the university’s President’s Office, will continue its Spring Speaker Series with a virtual event featuring Cyntoia Brown-Long, an author, speaker, and advocate for criminal justice reform and victims of trafficking.
Prairie View A&M University and its Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center will host a virtual screening of the critically acclaimed documentary What About Me on Thursday, March 3. Focused on the challenges faced by African American males, the film will be followed by a 30-minute Q&A session.
On February 3, the Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center (TJCPC) at Prairie View A&M University, supported in part by the President’s Office, will jumpstart its Spring Speaker Series with Curtis Toler, a Chicago native and former leader of one of the city’s most notorious street gangs. Toler will lead a discussion with the public on how to [...]
Prairie View A&M University students will have a chance next week to visit with the head of a federal agency and learn pertinent information about law enforcement and navigating the federal government. Justice studies students and members of the campus at large are invited to attend a class featuring Marvin G. Richardson, acting director of [...]
Hometown: Salado, Texas Degree: Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice with a concentration in Criminalistics What are your career goals? Currently, I am a student research assistant at the SECURE Cybersecurity Center of Excellence at PVAMU. I practice digital forensics and learn about all tools or methods that are relevant to the field. I plan on completing my certificates [...]
Why Prairie View A&M University, you may ask? Well, since I was a young girl, anyone who knew me knew all I ever talked about was going to PV….All I ever knew was PV! The staff at my elementary school (Rosa Parks-Millbrook in Lancaster, Texas) and my Godfather enormously affected my choice. They’re proud, successful [...]
Prairie View A&M University plans to host its Third Annual Summit on Improving Opportunities for African American and Latinx Male Youth, via Zoom, on November 16 from 6-8 p.m. New York Times bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning author Jerry Craft will speak at the summit to share his research and wisdom on this critical topic.
Training specialists in PVAMU’s College of Juvenile Justice typically help adults who work with students ages 12-17 as part of the Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center’s focus on preventing adolescent delinquency. They say having mental health issues is often a precursor to adolescent crime. So, they often train a variety of professionals, from probation officers to teachers, law [...]
Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) Justice Studies Professor Sesha Kethineni, Ph.D., was recently named winner of the Richard J. Terrill Paper of the Year Award by the International Criminal Justice Review (ICJR) for her research on cryptocurrency and criminal activities.
After a campaign during which there were neither in-person events nor the traditional gathering of signatures, the leaders of the 2021-22 Student Government Association at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU), Marquinn Booker (president), Caitlin Scott (vice president) and Wiston Ocoro (comptroller), are gearing up to have a broad impact this semester. After all, said Booker, [...]
