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TJCPC hosts panel discussion on childhood trauma, incarceration, healing

The Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center at Prairie View A&M University recently convened a significant panel discussion titled “Living Beyond Childhood Trauma and Incarceration.” This event focused on critical issues surrounding childhood trauma, incarceration and the path to healing.

TJCPC hosts panel discussion on childhood trauma, incarceration, healing2023-10-10T15:24:08-05:00

Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center to host community violence forum

The Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center at Prairie View A&M University announced that as part of its Annual Royce West Forum and Lecture Series, it would host “The State of Violence in Our Communities and What is Necessary to Reduce It,” a virtual panel discussion with law enforcement leaders. The session will take place on March 23 [...]

Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center to host community violence forum2023-03-16T12:02:28-05:00

Upcoming virtual summit focuses on education, protection of Black, Brown boys

Two research centers at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) are focusing on current trends and educational changes affecting Black and Brown boys for their upcoming virtual summit. The Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center (TJCPC) and the Minority Achievement, Creativity, and High-Ability Center (MACH-III) are hosting the Second Annual Summit on Improving the Outcomes of African American [...]

Upcoming virtual summit focuses on education, protection of Black, Brown boys2020-08-05T13:08:34-05:00

Q&A: What to expect at the 2nd Annual Summit on Improving the Outcomes of African American and LatinX Male Youth

Two research centers at Prairie View A&M University are ready to address the educational disparities facing young African American and Latino boys. The Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center (TJCPC), led by Director Susan Frazier-Kouassi, and Minority Achievement, Creativity, and High-Ability Center (MACH-III), led by Associate Director Stella Smith, are hosting the 2nd Annual Summit on Improving [...]

Q&A: What to expect at the 2nd Annual Summit on Improving the Outcomes of African American and LatinX Male Youth2020-07-24T16:47:43-05:00

Gibson gives keynote at Indian Society of Victimology conference

Camille Gibson, interim dean of Prairie View A&M University's College of Juvenile Justice & Psychology and executive director of the Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center, was an honored guest and resource at the Silver Jubilee Conference of the Indian Society of Victimology in Chennai, India. She was a part of a delegation of international scholars [...]

Gibson gives keynote at Indian Society of Victimology conference2020-03-05T14:34:10-06:00

TJCPC director to deliver keynote speech on mentoring during research symposium in Uganda

Susan Frazier-Kouassi, Ph.D., director of the Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center (TJCPC), under Prairie View A&M University’s College of Juvenile Justice , is in Uganda this week. She’s been asked to deliver lectures at the Mbarara University Research Training Initiative (MURTI)’s research symposium.

TJCPC director to deliver keynote speech on mentoring during research symposium in Uganda2020-02-19T09:03:51-06:00

Fair treatment of children takes center stage at 2020 Royce West Forum

The Justice Resource Institute; the Office of the Attorney General of Texas; a judge from the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court; the Travis County chief juvenile public defender; the executive director of the Earl Carl Institute for Legal & Social Policy, Inc., the Thurgood Marshall School of Law; the chairman of the House Committee on Juvenile [...]

Fair treatment of children takes center stage at 2020 Royce West Forum2020-02-10T10:47:45-06:00

Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center Holds Third Annual Undergraduate Research Information Session

The Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center (TJCPC) at Prairie View A&M University, in partnership with the Office of Undergraduate Research (Office of Research, Innovation, and Sponsored Programs (ORISP)), held its Third Annual Undergraduate Research Information Session on Oct. 21, 2019. This year’s event introduced new elements, including a workshop geared towards faculty entitled, “Research Mentoring [...]

Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center Holds Third Annual Undergraduate Research Information Session2019-12-15T14:51:11-06:00

Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center Launches Path to PVAMU with Haverstock Hills

In August 2018, Terrence Allen, Ph.D., left The University of Texas at Austin and joined Prairie View A&M University’s College of Juvenile Justice as a research scientist in the Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center (TJCPC). He arrived from the capital city intending to work with a low-income community to improve its quality of life.

Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center Launches Path to PVAMU with Haverstock Hills2019-10-24T09:13:37-05:00

The Royce West Forum and Lecture Series – The Elephant in the Room: Suicide among Youth in Minority Communities 10.21.16 from 9:00 am – 12 pm

The Royce West Forum and Lecture Series is designed to increase the knowledge and skills of our students in psychology and criminal/juvenile justice, as well as provide juvenile justice and social service practitioners with information regarding the reduction of juvenile delinquency and crime and related social problems.   The Elephant in the Room: Suicide among Youth [...]

The Royce West Forum and Lecture Series – The Elephant in the Room: Suicide among Youth in Minority Communities 10.21.16 from 9:00 am – 12 pm2016-10-10T15:25:01-05:00