Criminal Justice Events

The annual Criminal Justice Career Fair was held on Wednesday, February 4, 2009 in McIntyre Hall.  Approximately 20 different Federal, State, County, and Local Law enforcement agencies, military, and private security organizations were available for the students.  SPC students brought resumes to the prospective employers and discussed the application process.  Between 10 am and 1 pm, the representatives spoke with students about their agency, informed the students about the minimum qualifications, salary and benefits, and working conditions.  In the photos below, SPC Criminal Justice students interact with different agencies during the career fair.

Every April, the Guarini Center and Criminal Justice Department at Saint Peter's College jointly present the Annual Stephen D. Doyle Criminal Justice Symposium on campus.  The purpose of the symposium is to discuss current issues and challenge students to understand the nature of the field they are entering.  As problems of social control have grown and become more complex, so have the actions and reactions required of law enforcement and criminal justice agencies.  Predicting the future is a perilous task.

The 9th Annual Stephen D. Doyle Criminal Justice Symposium was held on April 17, 2009.  The topic was Sex Offenders: Treatment, Incarceration, and Release.  In the photos below, Chief Catherine Buchanan of the Department of Corrections spoke about incarceration in a special treatment unit.

In the photo below, Tom Calabrese, MA, MSW, Program Coordinator, Special Treatment Unit (left) and Hector Rodriguez, MSW, Social Work Supervisor, Special Treatment Unit (right) talk about the specific treatment for sex offenders that are incarcerated in the community.

In the photo below, the Saint Peter's Criminal Justice faculty pose for a photograph with Professor Doyle and guest speakers.  From left to right, Professor Kari Larsen, Dr. Thomas Donnelly (Emeritus), Hector Rodriguez, Chief Buchanan, Dr. Richard Cosgrove, Tom Calabrese, Dr. Raymond Rainville, Professor Doyle, and Dr. Daniel Simone.

At the Symposium, Professor Stephen D. Doyle (Emeritus) was honored with a plaque for the development of the Criminal Justice program at Saint Peter's College.  In the photo below, Dr. Raymond Rainville presents Professor Doyle with the plaque.

The President of the Alpha Phi Sigma Honor Society Meghan Ellerman also poses with Dr. Rainville and Professor Doyle.

The 8th Annual Stephen D. Doyle Criminal Justice Symposium was held on April 14, 2008.  The topic was New Jersey's Abolition of the Death Penalty.  In the photo below, Bryon Halsey talks to the students about his death row experience.  Mr. Halsey was on death row for nearly 2 decades.  With the help of the Innocence Project, he was exonerated.

Above, Vanessa Potkin, Esq. talks about the case review process for the Innocense Project.

Ed Martone represents New Jerseans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty.

This photo is from the 2007 symposium.  From left to right: Dr. Hank Brightman (Chairman of CJ Dept), Prof. Tom Pittarese, Prof. Kari Larsen, Deputy Chief Daniel Zieser of Newark Police Dept, Prof. Stephen Doyle (Emeritus), Professor Robert Cerefice, Dr. Tom Donnelly (Emeritus), and Dr. Ray Rainville

Deputy Chief Daniel Zieser of Newark Police Dept. speaking  about police initiatives to reduce violent crime at the April 2007 symposium

A list of speakers who are leaders in the criminal justice field for the 2010 symosium will be posted in the Fall 2009. 

Following the symposium, the Criminal Justice Honor Society inducts the new members into the organization.  Please view the CJ Honor Society web page to view the photographs and officer information.