Correctional and Juvenile Justice Studies
Student Organizations
- Correctional and Juvenile Justice Students’ Association
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The Correctional and Juvenile Justice Students’ Association (CJJSA) was formed in Fall 2000 to serve students with career interests related to the fields of corrections and juvenile justice. CJJSA is run by and for the benefit of our undergraduate and graduate students, with input from faculty advisors.
Benefits of CJJSA involvement include:
- Professional and social interaction with faculty and other students
- Networking with professionals who work in the field to enhance your career development
- Guest speakers, field trips, conferences, and other activities to enrich your education
- Opportunities to acquire leadership experience in an organization devoted to your professional interests
Play the video below to get an overview of the organization from Melissa Foster, a member of the student association.
If you would like to become a member of CJJSA, please email Tommy Norris.
- National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice
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“Committed to Justice for All”The genesis of NABCJ was a historic conference on "Blacks and the Criminal Justice System" hosted by Dr. Charles Owens at the University of Alabama in February of 1974. At the meeting, Dr. Bennett Cooper, then Director of the State of Ohio's Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, called for the creation of a permanent national organization that would focus on the goal of achieving equal justice for Blacks and other minorities.
NABCJ’s national mission statement is:
To act upon the needs, concerns, and contributions of African Americans and other people of color as they relate to the administration of equal justice. The National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice is a multiethnic, nonpartisan, nonprofit association of criminal justice professionals, students and community leaders dedicated to improving the administration of justice.
Thirty-four years later, the NABCJ-EKU student chapter was chartered to connect students with others interested in examining and acting upon the needs of diverse populations employed in both the public and private sectors of the criminal justice system, and to participate in the eradication of injustice in the American justice process. Membership is open to all EKU students who share a concern for improving the criminal justice system and its impact on diverse populations. NABCJ-EKU was the first NABCJ chapter established in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
NABCJ-EKU’s mission statement is:
To sustain a multi-ethnic student organization dedicated to issues of diversity in justice and safety.If you would like to become a member of NABCJ-EKU, please email Tommy Norris.
