John Jay College of Criminal Justice NONPROFIT ORG. 524 West 59th Street, New York, NY 10019 U.S. POSTAGE www.jjay.cuny.edu PAID NEW YORK, NY PERMIT NO. 1302 Just ic ejohn jMat a y colle ge of crimin t ersal ju stice sPri NG 2016 t he er a o f t er r or : john jay f aculty e xplore o ne of the World’s most Pressing and c omplex t opics ©2016, John Jay College of Criminal Justice , 524 West 59th Street, New York, NY 10019 212.237.8000 www.jjay.cuny.edu Inside Front Cover Inside Back Cover Content s SPRING 2016 FEATURES page 10 DEPARTMENTS 4 The Era of Terror 2 President’s Letter Faculty insights into a complex and pressing topic 3 Campus News 8 Help Is on the Way 28 Faculty Profile John Jay’s new Wellness Center and Single Stop 29 Alumni Profiles 10 Expanding the 17 Is Justice Really Equal 31 Class Notes Digital Frontier under Law? Using a superpower for good Do rich and poor fare differently? 13 John Jay’s New Spanish Major 20 Poll Watching Feroces defensores de la justicia First-time student voters look at Campaign 2016 page 13 24 The American Justice Summit page 8 John Jay hosts an all-star look at justice reform 26 Justice Awards A tribute to five fierce advocates Just iCeMat t ers PRESIDENT DESIGN DIRECTOR Jeremy Travis Laura Gardner DeVries VICE PRESIDENT FOR PHOTOGRAPHY COORDINATOR MARKETING AND DEVELOPMENT Maria Garcia Jayne Rosengarten PHOTOGRAPHY CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER Arpi Pap Rama Sudhakar Derek K. Gardner SENIOR EDITOR/WRITER DESIGNER Peter Dodenhoff Julie Kanapaux Fro M t he Pre sident Jere MY tra Vis ou, our proud alumni, should need no convincing as Our value to the city and the country is at an all-time to the value of a John Jay education and degree. But if a high. This is no idle claim, as the contents of this latest issue Ygentle reminder were in order, I’d encourage you to take of Justice Matters will attest. Our faculty are recognized note of our new John Jay Value campaign, the centerpiece of experts in the study of terrorism in its many forms, and four which is a publication that presents our amazing story in vivid of them share, their insights here in a compelling feature. Dearcolor and includes informative statistics.FriendsFaculty and students are also featured for their work in The fact of the matter is that the John Jay Value has never advancing the digital frontier, from the development of been higher. As you will see from the booklet—available online cutting-edge cybersecurity and digital forensics curricula or in print—your alma mater is being recognized in a variety to new, award-winning justice-focused apps. You can also of ways that matter: our student and alumni success; the read about the work of faculty researchers in addressing the undergraduate and graduate programs that are consistently problem of inequities in the justice system, including fines, ranked among the nation’s best; the affordability of a John Jay bail and summonses. education; and the exponential growth of research grants and I’m also pleased to introduce our newest major, Spanish, institutional support, to name just a few important metrics. which will include a track in the critically important John Jay was founded, of course, as an institution with a specialization of Interpretation and Translation. To celebrate unique blend of liberal arts education and a justice-focused John Jay’s first-ever foreign-language major, this issue of mission. Since our doors were first opened to students more Justice Matters breaks new ground of its own with the than 50 years ago, our growth as a liberal arts institution magazine’s first bilingual article. ¡Leelo y disfruta! has been significant. Our graduation numbers are very high John Jay is an educational institution coming into its own and and growing year by year, a testimony to the tenacity of our finding its place in the sun. In a time when the public discourse students. We now offer 30 outstanding majors, and roughly often seems to question the value of higher education, John Jay one-half of our students are criminal justice-related majors. stands tall, its value an unassailable truth. Thank you for all Many students are also pursuing one or more minors, or even you have contributed to the evolving John Jay story. double majors. Quite clearly, we should be immensely proud of where we Sincerely, are, and I encourage you to share the story of the John Jay Value at every opportunity. 2 Jus ti Ce Matters | John Jay College of Criminal Justice Campus NEWS On Board Yrthya A. Dinzey-Flores, the out a unique body of knowledge where she is the indisputable newest trustee of the John pioneer. That is the hallmark of a Stockholm Prize winner!” Jay College Foundation, Widely published and oft-honored in her field, Widom in 2013 brings to the role a solid became the first John Jay faculty member to win the American record of achievement in Society of Criminology’s highest honor, the prestigious Edwin the public, private and H. Sutherland Award. nonprofit sectors, with an emphasis on diversity and inclusion. As the executive director for global corporate responsibility & inclusion at Time Warner Inc., Dinzey-Flores works to develop and implement strategies that solidify the company’s leadership in the area of corporate social responsibility practices. Prior to joining Time Warner, she was senior director for global corporate responsibility at Thomson Reuters. Dinzey-Flores was appointed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo as New York State’s first Chief Diversity Officer, a role in which she reformed and strengthened the state’s efforts to encourage workforce diversity in state government and the growth of minority and women's business enterprises. Distinguished Professor Cathy Spatz Widom is honored by the At the Robin Hood Foundation, Dinzey-Flores led efforts to College following news of her winning the Stockholm Prize in develop and fund anti-poverty programs for youth and working Criminology. families. She has earned numerous honors throughout her career, including El Diario/La Prensa’s 2011 Latinas Destacadas Award and inclusion in the 2011 Capitol 40 Under 40 Rising Stars in Politics listing. Doing a Tough Job Better The Institute for Innovation in Prosecution, a think tank for the development of new responses to criminal justice challenges, is How Swede It Is! the latest partnership between John Jay College and the New Distinguished Professor of Psychology Cathy Spatz Widom York County (Manhattan) District Attorney’s Office. will travel in June to Sweden, where she will be honored as one Affiliated with the National Network for Safe Communities, of three winners of the 2016 Stockholm Prize in Criminology, the IIP is being funded with a three-year, $3-million grant the world’s most prestigious award in its field. Widom was from the Manhattan D.A.’s Office, with those funds coming selected for her groundbreaking longitudinal research on the from settlements with international banks that violated U.S. causes and consequences of child abuse and neglect. sanctions. The Stockholm Prize, considered to be the Nobel Prize The IIP will bring together prosecutors, academics, criminal in criminology, recognizes outstanding achievements in justice officials and other stakeholders to address current and criminological research or the application of research emerging issues, advance national standards of excellence, results by practitioners for the reduction of crime and the promote intelligence-driven prosecution, reduce unnecessary advancement of human rights. confinement, support effective crime reduction efforts and “On behalf of my former and current students, postdoctoral increase public trust in the criminal justice system. fellows and collaborators, I am truly honored to receive John Jay President Jeremy Travis will co-chair the institute’s the Stockholm Prize in Criminology for the work that we advisory board along with Manhattan D.A. Cyrus R. Vance Jr. have been conducting for the past 30 years on the cycle and A suite of specific, mission-related program offerings intergenerational transmission of violence,” Widom said after will be developed by the institute to serve the professional receiving news of the award. development needs of newly elected district attorneys as John Jay President Jeremy Travis, one of those who well as mid-level prosecutors and bureau chiefs. In addition, nominated Widom, said of the Stockholm honor: “Dr. Widom semiannual executive forums will seek to develop innovative is a distinctively original and rigorous scholar who has carved and effective policies and practices. 3 The Era of t error rom ISIS to homegrown right-wing extremists and everything in between, there is no shortage of terrorist activity on the radar F these days. The John Jay faculty is replete with experts on all aspects of terrorism, and Justice Matters called on four of them to explore this complex, multidimensional topic. Whether examining causes for concern or grounds for optimism, the use of social media or the recruitment of foreign fighters, John Jay’s resident experts view the subject through their own unique lenses. Our participating faculty are: Joshua F reilich (Criminal Justice): creator and co-director, United States Extremist Crime Database; co-editor (with Gary LaFree) of Handbook on t he Cri minology o f T errorism (Wiley-Blackwell, publication pending, 2016). Gary LaFree (Visiting Professor of Criminal Justice, fall 2015): director of the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism; co-author of Putting Terrorism in Context: Insights from the Global Terrorism Database (Routledge, 2014). Marie-Helen M aras (Security, Fire and Emergency Management): author of Counterterrorism (Jones and Bartlett Learning, 2012) and Computer Forensics: Cybercriminals, Law and Evidence (Jones and Bartlett Learning, 2015).