Leadership

Professor of the Practice Emeritus in Criminology and Criminal Justice

Jack McDevitt is the co-author of three books: Hate Crimes: The Rising Tide of Bigotry and Bloodshed, Hate Crime Revisited: American War on Those Who Are Different (both with Jack Levin) and Victimology (with Judy Sgarzy). He has spoken on hate crime…

Director of Community Relations, Center on Crime, Race, and Justice

Lisa Laguerre is the Director of Community Relations for the Center on Crime, Race, and Justice (CRJ) at Northeastern University. She received her Master of Science Degree in Criminal Justice and Clinical Counseling Psychology from Northeastern Unive…

Director and Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice; Co-Director of the Violence and Justice Research Lab

Professor Amy Farrell’s research is aimed at understanding and describing how the criminal justice system administers justice. Over the past decade she has focused much of her scholarly attention on understanding how the criminal justice system respo…

Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice; Co-Director of the Violence and Justice Research Lab

Professor Cuevas’s research interests are in the area of victimization and trauma, sexual violence, family violence, and psychological assessment. His work focuses examining victimization among Latinos and how it relates to mental health and service …