ACADEMIC NEWSMAGAZINE

True Crime Titans Unite

October 16, 2024
Fox’s Nancy Grace seems amused by a spoof suggesting Scott Duffey got busted. Criminal Justice Director Scott Duffey connects with legends at the world’s most prestigious true crime conference.  If there is ever a conference that brings together the biggest stars in the true-crime industry — sans the egos — CrimeCon is it.  According to its website, CrimeCon offers events that are…
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The First State-Run Animal Control Officers Academy

April 10, 2024
The CJI, in partnership with Delaware Animal Services, created thenation’sfirststate-run Animal Control Officers Academy. In October, a graduation ceremony celebrating the newly minted animal control officers was attended by luminaries such as State Sen.
ACADEMIC NEWS

Delaware is Home to First State-Run Animal Control Officers Academy

November 7, 2023
The Wilmington University Criminal Justice Institute, in partnership with Delaware Animal Services, created the firststate-run Animal Control Officers Academy. During the 110-hour (or three-week) course, several animal control officers and a Delaware Department of Agriculture investigator earned five certifications, including handcuffing techniques, Law Enforcement Information Sharing…
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The True Crime Lecture Series

October 16, 2023
The Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas Since its inception in October of 2019, the Criminal Justice Institute’s True Crime Lecture Series has welcomed 20 internationally renowned speakers and authors and entertained nearly 4,000 fans. Fortified by their combined…
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Managing a Media Firestorm

October 16, 2023
Julie Parker Julie Parker, a nationally regarded police and crisis communications expert, brings her considerable knowledge to the CJI from Nov. 29–Dec. 1, 2023, at WilmU’s Brandywine campus. Parker will teach the course, “Managing a Media Firestorm: Crisis…
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Making Global Headlines: Experts From WilmU's CJI Break Down the Manhunt

September 21, 2023
Photos courtesy of the Pennsylvania State Police. During the massive search for a man who killed his ex-girlfriend and then escaped from prison, national and local media outlets like CNN, Fox and the Philadelphia Inquirer relied on Wilmington University’s Criminal Justice Institute experts to share insights and perspectives.  Scott Duffey Scott Duffey, the Institute’s co-director and a…
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