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DR. G. ROGER JARJOURA

Associate Professor and Director, Criminal Justice Programs
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE: BS 4066
PHONE: 317- 278-2270
E-MAIL: rjarjour@iupui.edu

Dr. Jarjoura joined the SPEA IUPUI faculty in 1993. He is the founder of AIM, a mentoring program for incarcerated youth making the transition from corrections to community. In 2007, he initiated Indiana's first Inside Out Prison Exchange Program, a class that included residents of the Plainfield Re-Entry Educational Facility and IUPUI students.

EDUCATION

• B.A., University of Maryland, Criminology, 1983
• M.A., University of Maryland, Criminology, 1987
• Ph.D., University of Maryland, Criminology, 1990

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• University College Faculty, IUPUI, 2003 to present
• Executive Director, Aftercare for Indiana through Mentoring, 1996 to present
• Youth Counselor, Youth Resources Center, Inc., Hyattsville, Maryland, 1982-1990
• Managing Editor, Criminology, 1987-1990
• Instructor, Institute of Criminal Justice and Criminology, University of Maryland, 1989
• Research Associate, University of Maryland, 1986-1990
• Research Assistant, Federal Bureau of Prisons, 1985-1987

OTHER PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• American Society of Criminology
  • Member, Student Affairs Committee, 1994-1995
  • Member, Program Committee, 1995-1996, 1996-1997, 1997-1998, 2003-2004
  • Chair, Membership Committee, 2002-2003, 2003-2004
• Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
  • Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Professional Conduct, 1996
• American Correctional Association
• Indiana Correctional Association

MAJOR FIELDS OF EXPERTISE

• Juvenile Delinquency
• Juvenile Justice Process
• Statistics
• Research Methods

INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS

• Jarjoura, G. Roger, and Ruth Triplett. (2003). From violent juvenile offenders to dangerous violent criminals: A test of Athens' theory. In Athens, Lonnie and Jeffrey T. Ulmer (eds.), Violent Acts and Violentization: Assessing, Applying, and Developing Lonnie Athens' Theories, Vol. 4 in Sociology of Crime, Law and Deviance, Elsevier Science.
• Jarjoura, G. Roger, Ruth A. Triplett, and Gregory P. Brinker. (2002). Growing Up Poor: Examining the Link Between Persistent Childhood Poverty and Delinquency. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 18:159-188.
• Jarjoura, G. Roger. (2000). Juvenile Delinquency and School Influences. In Rafter, Nicole Hahn (ed.) Encyclopedia of Women and Crime, Oryx Press.
• Jarjoura, G. Roger, and David C. May. (2000). Integrating Criminological Theories to Explain Violent Forms of Delinquency. Caribbean Journal of Criminology and Social Psychology, 5:81-102.

COURSES TAUGHT

• SPEA-J 101 American Criminal Justice System
• SPEA-J 202 Criminal Justice Data, Methods, and Resources
• SPEA-J 305 Juvenile Justice System
• SPEA-J 370 Juvenile Justice II
• SPEA-J 470 Mentoring Juveniles as a Form of Aftercare
• SPEA-V 100 SPEA Learning Community
• SPEA-V 562 Public Program Evaluation
• SPEA-V 587 Crime Prevention and Control
• SPEA-V 682 Seminar in Criminal Justice Planning and Management Issues
• SPEA-V 582 Criminal Justice Systems
• SPEA-V 506 Statistical Analysis for Public Affairs
• SPEA-V 507 Data Analysis and Modeling for Public Affairs
• SPEA-V 509 Administrative Ethics in the Public Sector

SERVICE

• Executive Director, AIM, an aftercare program in partnership with Indiana Department of Correction which includes an 8-week life skills component prior to release and the assignment of college students and community volunteers as mentors after release
• Chair, Transition Planning Committee, Plainfield Juvenile Correctional Facility
• Served as peer reviewer for:
  • Criminal Justice Review
  • Criminology
  • Journal of Quantitative Criminology
  • Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
  • Journal of Mathematical Sociology
  • Policing
  • Sociological Inquiry
  • Violence and Victims

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

• Robert B. Sheehan Excellence in Teaching Award, voted on by graduating criminal justice seniors, Northeastern University, 1993
• Teaching Excellence Recognition Award, selected by peer review committee, IUPUI, 1997
• Mayor's Volunteer Partnership Award, City of Indianapolis, November 1997
• Volunteer of the Year, Indiana Correctional Association, October 1998
• WRTV Leadership Award, July 2000
• Brian Douglas Hiltunen Faculty Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Scholarship of Engagement
• Indiana Campus Compact, April 2001
• Trustees Teaching Award, Indiana University, 2002