Experts Gather to Discuss the Effects of 9/11 on Criminal Justice

BRISTOL, RI (06/07/2011)(readMedia)-- Nearly 10 years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, more than 100 criminal justice professionals will gather at Roger Williams University from June 8 to 11 for the 35th annual meeting of the Northeastern Association of Criminal Justice Sciences (NEACJS).

The conference – themed "Ten Years Out: The Lingering Effect of September 11, 2001, on Criminal Justice" – will invite scholars, practitioners and students to look at how that day's events substantially impacted the scholarship and practice of criminal justice. Attendees will be welcomed by NEACJS President Rafael Rojas, Jr. and the organization's executive board; RWU President Donald J. Farish, Ph. D.; and Stephanie Manzi, dean of the University's School of Justice Studies.

Keynote speaker Jack Thomas Tomarchio, former deputy under secretary for intelligence and analysis operations in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, will discuss "National and Homeland Security: The Landscape after Bin Laden." Bernard K. Melekian, director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) in the U.S. Department of Justice, will deliver the 11th annual Jack Haven Williams Memorial Lecture, titled "Impact on the Economy of Policing in a Post 9/11 World."

NEACJS is an organization of scholars and criminal justice practitioners dedicated to improving scholarship, service and practice in criminal justice. In addition to a variety of roundtable discussions and case study presentations, the organization will announce graduate and undergraduate winners of its annual student paper contest and student scholarship awards. Several member awards will also be presented during the meeting.

About RWU: Roger Williams University is a leading independent, coeducational liberal arts university at which students live and learn to be global citizens. With 41 academic programs and an array of co-curricular activities on its Bristol, R.I., campus, RWU is committed to its mantra of learning to bridge the world. In the last decade, the University has achieved unprecedented academic and financial successes and continues to be recognized by U.S. News & World Report as one of the top ten educational institutions in its class.