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Dr. Patrice Morris

Associate Professor of Criminal Justice

Office I-3111
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Biography

Dr. Patrice Morris received her Ph.D. in criminal justice from Rutgers University. She has worked and conducted research in various correctional settings in the United States and Jamaica. She has published articles on prisons, neighborhoods and violent crime, and homicide. Her articles are published in the British Journal of Criminology, Race and Justice, and International Criminal Justice Review.

Education

  • Doctorate – criminal justice – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
  • Master's – criminal justice – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
  • Bachelor's – psychology and sociology – The University of West Indies

Academic Interests

  • Crime and violence in Caribbean countries
  • Prisons in developing countries
  • Prisoner reentry, institutional- and community-based corrections