Sharon Davies (Moritz College of Law) has several recent publications. The Texas Tech Law Review published in a symposium issue her article entitled, "Some Reflections on the Implications of Hudson v. Michigan for the Law of Confessions,” [39 Texas Tech L. Rev. 1207 (2007]. The University of California at Davis is publishing another article of Sharon’s in its symposium issue celebrating the anniversary of the Court's decision in U.S. v. Katz: "Katz in the Age of Hudson v. Michigan: Some Thoughts on Suppression as a Last Resort" (forthcoming). Further, Sharon is benefiting greatly from the Senior Faculty Fellowship that the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity awarded her in support of her current book project, Rising Road, A Tale of Race, Religion, Law and Fear in America. She gave a presentation on the book at the University of Iowa School of Law in October 2007, and will be speaking about it to the faculty at the University of Kentucky Law School in spring 2008.

Walter DeKeseredy (University of Ontario Institute of Technology) was recently elected as Chair of the American Society of Criminology's Division on Critical Criminology (DCC). Walter was also Chair of the DCC from 2001 to 2003. Congratulations, Walter! He has also written two new book chapters. One is entitled, "Female Crime: Theoretical Perspectives" and the other is entitled, "Girls and Women as Victims of Crime." They will soon appear in Women and the Criminal Justice System: A Canadian Perspective, edited by Jane Barker for Emond Montgomery Publications. Finally, On Monday, November 5, Walter gave the keynote address at the Jewish Women International of Canada conference entitled, "Sexual Assault on Campus: Exposing the Truth."

Joseph Maiorano (Family and Consumer Sciences, OSU Extension) was appointed by Governor Strickland to be a member of the Ohio Commission on Fatherhood (OCF) for a term beginning September 19, 2007 and ending July 31, 2008. Joseph will be representing fathers involved in the criminal justice system. More on the OCF may be found at http://www.opnff.net/id28.htm.

Further, Joseph reports that the College of Food Agriculture and Environmental Sciences and OSU Extension have been accepted as participants in a federal project called “Change Agent States.” Joseph has been selected to be a member of the Diversity Catalyst Team which will help implement initiatives and facilitate organizational change related to equity and diversity. His goal is to promote Extension's outreach to the criminal justice system.

In addition, Joseph is interested in possible collaborative efforts with, and input from, CJRC colleagues. His primary research interest centers on corrections education and the post-release outcomes of inmate students. He is planning to use the sociocultural perspective as an orienting theory to conduct and analyze an ethnographic study of GED students in a correction center.

Jack Nasar (City and Regional Planning) was recently awarded a grant with co-investigator S. I. Gordon in the amount of $148,682 from Active Living Research for a project entitled, “Environmental perception, evaluation, and desirability for physical activity among African-American families of different incomes.” Jack also has several recent books and articles. First, he has two books published in 2007. With co-editors Wolfgang F. E. Preiser and Thomas Fisher, he has an edited volume entitled, Designing for Designers: Lessons Learned from Schools of Architecture (Fairchild, 2007). Jack is also an author of several chapters in this book. In addition, he has an edited volume with Jennifer Evans-Cowley entitled, Universal Design and Visitability: From Accessibility to Zoning (Glenn Institute, 2007). Jack has a second article with Evans-Crowley entitled, “McMansions: The extent and regulations of supersized homes,” which appears in the Journal of Urban Design, 12, 339-358. He also has a recent article with Peter Hecht and Rich Wener, entitled, "Mobile telephones, distracted attention, and pedestrian safety," which will appear in Accident Analysis and Prevention. This article shows that pedestrians talking on mobile phones have distracted attention. This may make them vulnerable to victimization. Though forthcoming, the article is already accessible through the online journal.

In addition, Jack has a recent book review in the Journal of Environmental Psychology (27, 252–253) of the book Inquiry by Design: Environment/Behavior/Neuroscience in Architecture, Interiors, Landscape and Planning. Finally, Jack had an invited lecture at Haworth in Hope, Michigan this month on the topic of “Visual Quality by Design,” and presented his research entitled, “Assessing Building Performance of Design and Planning Schools: Lessons Learned” at the American Collegiate Schools of Planning Conference in Milwaukee on October 18-21.

Elizabeth Stasny (Statistics) gave an invited talk on "Missing data and crime: Filling in the gaps in the Uniform Crime Reports" (work joint with Clint Roberts and Professor Mike Maltz) at the Conference in Honor of Steve Fienberg's 65th birthday. The conference was held at Dr. Fienberg’s home institution, Carnegie Mellon University, on October 19.