Department · vaiu-law-crim-*
Substantive criminal law, criminal procedure, evidence, and the empirical study of crime, punishment, and criminal justice systems.
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Substantive Criminal Law
Criminal responsibility, homicide and offenses against the person, and criminal law theory.
Professor
Criminal Procedure & Evidence
Investigation and fair trial rights, rules of evidence, and policing and prosecutorial discretion.
Professor
Theoretical & Empirical Criminology
Causes of crime, quantitative criminology, and victimology.
Professor
Punishment & Penology
Sentencing theory, prisons and alternatives to custody, and rehabilitation and reentry.
Professor
Transnational & Cyber Crime
Cybercrime, organized and financial crime, and digital forensics and the law.