 W.
RICHARD JANIKOWSKI - Richard Janikowski is
an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal
Justice at the University of Memphis. He has published on issues concerning
criminal law, criminal procedure, and criminology. Co-Author of Legality and
Illegality, published by Peter Lang Publishing. Professor Janikowski is
currently completing a book on constitutional criminal procedure. As Chair,
he has led the department towards an increased emphasis on applied and
community-based research. During the past three years, a substantial part of
the department's scholarly and research initiatives have been directed
towards efforts involving collaborations with local, state, and federal
criminal justice agencies. Professor Janikowski has worked extensively with
the United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee and the
National Institute of Justice (NIJ) on a variety of projects. He is the
Principal Investigator for the Memphis Sexual Assault Research Project, part
of the United States Department of Justice's Strategic Approaches to
Community Safety Initiative (SACSI), is the designated research partner for
Project Safe Neighborhoods in Memphis, and is the Co-Principal Investigator
on the cross-site evaluation of NIJ's COMPASS program. At present, Professor
Janikowski is also serving as Director of the University's Center for
Community Criminology and Research, which houses the Community Information
Program (designed to operate in conjunction with the Community Safety
Information System developed by the National Institute of Justice as part of
SACSI,) the Mid-South Training Institute which provides training and
continuing education for law enforcement, and the Mid-South Social Survey
Program. Professor Janikowski is also a Senior Research Fellow at the
Memphis Shelby Crime Commission and provides research and evaluation support
and training to many municipal and county criminal justice agencies.
rjankwsk@memphis.edu |