Criminal Justice

Helicopters, Robots and Police Vehicles Featured at IUPUI Public Safety Career Day

July 31, 2008 — Blackhawk and Bell Jet Ranger helicopters, bomb-dismantling robots, police SWAT vehicles, ambulances and fire trucks will be among the attractions when Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis observes its second annual Public Safety Career Day on Monday, Aug. 11, 2008.   Full Story

Krauss To Direct IU Public Policy Institute

May 12, 2008 — Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs today announced it has established the Indiana University Public Policy Institute. John L. Krauss, an IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs faculty member at IUPUI and former Indianapolis deputy mayor, will direct the Institute.   Full Story

IUPUI Professor to Head New IU Center for Criminal Justice Research

April 25, 2008 — The success of criminal justice research projects conducted by the Center for Urban Policy and the Environment at IUPUI and directed by IUPUI Professor Samuel Nunn has lead to a spin-off center dedicated to such projects.   Full Story

Graduation Scheduled April 16 for Students in Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program

April 14, 2008 — Inmates and college students learn together in the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program, a collaboration of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and Indiana's Plainfield Re-Entry Educational Facility. On April 16, they will graduate together during a ceremony at The Indiana Department of Correction's Plainfield facility.

Serial Killers May Kill More Victims Than We Think

Dec. 12, 2007 — Serial killers might be responsible for up to 10 times as many U.S. deaths as previously estimated, according to an analysis by a criminologist at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Kenna Quinet, associate professor in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IUPUI, makes the case for the higher death figures in an article published recently in the journal Homicide Studies.   Full Story

Research: Many Traffic Tragedies Could Be Prevented

Nov. 29, 2007 — With holiday travels at hand and more of us on the road, remember that simple precautions might save your life. A research team at the Indiana University Center for Urban Policy and the Environment has just released 2006 Indiana Crash Facts, a book summarizing a series of reports on traffic safety for Indiana, reports that include some disturbing statistics.   Full Story

Crystal Garcia

MAJOR FIELDS OF EXPERTISE

• Evaluation of Criminal Justice Technologies, Programs, & Policies

• Community Corrections

• Crime Policy

• Juvenile Justice

• Responses to School Violence

• The Death Penalty

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Consultant, San Diego County Probation Department, Evaluation and Outcome Measures, 1994-1995.

• Research Associate and Consultant, Rand Corporation, 1994-1995.

• Junior Systems Analyst, Orange County Legal Aid Society, 1992.

• Booking and Records Clerk, San Diego County Probation Department- Juvenile Hall, 1992-1995.

• Student Worker/Custody Officer, San Diego County Probation Department-Juvenile Hall, 1987-1992.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• American Society of Criminology

• Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences

INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS

• Kennedy, Sheila Suess and Garcia, Crystal A. (2006). Research Report and Preliminary Recommendations: Ex-Offender Transitional Employment Project. Submitted to Workforce, Inc.

• Garcia, Crystal A. (2004). Realistic Expectations: Constructing a Mission-Based Evaluation Model for Community Corrections, Criminal Justice Policy Review, 15:3, 251-269.

• Ziemba-Davis, Mary, Myers, Brent L. & Garcia, Crystal A. (2004). Indiana State Report - The Social Ecology of Murder in Indiana. Submitted to Governor Joe Kernan.

• Ziemba-Davis, Mary, Garcia, Crystal A., Kincaid, Nicole L., Gullans, Katalina, & Myers, Brent L. (2004). Indiana State Report - What About Girls in Indiana's Juvenile Justice System? Submitted to Governor Joe Kernan.

• Garcia, Crystal A., Sheila S. Kennedy and Barbara Lawrence. (2003). Picturing Powerlessness: Digital Photography, Domestic Violence and the Fight over Victim Autonomy. Hamline Journal of Public Law & Policy, 25:1, 1-19.

• Garcia, Crystal A. and Sheila S. Kennedy. (2003). Back to School: Technology, School Safety and the Disappearing Fourth Amendment, Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy. Winter, 273-288.

• Garcia, Crystal A. (2003). Digital Photographic Evidence and the Adjudication of Domestic Violence Cases, Journal of Criminal Justice, 31:6, 579-587.

• Garcia, Crystal A. (2003). School Safety Technology in America: Current Use and Perceived Effectiveness, Criminal Justice Policy Review, 14:1, 30-54.

• Sapp, Dona and Crystal A. Garcia. Perceptions of Services Provided to Local Coordinating Councils by Regional Community Consultants. Final Report to the Governor's Commission for a Drug-Free Indiana, a division of the Indiana Criminal justice Institute, September 2003.

• Garcia, Crystal A. (2000). Using Palmer's Global Approach to Evaluate ISP: Implications for Practice, Corrections Management Quarterly, (4)4:460-469

• Blitzer, Herbert, Michael Bone, Frank Bowman, Crystal Garcia, Jeffrey Huang, Jack Jacobia, James Kidd, William Lin, Jose Ramos, Jack Rubak, Leigha Stroud, and Suzali Suyut. (2002). Surveillance Tools for Safer Schools. Final Report to the National Institute of Justice, award #1999-LT-VX-K011.

• Garcia, Crystal A. (2000). Using Palmer's Global Approach to Evaluate ISP: Implications for Practice, Corrections Management Quarterly, (4)4:460-469

• Blitzer, Herb, Garcia, Crystal A. and Amy Leitch. (2000). A Picture Says it All. Law Enforcement Technology. June.

• Garcia, Crystal A. The Impact of Photographic Evidence on Domestic Violence Case Processing. Institute for Forensic Imaging, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN. September,1999.

RECENT COURSES TAUGHT

• Graduate - Criminal Justice Policy and Evaluation

• Undergraduate - Crime and Public Policy

• Undergraduate - Corrections

• Undergraduate - Juvenile Justice

• Undergraduate - The American Criminal Justice System