Dr. Jennifer Wyatt Bourgeois, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Texas Southern University’s Center for Justice Research, has been awarded a $100,000 grant to study firearm deaths among individuals recently released from incarceration. “By understanding how these risk factors interact, we can design better interventions to prevent gun violence during the first year after release. This research focuses on one of the most vulnerable populations affected by gun violence.”

HOUSTON (February 1, 2021) – The Center for Justice Research (CJR) at Texas Southern University (TSU) has received $1.5 million in funding from Houston Endowment to expand its criminal justice reform efforts.

HOUSTON, March 24, 2021 – The Center for Justice Research at Texas Southern University congratulates Executive Assistant Chief Troy Finner for his appointment as the city of Houston’s next Chief of Police.

Houston, Texas – April 20, 2021 – The Center for Justice Research at Texas Southern University issued the following statement after the guilty verdict

The goal of the research study was to better understand the relationship between the rationale for school discipline and the disciplined student’s racial/ethnic profile. The Center for Justice Research team reviewed school discipline data of a specific school district for the 2016–2017 academic year.