American capital punishment seems to be an institution in decline.  Death sentences decreased from a high of over 300 per year in the middle-1990s to around a tenth that today.  Executions have gone from nearly a hundred annually at the close of last century to less than a couple dozen per year now.  Seven states...Read More

Criminal justice in the United States is not represented by a single organization or institution. Rather, it is broken down into a three pillar system including law enforcement, the courts and corrections.Read More

Criminal justice is the three pillared system by which our society handles crime and rehabilitation. The careers that make up the criminal justice system are diverse, rewarding and offer individuals the opportunity to effect meaningful change in their communities, as well as at the state and federal level.Read More

When you mention that you are a criminal justice major most people instinctively assume that you plan to become a police officer. While it’s a fair assessment — since many criminal justice majors do pursue a long awaited career in law enforcement — criminal justice is a much more diverse field than many people realize....Read More

I have always told classes that to truly understand some concept, do not look at its definition but rather at how it is measured.  For example, knowing an intelligence test includes questions on math problems or word problems tells you more about how the test defines intelligence than the definition itself.  Something similar might be...Read More

I recently listened to a news conference at which Gov. Bevin proposed a new apprenticing initiative to train high school students for social services worker positions in the Department of Community Based Services (DCBS). Read More

The opioid epidemic that is gripping Eastern, Kentucky by the throat does not appear to be relenting.  This epidemic is being fueled by a number of social and economic factors as well as an abundant supply of opiates. Opiate addiction often begins by accident after an injury or surgery when an individual takes prescription painkillers...Read More

EKU Online nursing degrees ranked in the Top 25 for Best Online Graduate Nursing Programs by U.S. News & World Report. EKU placed 23rd up from 39th in 2017. This is the third consecutive year the EKU Department of Baccalaureate and Graduate Nursing has been ranked in the Top 40.Read More

Students often do not consider a career in hospice due to a few misconceptions.  Hospice provides care to all fifty states as well as Puerto Rico, Guam, the District of Columbia and the U.S Virgin Islands. In 2014 there were approximately 61,000 locations and still growing.Read More

Eastern Kentucky University’s online associates degree in police studies is ranked among the best criminal justice degree programs for 2018 as rated by BestCollegeReviews.org.Read More