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Maria (Maki) Haberfeld is a Professor of Police Science, in the Department of Law, Police Science and Criminal Justice Administration at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City . Her research interests and publications are in the areas of private and public law enforcement, specifically training, police integrity, and comparative policing (her research involves police departments in the U.S., Eastern and Western Europe, and Israel). Her recent  publications include a book on police training, titled Critical Issues in Police Training (2002),  her co-edited book, titled Contours of Police Integrity (2004) features an overview of police misconduct in 14 countries,  an edited volume of an Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement, the International Volume (2005) covers entries on police forces from over 120 countries, a book on 17  prominent police chiefs in the United States titled "Police Leadership" (2005) and her forthcoming, co-authored, book  “Enhancing Police Integrity”  (2006) depicts 3 case studies of police departments that are characterized by high levels of  professional integrity

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Center Wins Grant for Ground-Breaking Arson Screening Program
The Center has won a grant of $248,000 from the JEHT Foundation for an innovative Arson Screening Project, designed to assess the damage done by generations of “bad science” arson convictions. The Arson Screening Project will be the first program to address systematically the roles played by improved science in revealing mistaken convictions in a non-DNA context.

The 63rd Annual Short Course for Prosecuting Attorneys, and the 51st Annual Short Course for Defense Attorneys.
The Center will continue its association with Northwestern University School of Law’s renowned Short Courses  by organizing the forensics content with presentations by Center affiliates Peter R. De Forest, Peter Diaczuk, James Doyle, Angela Crossman and John Lentini.

Featured Scientist Dr. Peter R. De Forest , having retired from the Department of Science at John Jay after 37 years, has joined the Center as Chief Science Fellow.
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James Doyle, Consulting Director, (jdoyle@jjay.cuny.edu)
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