The School of Criminal Justice, through executive order from the Governor, has been designated to be the location for the newly created Michigan Justice Statistics Center. Timothy S. Bynum, professor of the School, has been appointed director of the Center. MSU's Institute for Public Policy and Social Research (IPPSR ) will also be working with the Center.

   The Center is funded by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, an agency within the federal Department of Justice, as part of its state Statistical Analysis Center Program. The principal role of this center is to conduct state-oriented policy research in criminal justice through the analysis of existing state level criminal justice data.

   The Michigan Justice Statistics Center exemplifies MSU's philosophy of outreach. It formalizes a close working relationship between the University and state government by providing policy-relevant analysis in criminal justice. The Center provides an opportunity to train graduate students in the practice of conducting policy relevant research in the field of criminal justice. 

For more information, you may e-mail Tim Bynum at Tim.Bynum@ssc.msu.edu