Graduate Group on Justice and Democracy records

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 16/8/1240

Staff Only

Collection contains records and correspondence of the Graduate Group on Justice and Democracy at the State University of New York at Buffalo whose purpose was to foster interdisciplinary perspectives on criminal and civil justice. Records include funding applications, meeting agendas, lecture series, and conference materials.

Dates

1991-1994

Creator

Licence, June E. (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English.

Terms of Access

The Graduate Group on Criminal Justice and Democracy records, 1991-1994 are open for research.

Copyright

Copyright of papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the University Archives before publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures unless otherwise specified.

Extent

.21 Linear Feet (1 half manuscript box)

Additional Description

Overview

Historical Note

The Graduate Group on Criminal Justice and Democracy began as an interdisciplinary interest group by Muhammad Kenyatta in the Law School and June Licence in the Department of American Studies. Its purpose was to provide a "unique program for graduate-level, interdisciplinary education and research on public policy issues of criminal justice, incarceration, and prison-community relationships in Western New York." The foundations lay in the American Studies Department's Prison Studies Program which provided graduate level humanities education in a maximum-security prison setting and the Law School/National Lawyer's Guild Prison Task Force which sent students into area correctional facilities to teach legal research.