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The Saint Paul Foundation's 10th anniversary Facing Race Ambassador awards recognized individuals working to build communities where everyone feels safe, valued and respected, including Dr....
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May 17, 2016 · A celebration honoring anti-racism activists in Minnesota recognized six people who are working to build communities where everyone feels safe, valued and respected. Saint Paul Foundation awarded faculty member Dr. Nadarajan “Raj” Sethuraju the Ambassador Award at the May 9 celebration.
CJS 489: Criminal Justice Capstone Internship. CJS 354: Restorative Justice. CJS 360: Diversity in Criminal Justice. raj is a recovering criminologist, alcoholic, and survivor of sexual abuse, with over 20 years of community-based activism as a researcher and educator.
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- Reasons for Supporting or Opposing Capital Punishment by Major
- Reasons for Supporting or Opposing Capital Punishment by College Level
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Although a sizable number of studies have gathered information from college students regarding their varying degrees of support for capital punishment, few have explored the underlying rationales behind these students’ death penalty support or opposition. In addition, although criminal justice majors have frequently been used as study participants,...
death penalty opinion, student attitudes, capital punishment, criminal justice majors, law enforcement majors
The first analysis involved examining the survey responses to see if there were significant differences in reasons for supporting or opposing the death penalty comparing students who were criminal justice majors and students who were law enforcement majors. The percentage of responses for the eight statements that represent reasons for supporting t...
The next analysis involved examining the survey responses to see if year in school was significantly associated with rea-sons to support the death penalty or with reasons to oppose the death penalty. The percentage of responses for the eight statements that represent reasons for supporting the death penalty and the seven statements that represent r...
The results of the exploratory study did not provide evidence that there exist differences in levels of agreement with state-ments related to support or opposition of the death penalty when comparing law enforcement majors with other criminal justice majors. There was, however, found to be a significant relationship between level of education and t...
The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
The author(s) received no financial support for the research and/or authorship of this article.
Raj Sethuraju is an assistant professor in the School of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice at Metropolitan State University. He is actively involved in building police and community relations using restorative and circle processes and working with various county and state departments of corrections in Minnesota. He is an applied criminologist wi...
Jul 16, 2013 · Raj Sethuraju is Assistant Professor at Metropolitan State University in Minnesota. He is a member of the School of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice department where he enjoys teaching, advising, and researching.
- Nadarajan (Raj) Sethuraju, Paul Prew, Abdihakin Abdi, Martel Pipkins
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Nadarajan (Raj) Sethuraju 1, Paul Prew 2, Abdihakin Abdi 3, Martel Pipkins 4 1 Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, MN, USA 2 Minnesota State University–Mankato, MN, USA
Honoring Minnesota's Anti-racism Advocates since 2007. The Facing Race Awards recognize anti-racism advocates in Minnesota who challenge absent and harmful narratives on race, build solutions that unite instead of divide, and push for justice and equity. Through these Awards, we celebrate and learn from those leading the way forward.
