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Dr. Richard Clark received his Ph.D. from the State University
of New York in criminal justice and came to John Carroll in 1995.
His research interests include the operation of the criminal justice
system, the death penalty, the study of forgiveness, and human
rights. His teaching areas are mostly in the Criminology Track.
In addition to his 20 publications, Dr. Clark has presented
over 60 papers at professional meetings.
He regularly teaches the following courses:
| 100-level: |
Introduction to Sociology, Introduction to Social Justice |
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| 200-level: |
Criminology |
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| 300-level: |
Drugs and Crime, The Death Penalty |
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| 400-level: |
Violence and Society |
In addition to his work in the criminology
sequence, Dr. Clark has been active in developing the University’s
program on human rights and peace building. He was one
of four faculty members who participated in the inaugural
trip on “Conflict Transformation and Peace Building” that
took place in Northern Ireland and recently was a faculty
leader on a similar trip to South Africa. He is currently
co-coordinating a faculty learning community on Human
Rights and Peace Building. In 2004, Dr. Clark, along with
several colleagues, was given an "Award of Achievement"
from Northern Ohio Live magazine for promoting death penalty
issues. Along with departmental colleague, Dr. Wendy Wiedenhoft,
he was awarded the "2006 Bilateral Cooperation Award" by
the British Chamber of Commerce for work on conflict transformation
in Northern Ireland. Finally, Dr. Clark received the "2007
Curtis W. Miles Community Service Award", given by
the Faculty Forum Research, Service Faculty Development
Committee.
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