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Jason M. Williams, PhD is a graduate of New Jersey City University (NJCU), Jersey City, N.J. with a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Criminal Justice. He subsequently earned his Doctorate in Administration of Justice from Texas Southern University (TSU), Houston, T.X. Aside from doing research for the academic audience, he is involved in many public research and information forums, such as the Hampton Institution where he serves as chair/editor of the criminal justice department. Prior to joining Montclair State University, Dr. Williams has taught a variety of Criminal Justice courses at NJCU, TSU, and John Jay College of Criminal Justice and Fairleigh Dickinson University. His areas of expertise are race, ethnicity and crime, criminological/criminal justice theory, critical criminology, historical criminology, social control, criminal justice policy, social justice and the sociology of knowledge. He is also on the editorial board of a half dozen scholarly journals, including the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons.