Vincent J Webb

PFI Secretariat Administrator

Dean and Director
College of Criminal Justice
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, TX 77341
spfi@shsu.edu

Vincent J. Webb, one of the nation’s foremost authorities on gangs, has been selected as dean of the College of Criminal Justice and director of the Criminal Justice Center at Sam Houston State University. Webb is now director of the Center for the Study of Crime, Delinquency, and Corrections at Southern Illinois University. He takes over for Dick Ward, publisher of Crime and Justice International, who has directed the SHSU criminal justice program since 1999. Prior to accepting his present position at Southern Illinois last September, Webb was professor of criminal justice at Arizona State University West, where he developed and implemented the Arizona State University Center for Violence Prevention and Community Safety. During that time, 1996-2005, he was also a research consultant to the Office of the Provost at Arizona State University West (2003-2005) and chairman of the Department of Administration of Justice there (1996-2003). Previously he was chairman of the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (1982-1996) and director of the Center for Applied Urban Research there (1980-1986). I believe we can continue to build on the strong tradition of the College as a leading center of excellence and innovation in criminal justice education, research, and outreach.” Webb’s major publications include a book he wrote with Ward in 1984, entitled Quest for Quality. His latest book is Policing Gangs in America, which he co-authored with Charles Katz and which was released earlier this year.