Social Sciences
100 Campus Drive
Weatherford, OK 73096
(580) 774-3292
Fax: (580) 774-7192
socsci@swosu.edu
Speaker Series
Since 1995, we have organized an annual program for criminal justice students, other students, and the general public, consisting of an evening program with a speaker or speakers from off-campus dealing with a timely criminal justice topic. The Criminal Justice Speaker Series is co-sponsored by the Criminal Justice program and the Criminal Justice Students’ Association. Previous program topics include to the OKC bombing, Truth-in-Sentencing, and
Oklahoma’s Self-Defense Act. The Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, a former SWOSU student, was a featured speaker. Examples of recent programs include a presentation on drugs and crime, including a speaker from the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs and a reformed drug dealer. Another program dealt with the postal inspection service. Additionally, a program involved a presentation on “Forensics and the Law in Oklahoma.” Previous programs have dealt with statutory rape and its effect on college students.