Lecture focuses on growth of criminal behavior and its solutions

      Dr. Rhonda Zingraff, director of Sociology and Social Work at Meredith College, will examine the contemporary foundations of moral order and the reason for the alarming expansion of the Criminal Justice system in her lecture, “Civility and Criminality.” Sponsored by the Campbell University chapters of Phi Kappa Phi and Pi Gamma Mu, the lecture is scheduled for Tuesday, October 4, at 7:30 p.m. in Hartness Lecture Hall of the L. H. Campbell Hall of Science on the Campbell campus.
     Zingraff has spent over 20 years on the board of directors of ReEntry, Inc., a non-profit community agency with programs that help criminal offenders make responsible life choices. Her lecture will focus special attention on the events in our culture that have created widespread concern with incivility and strategies to control crime. She will also discuss the role of responsive and responsible communities in helping to provide a safer, more civil world.
     Zingraff received a Ph.D. in Sociology from Bowling Green State University in Ohio and teaches social theory, criminology and corrections at Meredith.
     The annual Fall Lecture is associated with the North Carolina Humanities Forum, a speakers’ bureau of the North Carolina Humanities Council which provides free public speakers on humanities topics. All presentations explore a variety of subjects dealing with the nuances of identity and community.
     Admission is free and open to the public.