“A career prosecutor for 20 years,
I now teach and guide students interested in
Criminal Justice careers and in graduate study
in Criminology.”
Carol Ann Nix, J.D.
14 Huegli Hall
Telephone: 219-464-6713
carol.nix@valpo.edu
Professor Nix graduated from the University
of Notre Dame Law School where she earned her
Doctorate of Law degree. She earned her B.A. degree
in Government/Political Science at Franklin and
Marshall College. Professor Nix was a practicing
attorney for 27 years primarily in the criminal
law area. Specifically, she began her legal career
in the Iowa State Legislature helping to draft
that state’s first major criminal code revision
in 100 years. During the following three years
she prosecuted major felony cases in the Prosecutor’s
Office in Des Moines, Iowa. After ten years away
from home, she moved back to Indiana where she
established herself in the Prosecutor’s
Office in South Bend. For the next 17 years she
handled numerous felony jury trials, worked closely
with judges, police officers, and various correctional
personnel, and was the senior member of the NOVA
Drug Task Force. Now, VU students benefit from
Professor Nix’s experience “on the
inside” of the American Criminal Justice
System.
Professor Nix was a “Visiting Expert”
at the United Nation’s 91st International
Training Course held in Tokyo, Japan and sponsored
by the United Nations Asia and Far East Institute
(UNAFEI). She represented the University of Notre
Dame Law School at that International Training
Course. She researched, prepared, and delivered
two major papers on subjects dealing with alternatives
to prison for convicted criminal offenders. Both
of her papers have been published.
Professor Nix is an advocate for the environment
and especially for eagles.
The Criminal Justice System
Sociology of Law
Law Enforcement
Penology
Criminal Law and Procedure
Society and the Environment
Contemporary Social Problems
Alternatives to Incarceration for Drug Offenders
in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States
– A Working Model, United Nations Asia
and Far East Institute Resource Material Series
No. 42, 151-169, (Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan).
Boot Camp/Shock Incarceration – An Alternative
to Prison for Young Non-Violent Offenders in
the United States, 28 The Prosecutor, No 2.
15-22.
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Carol
Ann Nix, J.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Sociology
and Criminology
