Guadalupe Garcia McCall Guadalupe Garcia McCall Guadalupe Garcia McCall is an award-winning author, poet, and educator. She was born in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico. She is the recipient of the 2012 Pura Belpré Medal for narrative. Guadalupe Garcia McCall was born in Coauhila, a Mexican state adjacent to Texas. She immigrated to the United States with her family when she was six years old, and grew up in Eagle Pass, a small border town in South Texas. When McCall was 17 years old, “she lost her mother to cancer and found solace in her writing and in her education". She holds a B.A.
Australian Institute of Criminology grants are advised by the Criminology Research Advisory Board that comprises distinguished criminal justice practitioners from around Australia. The Director and Chief Executive of the Institute is Dr Adam Tomison. Undertaking research is the core function of the Australian Institute of Criminology. Research is conducted on a range of crime and criminal justice issues to provide timely, policy-relevant research to the Australian Government and other key stakeholders. Research activities fall into two main categories. These are national monitoring programs which cover homicide, firearms theft, armed robbery, drug use, deaths in custody, fraud against the Commonwealth, anti-money laundering and human trafficking.