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Alexis Yohros, M.A

Alexis Yohros, M.A

Expertise: youth violence; juvenile justice; partner violence; early prevention; evidence-based policy

Philip Berry, M.A

Philip Berry, M.A

Expertise: neighborhood effects; policing practices; police use of force; Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED); policy evaluation; spatiotemporal analysis of crime patterns

Elizabeth Buchanan, Esq.

Elizabeth Buchanan, Esq.

Expertise: mass incarceration; criminal justice; juvenile re-sentencing; victim-offender mediation/dialogue

Candence Wills, M.I.D

Candence Wills, M.I.D

Expertise: Institutional responses to marginalized populations; hate/bias motivated crimes; human trafficking; international comparative criminal justice; public policy

Stefan Ivanov, M.A

Stefan Ivanov, M.A

Expertise: mass incarceration; criminal justice policy; neighborhood social processes; public opinion; courts/sentencing

Ketty Fernández, M.A

Ketty Fernández, M.A

Expertise: violence against women; human sex trafficking; victimology; racial/ethnic and gender inequality; immigration; victimization/offending and policing in schools; title IX; mental health

Lee Slocum, Ph.D

Lee Slocum, Ph.D

Expertise: citizen-police interactions; victimization reporting; legal socialization

Alessandra Early, M.A

Alessandra Early, M.A

Expertise: gender and Sexuality, Endarkened Feminist Theory, Pleasure Activism, Race, Space, and Identity Formation, Drugs and Behavior, Gender, the Criminal Justice System, and Healthcare, Critical Queer and Transgender Studies, Narrative Criminology, Qualitative methodologies

Matthew Kafafian, M.S

Matthew Kafafian, M.S

Expertise: human trafficking; criminological theory; international and comparative crime

Madelyn Diaz, M.A

Madelyn Diaz, M.A

Expertise: human trafficking; criminology of place; interpersonal violence; quantitative methods

Madison Gerdes, M.S

Madison Gerdes, M.S

Expertise: homicide; gun violence; fear of crime; public opinion of criminal justice issues; quantitative
methodologies

Stephen Abeyta, M.S

Stephen Abeyta, M.S

Expertise: labor exploitation; workplace victimization; legitimacy

Jessica Valentin, M.A

Jessica Valentin, M.A

Expertise: racial disparities; domestic violence/intimate partner violence; labor/workplace exploitation

Batya Rubenstein, M.A

Batya Rubenstein, M.A

Expertise: corrections; intimate partner violence; program evaluation; advances in research methodology; public opinion; big data applications in criminal justice

Sarah Lockwood, M.S

Sarah Lockwood, M.S

Expertise: human trafficking; marginalization within systems; bias and hate motivated crime; help seeking behavior; qualitative methodologies

Elba Nicolle Jimenez, Esq.

Elba Nicolle Jimenez, Esq.

Expertise: family ties and criminality; minorities in the criminal justice system; post-release justice; sentencing guidelines

Stacie St. Louis, M.S

Stacie St. Louis, M.S

Expertise: punishment and social control; cumulative disadvantage; collateral consequences; criminal justice policy; social context

Mackenzie Kushner, M.S

Mackenzie Kushner, M.S

Expertise: juvenile justice; interpersonal violence; biopsychosocial criminology; developmental/life-course criminology; victim-offender overlap.

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