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Coldren, James


Academic Coordinator of Criminal Justice Programs
Associate Professor of Criminal Justice
Division: Humanities and Social Sciences
Program: Criminal Justice
Office: E2538
Phone: 708.534.4390


Education | Publications | Honors | Presentations | Research | Service | Professional Memberships

Education

  • Ph.D., Sociology, University of Chicago, 1992 
  • M.A., Sociology, University of Chicago, 1988 
  • B.A., Sociology, Rutgers University, 1976 

Publications

In Process

  • Coldren, James R., Jr., Michael Rothwell, and David Olson.  Innovative Addiction Treatment in Corrections," (tentative book title).
  • Coldren, James R. Jr., and Caron Jacobson. "Teaching Restorative Justice,"
  • Coldren, James R., Jr., and Steven Hein.  "Law Enforcement Technology Training Needs Assessment."
  • Jones, Vincent, and James R. Coldren, Jr., "Primer on Death Penalty Abolition," (tentative book title).

Books

  • Coldren, James R., Jr.  Patuxent Institution: An American Experiment in Corrections. Studies in Crime and Punishment (Christina DeJong and David A. Schultz, Eds.), Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., New York:  2004.

Journal Articles

  • Matoesian, Gregory M., and James R. Coldren, Jr., "Indirectness, Ambiguity, and Reported Speech:  An Evaluation of Legal-Bureaucratic Goals, Culture, and Identity," Droit et Societie, Issue Number 48, 2001, pp. 395-415 (translated into French).
  • Matoesian, Gregory M., and James R. Coldren, Jr., "Language and bodily conduct in focus group evaluations of legal policy," Discourse and Society 13 (4), 2002, pp. 469-493.

Book Chapters

  • Coldren, James R., Jr. "Patuxent Institution: A Unique Approach to Psychiatry and the Law," in  International  Handbook on Psychopathic Disorders and the Law (Felthaus & Sass, eds.), Wiley & Sons: 2008.
  • Coldren, James R., Jr., Sandra K. Costello, and Sharon Shipinski, "A Comprehensive Evaluation Model for Training Collaboratives and Partnerships," in Policing and Program Evaluation, (Kent. R. Kerly, ed.).   Prentice-Hall, NJ: 2005.
  • Coldren, James R., Jr., and Charles A Fasano, "Corrections Facility Monitoring," Encyclopedia of Prisons and Correctional Facilities, Sage Publications, Inc. Thousand Oaks, CA: 2004.
  • Coldren, James R., Jr., and Daniel Higgins.  "Evaluating Nuisance Abatement at Gang and Drug Houses in Chicago," in Policing Gangs and Youth Violence (Scott H. Decker, ed.).  Wadsworth/Thompson Learning, Belmont, CA: 2003.

Book Reviews

  • Coldren, James R., Jr., "Compelling Arguments," a review of Invisible Punishment:  The Collateral Consequences of Mass Imprisonment.  Mauer, Mark M., and Meda Chesney-Lind (Eds.), New York, New York: The New Press, 2002; in "Judicature," Vol. 86, No. 5, March-April 2003, pp. 265-267.

Papers and Reports

  • 2008 "Paving the Way for Project Safe Neighborhoods: SACSI in 10 U.S.Cities," U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice (NIJ Research in Brief), April 2008 (with Roehl, et al.).
  • 2005 "A Process Evaluation of the DuPage County Adult Drug Court Program," Governors State University (with Jacqueline Mullaney and Tony Tymkow).
  • 2005 Illinois Sentencing Manual (with Judge Mark Schuering and Joshua Jones), Illinois State Bar Association, Standing Committee on Corrections and Sentencing.
  • 2004 "Monitoring Visit Report, Illinois Department of Corrections, Pontiac Correctional Center," John Howard Association, Chicago, Illinois.
  • 2004 "Monitoring Visit Report, Illinois Department of Corrections, Lawrence Correctional Center," John Howard Association, Chicago, Illinois.
  • 2004 "John Howard Association Annual Report," John Howard Association, Chicago, Illinois.
  • 2004 "FINAL REPORT: Juvenile Justice Reform Initiative," a report to the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The John Howard Association, Chicago, Illinois.
  • 2003 "Position Paper:  Discharge Planning for Mentally Ill Inmates in Illinois," The John Howard Association,
    Chicago, Illinois (with Angela Rollins).
  • 2003 "John Howard Association Annual Report," The John Howard Association, Chicago, Illinois.
  • 2003 "Policy Statement on Capital Punishment," The John Howard Association, Chicago, Illinois.
  • 2003 "Policy Statement on Mental Health Services for Incarcerated Adults," John Howard Association, Chicago, Illinois.
  • 2003 "Policy Statement on Pretrial Release Programs," The John Howard Association, Chicago, Illinois (with Charles A. Fasano).
  • 2003 "Policy Statement on Addiction Treatment in Corrections," The John Howard Association, Chicago, Illinois.
  • 2003 "STRATEGIC APPROACHES TO COMMUNITY SAFETY INITIATIVE:  Partnering Researchers with Practitioners to Reduce Violent Crime and Fatalities in 10 U.S. Cities," The Relationship Between Non-Lethal and Lethal Violence:  Proceedings of the 2002  Meeting of the Homicide Research Working Group, Smith, M. Dwayne, and Paul H. Blackman (Eds.), Chicago: Homicide Research Working Group. 
  • 2002 "FINAL REPORT: Juvenile Justice Reform Initiative," a report to the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The John Howard Association, Chicago, Illinois.
  • 2002 "A Study of the GIRLS LINK Collaborative, Part One:  The Evaluation of the GIRLS LINK Collaboration," (with Laurie Schaffner, Michael Maltz, et al.), Center for Research in Law and Justice, Chicago, Illinois.
  • 2001 Institute for Public Safety Partnerships, Progress Report:  Building Community Capacity for Collaborative Public Safety Problem-Solving," Center for Research in Law and Justice, Chicago, Illinois.
  • 2000 "Organizational Assessment of the Yorkville Police Department" (with Sandra K. Costello and Sharon Shipinksi).
  • 2000 "Evaluating  Gang and Drug House Abatement in Chicago" (with Daniel  Higgins),  State of Illinois, Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority.
  • 1999 "The Yorkville High School Survey:  A needs assessment survey on violence, fear, and intimidation,"
    (with Sharon Shipinski), prepared for the Yorkville Police Department, Yorkville High School , Illinois School District #115, and other members of the Yorkville, Illinois problem-solving partnership.
  • 1997 "Sample Retention and Locating," "Computer Mapping Technology," and "Accessing and Assessing Agency Records," three separate chapters in Earls, Felton and Stephen L. Buka, "Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods," a technical research report of the U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, Washington, DC.
  • 1996 "Report on School Data in Chicago" (with John Markovic), a technical internal report prepared for senior study directors at the Harvard School of Public Health Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods, Chicago, Illinois.
  • 1995 "A Systematic Process for Accessing and Assessing Agency Records for Longitudinal Research."  Harvard School of Public Health, Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods, Chicago, Illinois.
  • 1993 "Drug Control Task Forces:  Creating and Implementing a Multi-Jurisdictional Unit," a National Institute of Justice Research in Brief bulletin.  U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, Washington, DC.
  • 1993 "Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Task Force Operations:  Results of  a Nationwide Survey of Task Force Commanders" (with McGarrell, Sabath, Schlegel, and Stolzenberg).  Justice Research and Statistics Association, Washington, DC.
  • 1993 "Criminal Justice Processing of Dangerous Offenders in the District of Columbia," a research report prepared for the District of Columbia Criminal Justice Research Center (with Lisa Stolzenberg).  Justice Research and Statistics Association, Washington, DC.
  • 1992 "Compendium of Correctional Research in the States, 1986-91" (with Richard P. Kern, Ph.D. and the JRSA Research Committee).  Justice Research and Statistics Association and the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics., Washington, DC.
  • 1992 "State Drug Control Policy Analysis:  Practical Advice for State Planners," a technical bulletin of the JRSA National Computer Center (with Lisa Stolzenberg), Justice Research and Statistics Association.
  • 1992 "Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Enforcement Task Forces:  Accomplishments Under the State and Local Formula Grant Program" (with Lisa Stolzenberg).  Justice Research and Statistics Association, Washington, DC.
  • 1992 "Focus on What Works:  Findings from Multi-Jurisdictional Task Force Research in the States" (edited with Melissa A. Ruboy). Justice Research and Statistics Association, Washington, DC.
  • 1992 "Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Control Task Forces 1988-1990:  Critical Components of State Drug Control Strategies" (with Michael Sabath, Ph.D.).  Justice Research and Statistics Association, Washington, DC. 1991 "Policies count when assessing your jail needs" in County News, VolNational Assocation of Counties, Washington, DC.
  • 1991 "Implementing Cooperative Multi-jurisdictional Drug Control Task Forces:  Case Studies in Six Jurisdictions."  U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice.
  • 1990 "Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Control Task Forces 1988:  Critical Components of State Drug Control Strategies" (with Kenneth Coyle and Sophia Carr).  Justice Research and Statistics Association and the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Washington, DC.
  • 1990 "Crime Laboratories 1988:  Critical Components of State Drug Control Strategies" (with Kenneth Coyle and Sophia Carr).  Justice Research and Statistics Association and the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice, Washington, DC.
  • 1990 "Futures in Crime Analysis:  Demonstrating the Use of Incident Based Crime Data" (with Kenneth R. Coyle and John C. Schaaf).  U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Washington, DC.
  • 1989 "The Consortium for Drug Strategy Impact Assessment:  A Preliminary Report on Law Enforcement Task Forces, Crime Laboratories, and State Surveys" (with Eric. S. Marx and Thomas Stephenson).  Justice Research and Statistics Association, Washington, DC.
  • 1989 "Evaluating Juvenile Justice Programs:  A Design Monograph for State Planners" (with Timothy Bynum, Ph.D., and Joseph Thome). U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Washington, DC.
  • 1989 "Drug Control Use and Surveys:  A Potential Tool for Developing State Drug Control Strategies" (with Kellie Dressler and Hildy Saizow).  Justice Research and Statistics Association and the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Washington, DC.
  • 1987 "The Pretrial Process in Cook County:  An Analysis of Bond Decisions Made in Felony Cases During 1982-1983" (with Christine A. Devitt and John Markovic, principal authors).   Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, Chicago, Illinois.
  • 1987 "Final Report:  Evaluation of the Office Automation Training Program for Inmates at Patuxent Institution,"  prepared for the National Institute of Corrections.  Patuxent Institution, Jessup, Maryland.
  • 1985 "Cost Effectiveness and Recidivism Analysis,"  prepared for the Maryland Legislative Hearings.  Patuxent Institution, Jessup, Maryland.
  • 1983 "Final Audit Report:  Accuracy and Completeness of the Illinois Department of Corrections CIMIS Database"  (with Christine A. Devitt).  Illinois Law Enforcement Commision, Chicago, Illinois.
  • 1983 "Pretrial Data Project:  The Pretrial Process of Felony Cases in Cook County:  a description of bond setting decisions in Municipal Courts"  (with Christine A. Devitt).  Illinois Law Enforcement Commision, Chicago, Illinois.
  • 1982 "CIMIS Data Project:  Operations Report & Data Survey Report, Cook County Department of Corrections" (with Brant Serxner).  Illinois Law Enforcement Commission, Chicago, Illinois.
  • 1979 "Data Sources on Probation, Conditional Discharge, Supervision, and Periodic Imprisonment in Illinois"  (revised September, 1981).  Illinois Law Enforcement Commission, Chicago, Illinois.
  • 1977 "Data Sources on the Incidence of Arson in Illinois"  (revised March, 1981).  Illinois Law Enforcement Commission, Chicago, Illinois.

Honors

  • Elected 2005 Fellow of Leadership Greater Chicago
  • Distinguished Lecturer, Governors State University, January 2005
  • Recipient. inaugural CHIP (Community Honoring Incredible People) Award, from Alliance of Logan Square Organizations, September 2000
  • Rapport Leadership International Master Graduate, July 2000
  • Harvard University School of Public Health, Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods  Employee of the Year, 1993

Presentations

  • 2007 "Gaining Confidence in Program Assessments and Evaluations," (with Jeffrey Butts), presented at the 1st Annual Collaborative Juvenile Justice Conference, Springfield, IL, October 31, 2007.
  • 2006 "Organization and Behavioral Theory:  Bridging the Gap," presented at the Annual Meeting of the Justice Statistics and Research Association, Denver, CO, October 13, 2006
  • 2006 "Approaches to Implementing Evidence Based Practices: Comparative Perspectives from Two States," presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Probation and Parole Association, Chicago, IL, July 24, 2006 (with Marjorie Groot and Kevin Johnson).
  • 2006 "A Logic Model for Understanding the Link Between Higher Education and Illinois Probation," workshop presented at the Summer Conference of the Illinois Probation and Court Services Association, April 2006.
  • 2005 "Higher Education and Illinois Probation," roundtable session conducted at the Annual Meeting of the Illinois Probation and Court Services Association, Decatur, Illinois, October 20, 2005.
  • 2004 "Developing a Citizen Oversight Initiative for the DuPage County Juvenile Detention Center," presented at a meeting sponsored by the DuPage County Juvenile Probation and Court Services Department, January 15, 2004.
  • 2003 "Systemic Juvenile Justice Reform Efforts in Illinois:  establishing accountability," Northwestern
     University, symposium on juvenile justice and child welfare, sponsored by the Child Welfare League of
    America, December 12, 2000.
  • 2003 Testimony on use of force and brutality at the Cook County Department of Corrections, presented to the Cook County Board of Commissioners, Law Enforcement and Corrections Committee (March 12, 2003).
  • 2003 "Issues in Corrections – What Prosecutors and Defense Attorneys Should Know about Mental Health in
    Corrections," Northwestern University School of Law, Short Course for Defense Lawyers and
    Prosecutors, July 2003 (with J.W. Fairman and Cara Smith).
  • 2002 "Patuxent Institution: an American Experiment in Corrections," presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, IL, November 13, 2002.
  • 2002 "STRATEGIC APPROACHES TO COMMUNITY SAFETY INITIATIVE:  Partnering Researchers with Practitioners to Reduce Violent Crime and Fatalities in 10 U.S. Cities," presented at the annual meeting of  the Homicide Research Working Group, St. Louis, MO, June 1, 2002.
  • 2001 "Methodological and Practical Issues in Evaluating Community Involvement in Public Safety
    Partnerships," presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA,
    November 2001.
  • 2001 "Analyzing the Displacement Effects of Nuisance Abatement:  a Pre/Post Hot Spot Analysis in Chicago,"
    (with Dan Higgins, Chicago Police Department), presented at the U.S. Department of Justice Annual
    Conference on Research and Evaluation, Washington, DC, July 2000.
  • 2000 "National Assessment of the Strategic Approaches to Community Safety Initiative (SACSI)," presented at
    the U.S. Department of Justice Annual Conference on Research and Evaluation, Washington, DC, July
    2000.
  • 1999 "The Yorkville High School Survey:  A needs assessment survey on violence, fear, and intimidation,"
    (with Sharon Shipinski), presented at the 1999 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology,
    November 1999, Toronto.
  • 1998 "Implementing a Public Safety Partnership Institute:  A Qualitative Evaluation of Organizational Goals,
    Culture, and Discourse," (with Greg Matoesian), presented at the Annual Meeting of the American
    Evaluation Association, Chicago, Illinois, November 1998.
  • 1998 "Community Policing Training:  Exploring Variations in Community Policing Training Needs," (with Sandra Kaminska Costello), presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, DC, November 1998.
  • 1998 "Building Effective Training Partnerships," (with William Fitzgerald, Michael Nila, and Rhonda Washington), presented at the Police Executive Research Forum's Annual Problem Oriented Policing Conference, San Diego, California, November 1998.
  • 1997 "Preliminary Findings from the Evaluation of the Chicago Anti-Gang and Drug Initiative," presented at the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services Cluster Conference in Miami, Florida, December 1997, with Nola Joyce and Daniel Higgins.
  • 1996 "The Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods: Possibilities and Responsibilities," presented at the Bureau of Justice Statistics/Justice Research and Statistics Association Annual Conference in San Antonio, Texas, October 1996.
  • 1995 "Agency Records as a Research Resource: The Development, Establishment, and Activities of an Agency Records Unit," presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Boston, Massachusetts, March 1995.
  • 1994 "The JRSA survey on state criminal justice research priorities."  Proceedings of the 1993 National Conference of the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the Justice Research and Statistics Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 1993, with Ernest Cowles, Ph.D.
  • 1994 "The 'hired gun' forecast:  lessons learned as an expert witness."  Proceedings of the 1993 National Conference of the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the Justice Research and Statistics Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 1993.
  • 1990 "The Consortium for Drug Strategy Impact Assessment:  A State/Federal Partnership for Policy Analysis," presented at the National Governors' Association third Joint Conference on Integrating Data for Decisionmaking, May, 1990.
  • 1988 "Consensus Forecasting in the States:  A Survey of Policy Work Group Participants."  Report prepared for the Virginia Department of Corrections.
  • 1988 "The Consortium for Drug Strategy Impact Assessment:  Description of an Organizational Approach to State and Federal Drug Policy Analysis," presented at the 1988 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, Illinois, November 1988.
  • 1988 "Projecting Criminal Justice Populations in a Policy Environment," (with John P. O'Connell).  Paper published in the proceedings of the National Governors' Association Second Joint Conference on Integrating Data for Decisionmaking, December 1988.
  • 1985 "Assessing Staff and Inmate Perceptions of their Environment:  an application of the Correctional Institution Environment Scale at Patuxent Institution."  Presented at the 1985 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Las Vegas.
  • 1983 "The Impact of a Computerized Information System on the Operations of the Cook County Department of Corrections."  (with Brant Serxner).  Presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology in Denver, Colorado.
  • 1980 "Aggregation problems in the Analysis of Illinois Statewide Criminal Justice Data."  Presented at the May, 1980 Joint National Conference of the Institute of Management Sciences and the Operations Research Society of America (TIMS/ORSA) in Washington, D.C.

Research

  • Law Enforcement Technology
  • Administration of Justice
  • Corrections, Penology, Correctional Administration, Correctional Treatment, Recidivism
  • Evaluation Research
  • Community Corrections
  • Research Management and Design
  • Sociology of Law, Law and Society
  • Sociology of Organizations/Public Organizations
  • Youth Development and Empowerment
  • Restorative and Community Justice

Service

Proposals Funded

  • 2008 Strengthening Restorative Justice Practices in South Suburban Schools, Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office (under review), will provide for training and implementation of restorative justice initiatives in several high schools and middle schools in the south suburbs of Chicago, $35,000.
  • 2008 Research Partner for the US Attorney’s Office, Central District of Illinois Project Safe Neighborhoods, a research and technical assistance project focusing on gang, drug, and violent (gun) crime prevention and suppression in four Illinois communities, $15,040.
  • 2006 Research Partner for the US Attorney’s Office, Central District of Illinois Project Safe Neighborhoods (with Ralph Weisheit), a preliminary research and technical assistance project focusing on gang, drug, and violent (gun) crime prevention and suppression in four Illinois communities, $12,800.
  • 2006 Center for Law Enforcement Technology Collaboration (with Steve Shih, Karen D’Arcy), collaborative venture with the Governors State University Liberal Arts and Sciences Divisions and the South Suburban Association of Chiefs of Police to develop post-baccalaureate certification programs in forensics, digital forensics, and services science, $500,000.
  • 2005 “Process Evaluation of the DuPage County Drug Court Program,” 18th Judicial Circuit, $20,000.
  • 2005 “Prisoner Information, Referral, and Linkages,” United Way of Metropolitan Chicago, supports the John Howard Association’s efforts to respond to prisoner correspondence, solve problems, and advocate for the incarcerated, $76,000 per year for three years; other funding support secured through individuals and foundations.
  • 2003 “Management and Organizational Development at the John Howard Association,” Chicago Community Trust, initiation of new Board of Directors and strategic planning activities, $6,650.
  • 2003 “Funding Support for the Juvenile Justice Reform Initiative,” Polk Bros. Foundation, supports juvenile justice correctional facility monitoring and reform activities in the Chicago area, $15,000.
  • 2003 “Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center Technical Assistance Project,” Cook County Board of Commissioners, coordination of technical assistance and training activities pertaining to the Detention Center’s compliance with the Memorandum of Agreement pertaining to the Doe v. Cook County class action lawsuit, $150,000.
  • 2003 “Juvenile Justice Reform Initiative,” John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, 3-year continuation of a program to monitor the conditions of confinement in Illinois youth correctional facilities and juvenile detention centers, and to advocate for juvenile justice system reform, $390,000.
  • 2002 “Special Monitoring Reports on the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center,” Annie E. Casey Foundation, funds four special monitoring reports on programs and conditions of confinement at the detention center, $10,000.
  • 2002 “Performance-Based Measurement for Illinois Probation” (with Arthur Lurigio), Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, development and implementation of a one-day workshop on the development of performance-based outcome measures for Illinois probation agencies.  $3,997.
  • 2002 “Symposium on Restorative Justice in Cook County” (with Clark Peters and Kenneth Keller), Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, $3,000.
  • 2001 “Examining Minority Trust and Confidence in the Police in Chicago,” (with Dennis Rosenbaum, Darnell Hawkins, Sandra K. Costello, and Wesley Skogan), National Institute of Justice, an 18-month study of citizen perceptions of police in the city of Chicago, involving a city-wide phone interview and field research in six Chicago communities.  $343,000.
  • 2001 “Technical Assistance and Research Relating To Illinois Department of Corrections Inmate Reception and Classification,” (with David Olson, Loyola University of Chicago), Illinois Department of Corrections, a pilot project to develop new data collection methods and processes for the inmate reception process at IDOC with the aim of improving the inmate reception process when the new IDOC reception unit opens in 2002. $40,160.
  • 2001 “Calendar History Data Project,” Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, a technical assistance project involving the reformatting and data quality assessment of research data set containing 24-month histories of abuse and related events for a sample of approximately 600 abused women in Chicago.  $18,000.
  • 2000 "Study of the GIRLS LINK Collaborative" (with Laurie Schaffner), Cook County Board of Commissioners.  Funding to support the first phase of a multi-year evaluation of GIRLS LINK, a collaborative organization that promotes gender-specific and gender-sensitive programs for girls in the Cook County juvenile justice system.  $150,000.
  • 2000 “Evaluation of the First Defense Legal Aid” program, Chicago Commons.  Funding to evaluate a legal aid program in Chicago that provides legal advice to indigent arrestees.  $20,000.
  • 2000 “Supplement to Youth in Community Policing Project,” Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Community Health and Prevention, Juvenile Justice Commission, and the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority.  Funding to support the 2nd Annual Youth in Community Policing Conference, held in Rolling Meadows in July 2000.  $35,000.
  • 2000 “Community Policing Training to Reduce Domestic Violence,” U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services.  Funding to support the development and implementation of new community policing training curricula regarding the application of community policing and problem-solving methods to domestic violence in public housing in Illinois.  $500,000.
  • 2000 “Supplement to Institute for Public Safety Partnerships community policing grant,” U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services.  Funding to support additional community policing training activities in the Midwest region, including special marketing initiatives and a special conference on community organizing.  $153,000.
  • 2000 “Supplement to the National Assessment of the Strategic Approaches to Community Safety Initiatives” grant, U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice.  Funding to expand a current 5-city research project to an additional 5 cities in the U.S., plus expanded research in the initial five sites.  $450,000.
  • 2000 “Evaluation of the Neighbors Who Care Urban Initiative in Chicago,” Prison Fellowship Ministries, Neighbors Who Care.  Funding to evaluate a church-based victims assistance program in Chicago.  $100,000.
  • 1999 "Community Policing Training to Combat Domestic Violence," U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community-Oriented Policing Services. $500,000.
  • 1999 "Institute for Public Safety Partnerships," U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. (Re-funding of the Regional Community Policing Institute)  $919,000.
  • 1999 "Youth Involvement in Community Policing," Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Community Health and Prevention.  Funding to stimulate youth involvement and empowerment in community policing activities in Illinois local jurisdictions, including workshops, conferences, program grants, and technical assistance.  $586,000.
  • 1999 "Multi-disciplinary Violence Research Center," University of Illinois at Chicago, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research.  Seed funding to establish a campus-wide, multi-disciplinary research center focusing on innovation in violence research, and including development of a national field research institute at UIC (with Dennis Rosenbaum, John Hagedorn, and other UIC faculty).  $100,000.
  • 1999 "National Evaluation of the Strategic Approaches to Community Safety (SACSI) Program."  National Institute of Justice.  In depth process evaluations of five cities implementing this crime prevention model, plus a cross-site comparison.  $450,000.
  • 1998 "Community Policing-Domestic Violence Conference."  Office of Community Oriented Policing Services.  Develop a conference that explores the nexus between community policing and prevention and intervention relating to domestic violence.  $100,000.
  • 1998 "Training and Technical Assistance for the Kankakee Police Department Advancing Community Policing Project."  Kankakee Police Department.  Develop and deliver community policing training to all Kanakakee police personnel, city officials, and community members; assist with the development of new police performance evaluation procedures that reflect the community policing philosophy.  $78,966.
  • 1998 "School Based Partnership for Violence Prevention."  Yorkville Police Department.  Technical assistance and consulting services related to a high school needs assessment regarding violence, bullying, and intimidation.  $20,000.
  • 1998 "Institute for Public Safety Partnerships." Office of Community Oriented Policing Services.  (Re-funding of the Regional Community Policing Institute).  $916,000.
  • 1997 "Regional Community Policing Institute."  U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services.  Development of a regional education, training, and technical assistance center for the promotion of community policing, police-community partnerships, and new curricula in the areas of community policing and problem-oriented policing.  $999,944.
  • 1992 "Organizational Change in Multi-Jurisdictional Narcotics Enforcement Task Forces."  National Institute of Justice.  Development of a survey of narcotics task force commanders regarding changes in goals, targets, and tactics, and organization of task forces.  $35,000.
  • 1992 "Tracking Dangerous Offenders in the District of Columbia Criminal Justice System."  District of Columbia Pretrial Services Agency and the Office of Criminal Justice Plans and Analysis.  An offender and criminal charge tracking project to determine the prosecutorial and judicial outcomes of arrests for dangerous offenses in the District of Columbia.  $37,000.
  • 1992 "The State Reporting and Evaluation Program."  Bureau of Justice Assistance.  Development of a national drug control program performance monitoring information system and regional training workshops on performance monitoring and program evaluation; delivery of technical assistance to state agencies administering and evaluating formula grant-funded drug control programs.  $750,000.
  • 1992 "Establishing an Information System Audit Program for the Indiana Department of Correction."  A project to assess the quality of information in the Indiana Department of Correction’s automated inmate information system, review data quality and audit procedures, and recommend quality control and system improvements. $50,000.
  • 1991 "The National Consortium for Assessing Drug Control Initiatives."  Bureau of Justice Assistance.  Development of a national technical assistance, training, and research project for states and territories implementing Federally funded drug control initiatives.  $1,210,000.
  • 1991 "Evaluating Drug Control Initiatives, 2nd Annual Conference."  Design and implementation of a national conference for 400 speakers and participants on drug control program evaluation.  $240,000.
  • 1990 "The Consortium for Drug Strategy Impact Assessment." Bureau of Justice Assistance.  Development of a multi-state consortium to develop common performance indicators and common approaches to evaluating Federally funded state drug control strategies.  $829,000.
  • 1989 "An Implementation Study on Cooperative Law Enforcement Narcotics Control Task Forces."  National Institute of Justice.  Six case studies in multi-jurisdictional narcotics control task forces; including assessment of proven practices in task force implementation.  $105,000.
  • 1989 "Evaluating Drug Control Initiatives Conference."  National Institute of Justice.  Design and implementation of a national conference for 250 speakers and participants on drug control program evaluation.  $135,000.
  • 1988 "Development of a National Forensic Laboratory Information System."  Bureau of Justice Assistance.  Development of public domain case management software for crime laboratories.  $300,000.
  • 1988 "The National Criminal Justice Computer Laboratory and Training Center, Washington, D.C."  Bureau of Justice Assistance.  Design and implementation of a computer laboratory and training facility for the provision of technical assistance and training services to criminal justice professionals nationwide; developed as a private/public sector joint venture.  Funding totals $625,000 over three years.
  • 1987 "Provision of Technical Assistance for the Development of a Consensus Forecasting Procedure for Prison Populations in Virginia." Virginia Department of Corrections.  Assessment of the Virginia Department of Corrections forecast process, and recommendations regarding data quality control, data analysis, and formulation of a policy work group to guide the forecast process.  $25,000.
  • 1986 "Proposal for a Technical Assistance Grant Award for the Development and Evaluation of Specialized Treatment Programs at Patuxent Institution."  National Institute of Corrections.  Design and implementation of an evaluation project for two treatment programs at Patuxent Institution, a maximum security correctional treatment facility.  One program was for sex offenders, and one was for co-educational group therapy.  $25,000.
  • 1985 "Proposal to Develop an Office Automation Training Program at Patuxent Institution."  National Institute of Corrections.  Design, implementation, and evaluation of a computer assisted office automation training class for inmates at a maximum security prison.  $25,000.
  • 1983 "Tracking Adult and Juvenile Repeat Offenders in Illinois."  Bureau of Justice Statistics.  Development of a sampling strategy and analysis methodology for a recidivism study of 1,000 inmates released from the Illinois Department of Corrections.  $25,000.
  • 1982 "Pretrial Data Project: A Proposal to Document the Data Needs and Develop Coordinated Information Policies for Pretrial Data in the Circuit Court of Cook County." Bureau of Justice Statistics.  Development of a research project regarding bond-setting and pre-trial crime in Cook County.  $25,000.
     

Professional Memberships

  • Justice Research and Statistics Association
  • South Suburban Association of Chiefs of Police (Associate Member)

Active

  • Appointed Member, Governors State University Planning and Budget Advisory Committee, Budget and Finance Committee, September 2008 to September 2010
  • Elected Member, Governing Board, Illinois Balanced and Restorative Justice Project, June 2008 to present
  • Appointed Member, Board of the F.U.T.U.R.E. Youth Foundation, Ford Heights, Illinois, June 2008 to present
  • Member Committee to Review the Governors State University Student Code of Conduct, March 2008 to present
  • Associate Member, South Suburban Association of Chiefs of Police, September 2006 to present
  • Member and Chairperson, Balanced and Restorative Justice Advisory Board, F.U.T.U.R.E. Foundation Youth Services, April 2006 to present
  • Appointed Member, Capital Punishment Reform Study Committee, November 2004 to present, Chair, Police and Investigations Subcommittee, April 2005 to present
  • Elected Member, Redeploy Illinois Oversight Board, April 2004 to present
  • Member, Illinois Balanced and Restorative Justice Initiative, Coordinating Committee, September 2003 to present
  • Vice-Chair, Institutional Review Board, Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, March 2000 to present
  • Member, Illinois Department of Human Services Institutional Review Board, 2004 to present
  • Associate Editor, "Evaluation Review," 1992-present
  • Member, American Correctional Association Research Council, October 2002 to present
  • Member, Criminal Justice Regional Advisory Committee of the College of Arts and Sciences at Governors State University, October 2002 to present
  • Member, Justice Research and Statistics Association, Human Subjects Review Committee, May 1995 to present
  • Member, Technical Consultant Pool for the National Institute of Corrections, 1992 to 1993, 2002 to present

Completed

  • Member, Institute for Public Safety Partnerships Policy Board, May 2002 to September 2008, Chair, September 2002 to August 2005
  • Member, Illinois State Bar Association, Committee on Corrections and Sentencing, 2002 to 2007, Chair 2005–2006
  • Member, Juvenile Justice Initiative Advisory Board, June 2002 to 2007
  • Member, Salvation Army Correctional Services Advisory Board, and Member Salvation Army Correctional Services Research Committee, June 2002 to present, Chair, Research Committee, June 2002 to June 2005
  • Member, Illinois Department of Corrections, Task Force on Mental Health Standards for Jails and Lockups, May 2002 to September 2005
  • Member, Ex-Offenders Employability Task Force, May 2002 to April 2005
  • Member, Correctional Industries Advisory Board, Chicago Metropolis 2020, May 2002 to April 2004
  • Appointed Member, Juvenile Advisory Board to the Illinois Department of Corrections (2003-2005)
  • Appointed Member, Governor’s Community Safety and Reentry Working Group, December 2004 to September 2005
  • Member, advisory panel on implementation of the Prison Rape Reduction Act, U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, December 2003
  • Member, Governor’s Transition Task Force on Corrections Reform:  Reentry and Parole, December 2002
  • Secretary, University of Illinois at Chicago Phi Beta Kappa, Iota Chapter, May 1999 to May 2002
  • Member, Community Policing Subcommittee of the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police, 1998 to 2002
  • Member, Advisory Board for Illinois Coalition for Violence Prevention, Evaluation Resource Institute, 1999 to 2001
  • Advisory Board, Abt Associates, National Evaluation of Multijurisdictional Task Forces, 1999 to 2001
  • Program Committee, Chicago Youth Agency Partnership, 1999–2000
  • Co-Chair, Distance Learning Task Force, University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Criminal Justice, 1998-99 Academic Year
  • Special Member of the Graduate Faculty, University of Maryland at College Park, 1997 to 1999
  • Member, Advisory Panel for the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics National Criminal History Improvement Program, State Firearms Research Project, April 1996
  • Member, Bureau of Prisons Central Office Research Committee, 1990–1994
  • Member, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Advisory Panel for a national "Children in Custody" research and information system project, 1990 to 1991
  • Member, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Advisory Panel on Evaluation Research, 1989–1990
  • Member, American Statistical Association work group on recruiting statistical practitioners, 1990
  • Member, Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services Business Planning Group, June to September, 1986