Department of Justice Studies Faculty
This is the official KSU web page for the faculty in the Department
of Justice Studies.
The
following is a list of all regular full-time (tenure track) faculty.
Consult the department at 330-672-2775 for other faculty information, including
office hours and current part-time instructors.
Dr. Tim Berard, Associate Professor
Education: Ph.D.,
E-mail: tberard@kent.edu
Research Interests and areas of expertise: Deviance; Law &
Society; Inequality & Discrimination; Culture & Subcultures; Language
& Social Identity; Sociological Theory.
Recent Publications: ‘Deviant Subcultures,’ in the Encyclopedia of
Sociology, ed. George Ritzer, Blackwell
(September, 2006); ‘From
Concepts to Methods: On the Observability of
Inequality,’ in Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 35(3):
236-256 [Lead article in special issue
on constructionism and inequality] (June, 2006); ‘Racial
Profiling,’ pp. 1421-1430 in Social
Issues in America: An Encyclopedia, ed. James Ciment,
Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe (2006); ‘Extending Hate Crime Legislation to Include Gender: Explicating
an Analogical Method of Advocacy,’ Qualitative Sociology Review
1(2): 43-64 [Available on-line] (December, 2005); 'Comparative Perspectives on Democracy and
Homeland Security: Commentary,' book chapter in Homeland Security: Controversies, Strategies
and Impact, ed. Nawal
Ammar, Kent State University Press [available on-line] (2005); 'Evaluative Categories of Action and
Identity in Non-Evaluative Human Studies Research: Examples from Ethnomethodology,' Qualitative Sociology Review
1(1): 1-25 [Lead Article] [Available on-line] (August, 2005); ‘Rethinking Practices and
Structures.’ Journal for the Philosophy of the Social Sciences
35(2): 196-230 (June, 2005); ‘On
Multiple Identities and Educational Contexts: Remarks on the study of
inequalities and discrimination,’ Journal of Language, Identity, and
Education 4(1): 67-76 (2005);
‘Ethnomethodology as Radical Sociology:
An Expansive Appreciation of Melvin Pollner’s
“Constitutive and Mundane Versions of Labeling Theory,”’ Human
Studies 26(4): 431-448 (December, 2003);
‘Moving Forward by Looking Back: Revisiting Melvin Pollner’s “Constitutive and Mundane Versions of
Labeling Theory,”’ Human Studies 25(4): 495-498 [25th
anniversary issue] (December, 2002). ‘“Japanese American”
Identity and the Problem of Multiple Description: Disjunctive Versions of the
Japanese Exclusion Order,’ pp. 144-168 in Language, Interaction, and
National Identity, ed. Stephen Hester and
For more information, please see Dr. Berard’s personal web-page: http://www.timberard.info .
Dr. Albert K. Bhak, Emeritus Professor
Education: Ph.D.,
Dr. Thomas W. Brewer, Associate Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator
Education: Ph.D., University at Albany (SUNY), 2003
Email: twbrewer@kent.edu
Research Interests and areas of expertise: Capital punishment,
Quantitiative research methods, The use of technology in criminal justice.
Research projects include coordinator, Ohio Capital Jury Project.
Recent Publications: Brewer, T.W. (in press), The
attorney-client relationship in capital cases and its impact on juror
receptivity to mitigation evidence. Justice
Quarterly; Brewer,
T.W., & Flannery, D. (in press), School Violence. In Encyclopedia
of Sociology. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing; Brewer, T.W. (2004) Race
and jurors’ receptivity to mitigation in capital cases: The effect of
jurors’, defendants’, and victims’ race in combination.
Law and Human Behavior, 28(5), 529-545; Bowers, W.J., Sandys, M., & Brewer, T.W. (2004), Killings that cross racial boundaries: A closer
look at the roots of racial bias in capital sentencing. DePaul Law Review, 53(4),
1497-1538; Acker, J.R., Brewer, T.W., Cunningham, E., Fitzgerald, A., Flexon, J., Lombard, J., Ryn,
B., & Stodghill, B. (2001), No appeal from the
grave: Capital punishment and the lessons of history. In S. D. Westervelt, J.A. Humphrey, & M. L. Radelet
(Eds.), Wrongly Convicted: Perspectives on
failed justice (pp. 154-173). Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
Brian Chopko, Assistant Professor, Regional Campuses
(Stark)
Education: ABD, University of
Email: bchopko@kent.edu
Research Interests and areas of expertise: Policing; victimology;
post-traumatic stress and crime victims, offenders, and police officers.
Recent Publications: Schwartz,
R.C., Smith, S.D., & Chopko, B.A. (in press).
“Psychotherapists’ Countertransference
Reactions Towards Clients With Antisocial Personality
Disorder and Schizophrenia: An Empirical Test of Theory.” American Journal of
Psychotherapy.
Dr.
Mark Colvin, Professor
Education: Ph.D.,
E-mail: mcolvin1@kent.edu
Research interests and areas of expertise: Criminological theory,
Punishment and corrections, and Juvenile delinquency.
Recent publications: M. Colvin (2007),
"Applying
Differential Coercion and Social Support Theory to Prison Organizations: The
Case of the Penitentiary of New Mexico." The Prison Journal 87
(September): 367-387;
J. D. Unnever, M. Colvin, and F. T. Cullen (2003),
“Crime and Coercion: A Test of Core Propositions,” Journal
of Research in Crime and Delinquency (in press); M. Colvin, F. T.
Cullen, and T. Vander Ven (2002). “Coercion,
Social Support, and Crime: An Emerging Theoretical Consensus,” Criminology
40: 19-42; M. Colvin (2000), Crime and Coercion:
An Integrated Theory of Chronic Criminality (
For more information, please see Dr. Colvin's personal web
page http://home.earthlink.net/~suzannecolvin/
Dr. Daniel J. Flannery. Professor & Director of the Institute for the Study and Prevention of
Violence
Education: Ph.D., The
E-mail: dflanne1@kent.edu
Research interests and areas of expertise: Interests include a
focus on risk and protective factors related to delinquency and violence
prevention, as well as investigations of how parent-child and parent-adolescent
relationships impact early adolescent problem behavior.
Recent publications: Hack, M., Flannery, D., Schluchter,
M., Cartar, L., Borawski,
E., & Klein, N. (2002), “Young adult outcomes of very low birth
weight children.? New England Journal of Medicine,
346, 149- 157; Blankenmeyer, M., Flannery, D.,
& Vazsonyi, A. (2002), “The role of
aggression and social competence in children’s perceptions of the child-teacher
relationship,” Psychology in the Schools, 39, 293- 304; Flannery,
D., Vazsonyi, A., Liau, A.,
Guo, S., Powell, K., Atha,
H., Vesterdal, W., & Embry, D. (2003),
“Initial behavior outcomes for Peacebuilders
universal school-based violence prevention program,” Developmental
Psychology, 39, 292-308; Drotar, D., Flannery,
D., Day, E., Friedman, S., Creedon, R., Gartland, H., McDavid, L., Tame,
C., & McTaggert, M. (2003),
“Identifying and responding to the mental health service needs of
children who have experienced violence: A community-based
approach,” Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 9, 187-204;
Flannery, D., Singer, M., & Wester, K.
(2003), “Violence, coping and mental health in a community sample
of adolescents,” Violence and Victims, 18, 1-16; Farrell, A.,
& Flannery, D (In press), “Youth violence prevention: Are we there
yet?” Journal of Family Violence; Flannery, D., Wester,
K., & Singer, M. (In press), “Impact of school violence exposure on
child mental health and violence,” Journal of Community Psychology;
Arendt, R., Short, E., Singer, L., Klein, N., Minnes,
S., Hewitt, J., Flynn, S., Carlson, L., Min, M., & Flannery, D. (In press),
“Children prenatally exposed to cocaine: Developmental outcomes and
environmental risk at seven years of age,” Journal of Developmental
and Behavioral Pediatrics; Vazsonyi, A., Belliston, L., & Flannery, D. (In press),
“Evaluation of a school-based, universal violence prevention program:
Low, medium and high risk children,” Youth Violence and Juvenile
Justice; Flannery, D. (Forthcoming), “You talkin’
ta me?? Violence and mental health in everyday
life,” Altamira Press; Flannery, D., Hussey, D., Biebelhausen, L., & Wester,
K. (2003), “Crime, delinquency and youth gangs,” in G. Adams &
M. Berzonsky (Eds), The
Blackwell Handbook of Adolescence (pp. 502-522), Oxford: Blackwell;
Flannery, D. (In press), “Opportunity provision in the context of merging
science and community-based best practice,” in J. Kreinert and M. Fleisher (Eds).,
Crime and Employment: Critical Issues in Crime Reduction for
Corrections,” Walnut Creek, CA: Rowan & Littlefield.;
Singer, M., & Flannery, D. (Eds.; Forthcoming), “Exposure to
violence in the community,” Journal of Community Psychology.
For more information, please see Dr. Flannery’s page with ISPV
Dr. David L. Hussey, Associate Professor
Education: Ph.D.,
E-mail: dhussey@kent.edu
Research interests and areas of expertise: Interests include child
mental health treatment, child welfare, dual disorders, youth trauma and
victimization, and social service delivery.
Recent publications: Hussey, D., & Flannery, D., (in press),
“Implementing and evaluating school-based primary prevention programs and
the importance of differential effects on outcomes,” Journal of School
Violence; Hussey, D., Flannery, D., Drinkard, A.,
& Falletta,
L., (in press), “Comorbid substance use and
mental health issues among offending youth,” Social Work Practice in Addictions; Timmons-Mitchell,
J., Hussey, D., Buckeye, L., Usaj, K., &
Mitchell, C., (2006). “The Child
and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS), Multisystemic
Therapy (MST), and Safe Schools / Healthy Students: Resilience in
action,” in C. Newman, C. Liberton, K. Kutash, & R.
Friedman (Eds.), The18th Annual Research Conference Proceedings: A System of
Care for Children’s Mental Health, Expanding the Research Base, (pp.
212-214), Tampa, FL: University of South
Florida, The Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Research and
Training Center for Children's Mental Health; Hussey, D., & Guo, S.,(2005),
“Characteristics and trajectories of treatment foster care youth,” Child
Welfare, 84(4), 485-506; Flannery,
D., Hussey, D., Jefferis, E., (2005), “Adolescent delinquency and violent
behavior,” in G. Adams & T. Gullota (Eds.),
The Treatment and Prevention of Dysfunctional Behavior in Adolescence,
Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishing; Hussey, D., &
Guo, S., (Fall, 2005), “Forecasting length of
stay in child residential treatment,”
Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 36(1), 93-109; Guo, S.,
& Hussey, D.L., (2004), “Nonprobability sampling in social work research: Dilemmas,
consequences, and strategies,” Journal
of Social Service Research, 30(3), 1-18;
Hussey, D., & Guo, S., (2003),
“Measuring behavior change in young children receiving intensive
school-based mental health services,”
Journal of Community Psychology, 31(6), 629-639; Hussey, D., & Layman, D.,
(2003), “Music therapy with emotionally disturbed
children,” Psychiatric Times, 20(6); Layman, D.,
Hussey, D., (2003), “Music therapy issues and strategies for
working with adoptive and foster care children,” in D.J. Betts (Ed.), Creative
Arts Approaches to Adoptive and Foster Care Treatment, (pp. 124-127),
Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, LTD., Springfield, IL; Flannery, D.,
Hussey, D., Biebelhausen, L., & Wester, K., (2003), “Crime, delinquency, and youth
gangs,” in G. R. Adams & M. Berzonsky
(Eds.), Blackwell Handbook of Adolescence (pp. 502-522), Oxford, UK:
Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
For more information, please see Dr. Hussey’s page with ISPV.
Dr. Eric Jefferis, Assistant Professor
Education: Ph.D.,
Email: ejefferi@kent.edu
Research Interests and areas of expertise: Police practices, violence, evaluation research, spatial analyses, applications of technology in criminal justice. Research Projects include Co-PI: Project Safe Neighborhoods for the Northern District of Ohio, Research Partner.
Recent Publications:
Flannery, D., Hussey, D. and Jefferis, E. (forthcoming). “Adolescent delinquency and violent behavior.” In Adams, Gerald and Gullota,
Thomas (Ed.) The Treatment and Prevention of Dysfunctional
Behavior in Adolescence. Boston:
Kluwer Academic Publishing; Frank, J., and Jefferis, E. (2005). “Multi-jurisdictional drug task forces,” pp. 123-124
in Knowles, Jeffery (Managing Editor), The State of Crime and Justice in
Dr. David A. Kessler, Associate Professor
Education: Ph.D.,
E-mail: dkessler@kent.edu
Research interests and areas of expertise: Police administration and
community policing.
Recent publications: D. A. Kessler (1999), "The effects of
community policing on complaints against officers," Journal of
Quantitative Criminology (September).
Dr. Peter C. Kratcoski, Emeritus Professor; Adjunct Professor,
Regional Campuses (Stark Campus)
Education: Ph.D., The
E-mail: pkratcos@kent.edu
, pkratco2@stark.edu
, petekrat@aol.com
Research interests and areas of expertise: Juvenile delinquency,
criminology, corrections, community policing, comparative international police
studies, and victimology.
Recent publications: P. C. Kratcoski (2000), Correctional
counseling and treatment, 4th ed. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland
Press. P. C. Kratcoski and Dilip K. Das (1999), "International
police cooperation: A world perspective," Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management
22 (2): 214-241.
Dr. Shelley Johnson Listwan, Assistant Professor
Education: Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, 2001
E-mail: slistwan@kent.edu
Research Interests and areas of expertise: Criminological Theory, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation
Recent Publications: Listwan,
Shelley J., Patricia Van Voorhis, and P. Neal Ritchey
(forthcoming). “Criminal
Behavior, Personality, and Risk Assessment.” Criminal
Justice and Behavior. Listwan, Shelley J., Kimberly Gentry Sperber,
Lisa Murphy Spruance, and Patricia Van Voorhis
(2004). “High Anxiety Offenders in Correctional Settings:
It’s Time for Another Look.”
Federal Probation, June Issue, 43-50. Shaffer, Deborah K, Shelley Johnson Listwan,
Edward J. Latessa (2004)
“The Effectiveness of Ohio’s Drug Courts. Ohio Corrections Research Compendium,
2, 255-263. Van Voorhis, Patricia, Lisa M. Spruance, Shelley Johnson
Listwan, P. Neal Ritchey, and Renita Seabrook.
(2004) “Results of the Georgia Cognitive Skills Experiment: A Replication
of Reasoning and Rehabilitation.” Criminal
Justice and Behavior, 31(3), 282-305. Listwan, Shelley Johnson,
Jody L. Sundt, Alex M. Holsinger,
and Edward J. Latessa. (2003) “The Impact of Drug Court
Programming on Recidivism: The Cincinnati Experience.” Crime and Delinquency, 49(3):
389 - 411.
Dr. Molly Merryman, Associate Professor, Regional Campuses (Trumbull)
Adjunct Faculty, History Department; Journalism & Mass Communications
Department; American Studies Program; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered
Studies Program; Women's Studies Program
Education: Ph.D., Bowling Green State University, 1995
E-mail: mmerryma@kent.edu
Research interests and areas of expertise: Constructions of crime and
justice in popular culture and the mass media; women and justice; minorities
and justice; historical constructions of institutional power; pornography;
victimology, cultural history.
Recent publications: Clipped Wings: The Rise and Fall of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPS) of World War II,
Recent documentaries: “Women Who Flew,” with Tom Baumann, Lipstik Productions (1994), 10 min.
Dr. Hedieh Nasheri, Professor and Paralegal Studies Program
Coordinator
Education: Ph. D., Case Western Reserve University, 1992
E-mail: hnasheri@kent.edu
Research interests and areas of expertise: Law & Technology,
Intellectual Property, Protection of Trade Secrets & Economic Espionage,
Cybercrimes, and Comparative Jurisprudence.
Recent publications: Nasheri,
H. "The
Breadth and Dynamics of Illegal Internet Drug SalesThe Emergence of an
Ill-Defined Marketplace and the Case of the United States," Monatsschrift
fuer Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform, Vol. 90 Issue 2/3 (April/June) 2007,
175-190. Nasheri, H. "Economic
Espionage and Industrial Spying, Cambridge University Press, New York, London,
2005, 270 pp. Nasheri, H. Crime and
Justice in the Age of Court TV, New York, LFB Scholarly Publishing, New York,
2002, 219 pp. Nasheri, H. Betrayal
of Due Process: A Comparative Assessment of Plea Bargaining in the United
States and Canada, University Press of America, New York, Oxford, 1998. 218 pp.
Nasheri, H. " Addressing the Global Scope of Intellectual Property
Crimes and Policy Initiatives", Trends in Organized Crime, Vol. 8 No. 4,
Summer 2005, 79-108. Nasheri, H. "Addressing
Global Scope of Intellectual Property Law", (November 2004) U.S Department
of Justice, Document Number 208384, NCJ 208384 Nasheri, H.
"Intellectual Property, Organized Crime and Terrorism", International
Journal of Comparative Criminology, Vol. 4, Number 1, (June 2004) 24-47. Nasheri, H.
"Intellectual Property, Organized Crime and Terrorism", Reprinted in
J. Albanese, ed. Transnational Crime (de Sitter, 2005). Nasheri,
H."The Intersection of Technology Crimes and Cyberspace in Europe:
The Case of
For more information,
please see Dr. Nasheri's Web Page
Dr. George A. Pownall, Emeritus Professor
Education: Ph.D.,
Dr. Pamela Tontodonato, Associate Professor
Education: Ph. D.,
E-mail: ptontodo@kent.edu
Research interests and areas of
expertise: Juvenile delinquency, criminal careers, violent crime,
victimology, women and crime, criminological theory, quantitative methods.
Recent publications: P. Tontodonato
& F. Hagan (forthcoming fall 2008).
"What Causes Delinquency? Classical and
Sociological Theories of Crime.” Chapter 2 in Controversies in Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency, 2nd edition,
P. Benekos and A.
For more information, please see Dr. Tontodonato's
personal web page: http://www.personal.kent.edu/~ptontodo/
Dr.
Donald B. Walker, Emeritus
Associate Professor (deceased)
Education: Ph. D.,
Please call the Department during normal business hours at (330) 672-2775
(Kent Campus) if you desire more information or wish to contact the Kent Campus
faculty.
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