Amy Anderson is an Associate Professor. She received her B.A. in Sociology/Criminology from Ohio State University in 1997, M.A. from the Crime, Law, & Justice Program (Sociology Department) at Pennsylvania State University (2000), and her Ph.D. from the Crime, Law, & Justice Program at Pennsylvania State University in 2003.

Her research interests include time use and deviance, the relationship between family, school, and neighborhoods and delinquency, public perceptions of sex offenders, and quantitative methods. Vita

amyanderson@unomaha.edu

Selected Publications

Anderson, Amy L. (2013). “Adolescent Time Use, Companionship and the Relationship with Development,” in Gibson, C.L. & Krohn, M.D. (Eds.) Handbook of Life-Course Criminology: Emerging Trends and Directions for Future Research (Chapter 7; forthcoming). Springer Verlag, New York.

Anderson, Amy L. and Lorine A. Hughes. (2009). “Exposure to Situations Conducive to Delinquent Behavior: The Effects of Time Use, Income, and Transportation.” Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 46(1): 5-34.

Anderson, Amy L. and Lisa L. Sample. (2008). “Public Awareness and Action Resulting from Sex Offender Notification Laws.” Criminal Justice Policy Review, 19(4): 371-396.

Osgood, D. Wayne and Amy L. Anderson. (2004). “Unstructured Socializing and Rates of Delinquency.” Criminology, 42(3): 519-550.

Candice Batton is an Associate Professor and Director of the School. She received her B.A. in Sociology from the University of Nebraska Lincoln (1991), M.A. in Sociology from Kansas State University (1993), and Ph.D. in Sociology from Vanderbilt University (1999).

Her primary research interest is historical studies of crime and violence rates in the United States.  She is also interested in gender differences in crime.  The majority of her work utilizes econometric and time series analysis techniques to examine factors associated with 20th century trends in crime and violence rates.  Her work has appeared in journals such as Justice Quarterly, Criminology, Deviant Behavior, Homicide Studies, and Historical Methods.

cbatton@unomaha.edu

Selected Publications

Ogle, Robbin S., and Candice Batton. 2009. “Revisiting Patriarchy: Its Conceptualization and Operationalization in Criminology.” Critical Criminology 17:159-182.

Jorgensen, Edan L., Candice Batton, and Stacia Jorgensen. (Forthcoming) . “ Strain on the Street: Victimization and Suicide among Homeless Youth.” International Journal of Sociological Research.

Batton, Candice. 2004. “Gender Differences in Lethal Violence: Historical Trends in the Relationship Between Homicide and Suicide Rates, 1960-2000.” Justice Quarterly 21:3:423-462.

Batton, Candice, and Colleen Kadleck. 2004. “Theoretical and Methodological Issues in Racial Profiling Research.” Police Quarterly 7:1:30-64.

Jonathan R. Brauer is an Assistant Professor. He received his B.S. in Sociology and Anthropology from Rockford College in 2003, M.S. in Sociology from North Carolina State University in 2007, and Ph.D. in Sociology from North Carolina State University in 2011. His research focuses primarily on testing and developing theories of crime and delinquency and on investigating social processes that affect child and adolescent development. Vita

jbrauer@unomaha.edu

Selected Publications

Brauer, Jonathan R., Charles R. Tittle, Olena Antonaccio, and Zaki Islam. 2012. “Childhood Experiences and Self-Control.” Deviant Behavior 33:375-392.

Brauer, Jonathan R. and Charles R. Tittle. 2012. “Social Learning Theory and Human Reinforcement.”  Sociological Spectrum 32(2):157-177.

Wills, Jeremiah B. and Jonathan R. Brauer. 2012. “Have Children Adapted to Their Mothers Working, or was Adaptation Unnecessary? Cohort Effects and the Relationship between Maternal Employment and Child Well-Being.”  Social Science Research 41(2):425-443.

Brauer, Jonathan R. 2009. “Testing Social Learning Theory using Reinforcement’s Residue: A Multi-level Analysis of Self-Reported Theft and Marijuana Use in the National Youth Survey.” Criminology 47(3):929-970.

Pauline K. Brennan received her Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from the University at Albany, SUNY, and is an Associate Professor and the Doctoral Program Chair for the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO).  She also serves as the Director of the London Program for UNO and as the Vice President for the Association of Doctoral Programs in Criminology and Criminal Justice.  She is the author or co-author of over 20 papers and book chapters that pertain to court processing, correctional issues, and adult-female offenders and victims. 

Professor. Brennan has been the principal investigator on projects funded by the National Institute of Corrections (for studies of two community-based programs for female offenders-- Summit House and Women at Risk) and by the Foundation for the Carolinas (for a study of case processing outcomes for drug offenders in North Carolina).  She is currently in the process of finalizing two evaluation studies and is working on several papers with graduate students about the predictive validity of the LSI-R, with focus placed on whether the instrument’s utility varies by inmate gender and/or by race/ethnicity.  Her recent published work on sentencing disparity and media depictions of offenders also reflects her interest in how outcomes are affected by offender race/ethnicity and gender. Vita

pkbrennan@unomaha.edu

Selected Publications

Houser, Kimberly A., Steven Belenko, and Pauline K. Brennan (2012, in press).  The effects of mental health and substance abuse on institutional misconduct among female offenders.  Justice Quarterly.

Brennan, Pauline K., Abby L. Vandenberg, Meda Chesney-Lind, and *Timbre Wulf Ludden (2012, in press).  Media depictions of female drug offenders:  Does race/ethnicity matter?  Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture. 

Vandenberg, Abby L., Pauline K. Brennan, and Meda Chesney-Lind (forthcoming).  “What’s the Story?  The Impact of Race/Ethnicity on Crime Story Tone for Female Offenders” in B. Russell (ed.) Perceptions of Women Offenders.  New York:  Springer.

Spohn, Cassia and Pauline K. Brennan (2011). “The Joint Effects of Offender Race/ethnicity and Sex on Substantial Assistance Departures in Federal Courts,” Race and Justice:  An International Journal, 1(1):  49-78.

Samantha Clinkinbeard is an Assistant Professor.  She received her B.A. in Psychology from Central College in Pella, Iowa (2002), M.A. (2004) and Ph.D. (2007) in Social Psychology from the University of Nevada, Reno.  Her primary research interests include self-concept, future orientation, and motivation as they relate to delinquency and other at-risk behaviors among adolescents. She has been involved in a number of program evaluations, the most recent of which relates to alcohol use under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Strategic Planning Framework State Incentive Grant (SPF-SIG). She also has teaching and research interests surrounding survey research methods, juvenile justice, and the intersection between psychology and the law. Vita

sclinkinbeard@unomaha.edu

Selected Publications

Clinkinbeard, S. S. & Zohra, T. (2012). Expectations, fears, and strategies: Juvenile offender thoughts on a future outside of incarceration. Youth & Society, 44(2), 236-257.

Clinkinbeard, S. S. & Murray, C. I. (2012). Perceived support, belonging, and possible self strategies among incarcerated juvenile offenders. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 42(5), 1218-1240.

Clinkinbeard, S. S., Simi, P., Evans, M. K., & Anderson, A. L. (2011). Sleep and delinquency: Does the amount of sleep matter? Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 40, 916-930.

John Crank is Professor. He received his Masters in Sociology in Tucson in 1974 and in Public Administration in Springfield, Illinois, in 1976 and Ph.D. at the University of Colorado in 1987.  He has published in the area of police effectiveness, and in the areas of organizational culture and structure, focusing on the police and on parole and probation.  He has also published on criminal justice theory and counter-terrorism. He has been active in grants-writing, with two National Institute of Justice grants.  He has published 7 books, two of which are in their second edition.  He also received the "Outstanding Book Award" in 2004 from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences for his book, Imagining Justice. Vita

jcrank@unomaha.edu

Selected Publications

Liu, Yanhua, and John Crank. (2010.) “Citizen Attitudes Toward the Police: Towards Theoretical Relevance.” Criminal Justice Studies 23(2).

Crank, John, and Blythe Bowman. (2010.) “Toward an Interpretive Criminal Justice.” Critical Criminology.

Caldero, Michael, and John P. Crank. 2010. Police Ethics: The Corruption of Noble Cause (3 rd Edition). Anderson Press: Lexis/Nexis.

Crank, John, and Andrew Giacomazzi. 2009. “A Sheriffs Office as a Learning Organization.” Police Quarterly.

Crank, John P., and Patricia Gregor. 2004. Counter-terrorism After 9/11: Justice, Security, and Ethics Reconsidered. Anderson Press: Lexus/Nexus.

Crank, John P. 2003. Understanding Police Culture (2 nd Edition). Cincinnati, OH: Anderson Press.

Crank, John P. 2002. Imagining Justice. Cincinnati, Ohio: Anderson. (Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Outstanding Book Award Winner for 2004).

Chris Eskridge Chris Eskridge took his PhD from Ohio State University in 1978 and joined the faculty shortly thereafter. Prior to that time, he worked in a number of justice agencies. In addition to his faculty duties, he currently serves as the Director of the American Society of Criminology.

Professor Eskridge has published widely and has made numerous professional presentations, nationally and internationally. He serves as the General Editor of the Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice and is on the board of several other journals.

ceskridge@unl.edu

Dennis Hoffman is a Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. He teaches undergraduate courses on Survey of Criminal Justice, Organized Crime, and Terrorism. His main area of interest is organized crime in Chicago. Hoffman is also the Undergraduate Program Chair on the Omaha campus.

His first book, Scarface Al and the Crime Crusaders (So. Ill. Univ. Press, 1993) highlighted the role of urban vigilantes in bringing Al Capone to justice. He is currently writing a sequel, No One is Above the Law: The Trial of Al Capone. This work-in-progress fits in the genre of research on criminal justice and the media. 

dhoffman@unomaha.edu

Selected Publications

Hoffman, Dennis. 1993. Scarface Al and the Crime Crusaders: Chicago’s Private War Against Capone. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press.

Hoffman, Dennis and Vincent J. Webb. 1981. “Suicide as Murder at Common Law: Another Chapter in the Falsification of Consensus Theory.” Criminology 19 (3): 372-384.

Hoffman, Dennis, William Little, and Gary Perlstein. 1980. “Racial Minorities and Women Workers in a Big City Police Department: A Case Study in the Elusiveness of Affirmative Action.” Criminal Justice Review 5 (2): 22-30.

Anne Hobbs, J.D. Ph.D. is the Director of the Juvenile Justice Institute at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. Her research interests include implicit bias, inequality in our justice systems, disproportionate minority contact and program evaluation. She has conducted a number of mixed methodological studies on the topic of racial and ethnic inequality in the juvenile justice system. She also enjoys teaching the criminal procedure and civil rights and working with students on a variety of projects. Vita

ahobbs@unomaha.edu

Selected Publications

Hobbs, Anne M, and Elizabeth Neeley. “Nebraska’s Statewide Assessment on the Disproportionate Minority
Contact (DMC) in the Juvenile Justice System.” Nebraska Lawyer, August 2012.

Hobbs, Anne M, and Candace Behrens. “Evaluation of Lancaster County Truancy Diversion Program: Interim
Report.” August 2012.

Hobbs, Anne M, Elizabeth Neeley, Candace Behrens and Timbre Wulf-Ludden. “Nebraska State DMC Assessment.” March 2012.

Lorine Hughes is Associate Professor. She received her B.S. in Sociology from Oregon State University (1996) and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Sociology from Washington State University (1998, 2003).  Her interests include youth street gangs, criminological theory, social network analysis, and quantitative methods.

lahughes@unomaha.edu

Selected Publications

Schaible, Lonnie M. and Lorine A. Hughes (2011). “Crime, Shame, Reintegration and International Homicide: A Partial Test of the Macro-Level Propositions of Reintegrative Shaming Theory.” The Sociological Quarterly 52: 104-131.

Botchkovar, Ekaterina V. and Lorine A. Hughes (2010). “Alcohol Use in Russia: A Gendered Analysis.” Sociological Perspectives 53(3): 297-319.

Savolainen, Jukka, Tuula M. Hurtig, Hanna E. Ebeling, Irma K. Moilanen, Lorine A. Hughes, and Anja M. Taanila (2010). “Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Criminal Behaviour: The Role of Adolescent Marginalization?” European Journal of Criminology 7(6): 442-459.

Short, James F., Jr. and Lorine A. Hughes (2010). “Promoting Research Integrity in Community-Based Intervention Research.” Pp. 127-151 in Youth Gangs and Community Intervention: Research, Practice, and Evidence, edited by Robert Chaskin. New York: Columbia University Press.

Hughes, Lorine A. and James F. Short, Jr. (2009). “Youth Street Gangs.” Pp. 694-701 in 21st Century Criminology: A Reference Handbook, edited by J. Mitchell Miller, Robert Brame, John Worrall, Travis Pratt, Nicole Leeper Piquero, and Jeffery T. Walker. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Susan Jacobs is Associate Professor Emeritus. She earned her Ph.D. in Sociology and her J.D. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

She has published on topics involving sexual assault of doctors and lawyers directed toward their patients and clients, and development of policy to govern issues related to AIDS in correctional facilities. Her most recent publications are two books, Self Defense and Battered Women Who Kill: A New Framework (co-authored with Robbin S. Ogle) and Case Studies in Criminal Procedure. She recently lectured in Israel on self defense and domestic violence, and will be a Visiting Professor in Criminal Law in Slovakia in 2007. Susan has been awarded a Canterbury Fellowship and will be teaching at Canterbury University in Christchurch, New Zealand in 2009.

sjacobsjohn@gmail.com

Colleen Kadleck is an Associate Professor. She received her B.S. in Criminal Justice from Bowling Green State University (1994), M.S. from the University of Cincinnati (1995), and Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from the University of Cincinnati (2001).

Her research interests focus primarily in issues in policing and the use of quantitative methods. Currently her work is focusing on the systematic study of police unions and methodological and statistical issues in the measurement of agreement between raters.

ckadleck@unomaha.edu

Selected Publications

Kadleck, Colleen. 2003. “Police Employee Organizations.” Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management 26(2): 341-351.

Batton, Candice and Colleen Kadleck. 2004. “Theoretical and Methodological Issues in Racial Profiling Research.” Police Quarterly 7(1): 30-64.

Hughes, Lorine and Colleen Kadleck. 2008. “Community Notification and Community Stratification.” Justice Quarterly 25(3): 469-495.

Chris E. Marshall is an Associate Professor. He studied sociology at Bowling Green State University (B.A. in 1971; M.A. in 1975). He obtained his Ph.D. in sociology at Iowa State University in 1978.

His teaching/research interests include theory construction focusing on the structural aspects of discursive theory, exploratory data analysis and graphing techniques for multivariate categorical data, general research methodology and statistics, social control, deterrence, and social indicators.

cmarshall@unomaha.edu

Selected Publications

Marshall, Chris E. 1994. “The Single Case Orientation vs. The Aggregate Orientation: Problem of Communication in Criminal Justice.” The Justice Professional .

Marshall, Chris E. and T. Hank Robinson with Dae-Hoon [Tim] Kwak. 2003. “Transnational Crime: Computer Crime in the Brave New World,” in Philip Reichel (ed.) The Handbook of Transnational Crime and Justice.

Marshall, Ineke H., Chris E. Marshall, and Ling Ren. 2009. "Mixed Method Measurement of Homicide Events in Comparative Research: An Illustration of the Potential of Qualitative Comparative Analysis" International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice 33:2.

Robert F. Meier is a Professor. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in Sociology.

He is the author or editor of 15 books and over 50 articles in professional journals. His scholarly interests include general processes of deviance and social control with a special interest in crime and crime-control policy. His most recent books include The Process and Structure of Crime: Criminal Events and Crime Analysis (with Leslie Kennedy and Vincent Sacco, 2001), Criminal Justice and Moral Issues (with Gilbert Geis, 2006), and Sociology of Deviant Behavior, 13th edition (with Marshall B. Clinard, 2008). He is presently involved (with Jessie Krienert) in another book project, Criminology: The Essentials, to be published by Oxford University Press.

rmeier@unomaha.edu

Selected Publications

Clinard, Marshall B., and Robert F. Meier. 2011. Sociology of Deviant Behavior (14th edition). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, in press.

Meier, Robert F. 2011. “Corporate Crime,” in William J. Chambliss, ed., Crime and Criminal Justice. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Meier, Robert F., and Jessie Krienert, Criminology: The Essentials. (New York: Oxford University Press, in press).

Meier, Robert F. and Teresa F. Smith. 2011. “Experiencing the Criminal Justice System: Lessons for Later Criminological Understanding,” in Lee Michael Johnson, ed., Experiencing Corrections. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Swatt, Marc, and Robert F. Meier, 2008. "Self-Control Theory and Property Crime," in Erich Goode, ed., Out of Control? An Assessment of The General Theory of Crime. Stanford: Stanford University Press.

Wulf, Timbre L. and Robert F. Meier. 2011. “Public Order Crimes.” Oxford Bibliographies Online. Richard Rosenfeld, editor. (New York: Oxford University Press).

Lisa L. Sample is a Professor and Reynolds Professor of Public Affairs and Community Service. She is also the Masters Program Coordinator for the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. She received her Ph.D. in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Missouri – St. Louis. Her research interests include criminal and juvenile justice policy. More specifically, she conducts research in juvenile and criminal justice sentencing disparities, drug control policies, prison reentry programs, and sex offender behavior and policies. She has worked with several state and local agencies to evaluate programs intended to address juvenile truancy, prisoner reentry, drug use, and methamphetamine manufacture and sale. Vita

lsample@unomaha.edu

Selected Publications

Lisa L. Sample.  2011.  “The Need to Debate the Future of Community Notification Laws.”  Criminology and Public Policy, Vol. 10 (2) 265-274

Leifker, Denise and Lisa L. Sample. 2011.  “Probation Recommendations and Sentences Received: The Association between the Two and Factors that Affect Recommendations.” Criminal Justice Policy Review, Vol. 22(4) 494-517

Lisa L. Sample, Mary K. Evans, and Amy L. Anderson.  2011.  “Sex Offender Community Notification Laws: Are Their Effects Symbolic or Instrumental inNature? ”
CriminalJustice Policy Review, Vol. 22 (1) 27-49

Lisa L. Sample.  2009.  “Sexual Violence.”  In Michael Tonry (ed.) Handbook of Crime and Public Policy.  New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 51-70.  

Jukka Savolainen is an Associate Professor. A native of Finland, he earned his MA in social sciences at the University of Helsinki (1990) and PhD in sociology at State University of New York, Albany (1996). Prior to UNO, Professor Savolainen has taught at Western Washington University, University of Helsinki, and University of Minnesota. He has also held senior-level research positions at New York City Criminal Justice Agency and Ministry of Justice ( Finland).

Professor Savolainen has published mostly in the area of violence with an emphasis on cross-national comparisons. Recent work appears in Criminology, Homicide Studies, European Journal of Criminology, and The International Handbook of Criminology. His current research is focused on life course explanations of criminal behavior and crime prevention. Vita.

jsavolainen@unomaha.edu

Selected Publications

Savolainen, Jukka et al. (2012): “Antisocial Propensity, Adolescent School Outcomes, and the Risk of Criminal Conviction.” Journal of Research on Adolescence 22(1):54-64.

Felson, Richard, Jukka Savolainen et al. (2011): “The Cultural Context of Drinking and Violence: A Comparative Study of Adolescents from 30 European Countries.” Criminology 49(3): 699–728.

Savolainen, Jukka (2009): “Work, Family, and Criminal Desistance: Adult Social Bonds in a Nordic Welfare State.”  British Journal of Criminology 49:285-304.

Savolainen, Jukka; Lehti, Martti & Kivivuori, Janne (2008): "Historical Origins of a Cross-National Puzzle: Homicide in Finland, 1750-2000." Homicide Studies 12(1): 67-89.

Pete Simi is an Associate Professor.  He received his B.A. in social science from Washington State University (1995), M.A. in sociology from the University of Nevada at Las Vegas (1999) and Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Nevada at Las Vegas (2003).  His research interests focus on juvenile delinquency and gangs, extremist movements, violence, social psychology, and qualitative methods.  For more than a decade he has conducted extensive fieldwork with right-wing extremist groups across the United States.  His book manuscript, American Swastika, explains the social-spatial contexts neo-Nazis use to sustain their movement in a highly antagonistic environment.   He is currently focusing on understanding the radicalization and deradicalization processes by conducting in depth interviews with right-wing extremists including those convicted of federal terrorism-related charges.  His other research projects involve analyzing the relationship between various indicators of adolescent health and delinquency, and examining the nature and prevalence of Omaha street gangs.

psimi@unomaha.edu

Selected Publications

Clinkinbeard, Samantha, Pete Simi, Mary Evans and Amy Anderson. 2010.  “Sleep and Delinquency: Does the Amount of Sleep Matter?”  Journal of Youth and Adolescence.

Simi, Pete and Robert Futrell. 2010.  American Swastika: Inside the White Power Movement’s the Hidden Spaces of Hate. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.

Simi, Pete and Robert Futrell. 2009. “Negotiating White Power Activist Stigma.” Social Problems 56, 1:89-110.

Futrell, Robert and Pete Simi. 2004. “Free Spaces, Collective Identity, and the Persistence of U.S. White Power Activism.” Social Problems, 51:16-42.

Ryan Spohn is Director of the Consortium for Crime and Justice Research. He received his B.S. in Sociology/Criminology from Kansas State University (1996), M.S. in Sociology from Texas A&M University (1998), and Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Iowa (2003).

His areas of research include juvenile delinquency, crime, families, child maltreatment, and the evaluation of criminal justice agencies and programs. Vita

rspohn@unomaha.edu

Selected Publications

Spohn, Ryan E. 2012. “Delinquent Friends and Reactions to Strain: An Examination of Direct and Indirect Pathways.” Western Criminology Review13:16-36.

Spohn, Ryan E. and Don Kurtz. 2011 “Family Structure as a Social Context for Family Conflict: Unjust Strain and Serious Delinquency.”Criminal Justice Review 36:332-356.

Kurtz, Don, Travis Linnemann, and Ryan E. Spohn. 2008. "Investigating Racial Disparity at the Detention Decision: The Role of Informal Control and Respectability." Southwest Journal of Criminal Justice 5:140-157.

Fitzgerald, Scott F. and Ryan E. Spohn. 2005. "Pulpits and Platforms: The Role of the Church in Determining Protest among Black Americans." Social Forces 84:1015-1048.

Benjamin Steiner is an assistant professor. He received his Ph.D. in criminal justice from the University of Cincinnati in 2008.

His research interests focus on issues related to juvenile justice, institutional and community corrections. He is currently the co-principal investigator (with Benjamin Meade, James Madison University) on a study funded by the National Institute of Justice that examines the effects of exposure to different types of violence on inmate maladjustment. His other current projects involve examining the causes and correlates of inmate victimization and rule breaking, along with the official responses inmate rule violations. Vita 

bmsteiner@unomaha.edu

Selected Publications

Steiner, B., Makarios, M., & Travis, L. (In Press). Examining the effects of residential situations and residential mobility on offender recidivism. Crime and Delinquency.

Steiner, B., Makarios, M., Travis, L., & Meade, B. (2012). Examining the effects of community-based sanctions on offender recidivism. Justice Quarterly, 29(2),229-257. 

Steiner, B., Makarios, M., Travis, L., & Meade, B. (2011). Short-term effects of sanctioning reform on parole officers’ revocation decisions. Law and Society Review, 45(2), 371-400.

Steiner, B., & Wooldredge, J. (2009). Individual and environmental effects on assaults and nonviolent rule-breaking by women in prison. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 46(4), 437-467.

Steiner, B. (2009). The effects of juvenile transfer to criminal court on incarceration decisions.Justice Quarterly, 26(1), 77-106.

Bill Wakefield is a Professor and Director of Outreach for the School.

His primary teaching and research interests are comparative criminology and criminal justice, corrections, and program evaluation. As the co-author of Criminal Justice in England and the United States, 2nd edition, 2008, and numerous professional publications, he is currently working on two drug court evaluation grants. In addition, from 1978-2009, Dr. Wakefield has been the leader of a study-abroad tour to England each year in which over 2,000 students have participated. He was also selected for the Excellence in Teaching Award by the University for his contributions in the classroom.

wwakefie@unomaha.edu

Selected Publications

Hirschel, D., Wakefield, William, and Scott Sasse. 2007. Criminal Justice in England and the United States, 2 nd Edition. Boston, MA: Jones & Bartlett.

Wakefield, William, and Scott Chenault. 2009. "A Response to Useem and Clayton's Making Prisons Safer:, in Contemporary Issues and Criminal Justice Policy, by Frost, Freilich & Clear, Wadsworth-Sage Pub., California, pp. 362-368.

Wakefield, William, and Yanhua Liu. 2009. Final Report: Sarpy County Adult Drug Court Program: Results and Analysis of Four-Year Research Evaluation Project, UNO, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice.

Samuel Walker is Emeritus Professor of Criminal Justice. He received a Ph.D. in American History from Ohio State University in 1973. He has taught at UNO since 1974. Vita

He is the author of 11 books on policing, criminal justice history and policy, and civil liberties. Professor Walker’s current research involves police accountability, focusing primarily on citizen oversight of the police and police Early Warning (EW) systems. The research on citizen oversight is published in Police Accountability. For more information, visit Sam Walker's personal web site, with information of police accountability and civil liberties: http://samuelwalker.net.

samwalker@unomaha.edu

Emily Wright is an Assistant Professor. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati in 2008.  Her research involves neighborhoods, intimate partner violence and victimization (IPV), exposure to violence, and female offenders. Her work has appeared in journals such as Social Problems, Justice Quarterly, Child Abuse & Neglect, Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, Youth Violence & Juvenile Justice, and Criminal Justice & Behavior. She has received funding from the National Institute of Drug Abuse and the National Institute of Justice on research regarding exposure to violence and victimization among adolescents. Vita

emwright@unomaha.edu

Selected Publications:

Wright, E.M. (forthcoming). The relationship between social support and intimate partner violence in neighborhood context. Crime & Delinquency.

Wright, E.M. & Benson, M.L. (2011).  Clarifying the effects of neighborhood context on violence “behind closed doors.” Justice Quarterly, 28(5), 775-798.

Fagan, A.A. & Wright, E.M. (2011). Gender differences in the effects of exposure to intimate partner violence on adolescent violence and drug use. Child Abuse & Neglect, 35(7), 543-550.

Wright, E.M. & Benson, M.L. (2010). Immigration and intimate partner violence: Exploring the immigrant paradox. Social Problems, 57(3), 480-503.

Van Voorhis, P., Wright, E.M., Salisbury, E., & Bauman, A. (2010). Women’s risk factors and their contributions to existing risk/needs assessment: The current status of a gender-responsive supplement.  Criminal Justice and Behavior, 37(3), 261-288.

Steve Baxley is an attorney in private practice in Omaha. He earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and his Doctor of Jurisprudence degree at the University of Houston Law Center. He has been a prosecutor, defense lawyer, author, and commentator on national and local television. He has tried over 100 cases from traffic offenses to murder in both state and federal courts.

Michael Butera received his Master of Science Degree in Criminal Justice from UNO and his Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice from UNL. He began teaching as an adjunct faculty member in the Criminal Justice Department at UNO in 1989, and has also taught on the Lincoln campus for several years.

Mr. Butera is a 24 year veteran of the Omaha Police Department, where he was assigned as the commander of the Criminal Investigations Bureau at the time of his retirement in 2007. His wide range of experience included assignments in the Uniform Patrol Bureau, Administrative Services Bureau, Burglary Unit, Homicide Unit, Sex Assault Unit, Special Investigations Unit, Intelligence Unit, and in the Narcotics and Gang Units.

Don Carey served as a police chief for 29 years in four different jurisdictions around the country, including Omaha, NE. He received his Masters Degree in Public Administration from Virginia Tech and his B.A. in Criminal Justice from St. Thomas University in Miami, FL. He is a graduate of the FBI’s National Executive Institute. He is the only police chief in North America to have led 4 police agencies to accreditation through CALEA. Don has published articles in the Police Chief and  CALEA Bulletin magazines. He currently resides in Celebration, FL and instructs online for three different universities and consults on leadership and organizational issues.

Brianna Chase completed her Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice at Wayne State College in 2003 and her Master’s Degree in Security Management at Bellevue University in 2008. She began working for the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services in 2004 as a Case Worker and is now employed with Douglas County Corrections as a Correctional Officer. 

Joy Citta is a captain with the Lincoln Police Department with over 35 years of law enforcement experience including commanding the Personnel and Training Unit, Community Services, Inspections and Planning, and 10 years as the team captain for one of Lincoln’s geographic police teams in the downtown/university area. Her current assignment is the commander for Management Services Unit, which handles the national and state Accreditation, Research and Planning, policy, technology, public information and grants. She holds a BA and an MAA from Doane College and teaches law enforcement classes in the state of Nebraska. She is an instructor for Responsible Hospitality Service in the liquor industry, has been a guest instructor at several colleges in the area, and is also an Adjunct Professor for the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Nebraska.

Jim Davidsaver received his Master’s Degree in Community and Regional Planning from UNL and his Bachelor of Science Degree from UNO. He is a Captain at the Lincoln Police Department and has worked there since 1986. He has extensive experience as a generalist officer, criminal investigator, certified crime scene technician, front line supervisor and shift commander. His areas of interest include community policing, terrorism and Homeland Security.

Mark Foxall is the Deputy Director for the Douglas County Department of Corrections. He began his law enforcement career as an Omaha Police Officer and also worked as a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Director of Project Impact with the United States Attorney's Office, District of Nebraska. Mark holds a Ph.D. in Criminal Justice, a Master's degree in Public Administration and a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice, all from the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Pitmon Foxall III is responsible for managing the Department of Homeland Security’s CFATS Program for ConAgra Foods, Inc. He is a third generation Omaha police officer who retired as Deputy Chief in 2008 with more than 30 years of law enforcement experience. Foxall has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Nebraska at maha, a Master of Science degree from Bellevue University and is a graduate of the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia.

Gary Hill has been working with corrections programs since 1964 and has written more than 100 articles and publications. He now specializes in correctional systems from nations in crisis and often works with the United Nations and other international organizations.

Brian Jacksonis the Assistant Chief of the Lincoln Police Department commanding the Operations and Support Divisions. He has over twenty-seven years of law enforcement experience, starting with the Hastings Police Department (1985-1987). Assistant Chief Jackson attended the 233rd FBI National Academy receiving advanced law enforcement/management training. He has held a number of assignments including management of the Lincoln-Lancaster County Drug Task Force, shift commander, department armorer, technical criminal investigations, community services, generalist officer and others. He received his undergraduate degree from Doane College in 1999 and a Masters of Public Administration from UNO in 2010.

Steve Russell has been an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Nebraska since 1985. He has been involved in both civil and criminal litigation representing the United States. He is currently assigned to white collar prosecutions involving fraud and tax violations. Mr. Russell graduated from Ball State University, Summa Cum Laude, with a B.A. in Economics and History in 1979 and from the University of Nebraska Law School in 1982. He was employed in private practice in Kearney, Nebraska, and as a Deputy County Attorney in Hall County before joining the United States Attorney's Office.

Bennie Shobe has worked as a researcher for the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, the University of Nebraska Public Policy Center, and the University of Nebraska Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources (IANR). He currently works for the Nebraska Department of Labor. His teaching experience includes courses in Research Methods, Criminology, Juvenile Delinquency, Corrections and several other sociology courses at Western Kentucky University, Doane College and here at the University of Nebraska. He earned his B.A. and M.A. from Western Kentucky University and is completing his Ph.D. work at UNL.

Larry Wayne completed his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology at the University of California-Fullerton in 1974. He began his career in corrections at the Nebraska State Penitentiary in Lincoln, Nebraska soon thereafter. Within the Department of Corrections he has served as a Case Manager, Unit Manager, Warden of the Nebraska Correctional Center for Women, Warden of the Diagnostic and Evaluation Center, Deputy Director for Programs and Community Services, and is currently Interim Deputy Director for the Institutions Division within DCS.

Joe Yocum currently serves as the Seward County Sheriff and is in his third term of office. Sheriff Yocum was elected in 1998 and has over 28 years of law enforcement experience. Sheriff Yocum attended the 205th FBI National Academy in 2001 and was graduated from The National Sheriff’s Institute in 2000. He is a founding member of the Nebraska Law Enforcement Memorial Project and serves as a member of the Training Committee with the FBI National Academy Association. He received his undergraduate degree from Bellevue University in 1992 and a Master of Science in Criminal Justice from Kaplan University in 2007.