Ask an Expert

Ask an Expert offers expert answers and insight on various subjects from the School of Criminal Justice faculty.

Bail and pretrial incarceration

• Andres Rengifo (bail reform)
• Sara Wakefield (pretrial incarceration)

Courts and sentencing

• Colleen Berryessa
• Michael Ostermann
• Todd Clear

Crime & community relations

• Alejando Gimenez-Santana
• Andres Rengifo

Crimes rates, prediction and mapping

• Alejando Gimenez-Santana

Environmental criminology

• Ron Clarke

Families and welfare

• Frank Edwards
• Sara Wakefield

Incarceration and reentry

• Todd Clear (mass incarceration)
• Johnna Christian (reentery)
• Sara Wakefield (parental incarceration)

International and cross-national research

• Andres Rengifo (Central and South America, Mexico, Jamaica)
• Valerio Baćak (Europe)
• Alejando Gimenez-Santana (Europe, Latin America)
• Todd Clear

Labor markets, employment and criminal records

• Bob Apel
• Sarah Lageson

LGBTQ

• Valerio Baćak

Mental health, psychology and criminal justice

• Valerio Baćak
• Colleen Berryessa

Policing

• Andres Rengifo (policing communities and neighborhoods)
• Frank Edwards (police violence)
• Valerio Baćak (policing and health)

Public opinion, morality and religion

• Jason Silver

Race and criminal justice

• Frank Edwards
• Andres Rengifo

Technology

• Sarah Lageson