UTSA College of Public Policy hosts lecture by renowned criminologist March 30
(March 27, 2015) -- The UTSA College of Public Policy will host a lecture by criminologist Christopher J. Sullivan from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. on Monday, March 30 in the Aula Canaria Lecture Hall (BVB 1.328) on the UTSA Downtown Campus.
The lecture, “Questionable Effectiveness of Juvenile Drug Courts: Lessons for Translational Criminology and Program Evaluation,” is presented free and open to the public as part of the college’s Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series. Light refreshments will be served in the Buena Vista Street Building Meeting Assembly Room (1.338) immediately following the lecture.
“Dr. Sullivan is one of the discipline’s foremost researchers on juvenile delinquency and prevention policy,” said Richard Hartley, associate professor and chair of the UTSA Criminal Justice Department. “He is the primary investigator of several local, state and federally funded research projects studying correctional and preventive interventions, including a multi-site evaluation of juvenile drug courts that he will discuss as part of the lecture later this month.”
Sullivan will discuss issues related to court program and policy evaluation and effectiveness. According to Hartley, there are many alternatives to traditional court processing proliferating across the country that can be advantageous for individuals in the crime field and larger communities to prevent crime.
“However, unless there is systematic evaluation and establishment of best practices that are based in empirical evidence, important stakeholders cannot know whether these programs are truly cost-efficient and effective toward reducing future victimization,” added Hartley. “Sullivan is conducting research that is becoming nationally recognized for directly answering these questions.”
Sullivan is an associate professor and director of graduate Studies in the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati. He received his doctorate from Rutgers University in 2005. His research interests focus on developmental and life-course criminology, juvenile delinquency and prevention policy, and research and analytic methods.
His recent work has appeared in Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Justice Quarterly, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, and Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency.
He is currently associate editor of the Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency and is a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, and the Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology. The Ohio Department of Youth Service, National Institute of Justice and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention have funded his research.
The UTSA College of Public Policy Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series features scholars and policy analysts on a variety of major issues that affect the community, the nation and the world. Free parking is available in Lot D-3 beneath IH-35.
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