Department of Criminal Justice Studies

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Faculty Profiles

 

Elizabeth Brown

Alex Gerould

Dan Macallair

Lizbet Simmons

Jeff Snipes

Ken Walsh

 

Elizabeth Brown
eabrown@sfsu.edu

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D., Geography, University of Washington, 2006
  • Graduate Certificate in Law, Society and Justice
  • MA, Cultural Studies, Claremont Graduate University, 2002
  • BA, Women's Studies, University of California, Davis, 1998

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

  • Juvenile justice
  • Cultural theory
  • Law and society
  • Race and crime
  • Legal geographies

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

  • Brown, Elizabeth. "It's urban living, not ethnicity itself":  Race, crime and the urban geography of high risk youth. Geography Compass/ 1/2: 222-245. 2007.
  • With Steve Herbert. "On the Conception of Space and Crime in the Punitive Neoliberal City." Antipode. September 2006.
  • With Matthew Sparke, Dominic Corva, Heather Day, Caroline Faria, Tony Sparks, and Kirsten Varg “The World Social Forum and the Lessons for Economic Geography.” Economic Geography. October 2005.

Alexander L. Gerould
gerould@sfsu.edu


EDUCATION
  • M.A., History, San Francisco State University, 2002
  • J.D., University of San Francisco Law School, 1992
  • B.A., Broadcast Communication Arts San Francisco State University, , 1989
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
  • Criminological Theory
  • Criminal Law
  • Crime and Punishment in Historical Perspective
  • Crime and Gender
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
  • Coauthor:Vold's Theoretical Criminology, 6th ed., Oxford University Press, New York, 2010.
  • Gerould, Alexander. “T o Protect and to Serve: A History of Police in America,” by Robert C. Wadman and William Thomas Allison. The History Teacher. 38:2 (2005): 281-283.
  • Gerould, Alexander. “Eve’s Seed: Biology, the Sexes, and the Course of History,” by Robert S. McElvaine. Journal of the History of Sexuality. 11:4 (2002): 689-692.
OTHER ACTIVITES
  • Co-Director of police academy degree program
  • Criminological expert for PBS program “History Detectives”
  • Chair of “International Sex Trafficking” panel, at Rights Conference at San Francisco State University
  • Presentation on best practices for crime prevention, at Bay Area Law Enforcement Summit
  • Presentation to Stanford University’s African American Student Psychology Association on Current Issues in Criminology and Criminal Justice
  • Criminological Expert for crime documentary “The New Profilers” to air on French television network.
  • Criminological Expert for crime documentary “Dead or Alive” aired on Discovery Network
  • Youth mentoring at San Francisco’s Juvenile Hall

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Dan Macallair
Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice's Practioner-in-Residence

http://californiacorrections.wordpress.com/about/
dmacallair@cjcj.org


EDUCATION

  • M.P.A., Criminal Justice Administration, San Jose State University, 1987
  • B.A., History, State University of New York, College at Oswego, 1981
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
  • Juvenile Justice
  • Adult Community Corrections
  • Sentencing and Corrections Policy
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
  • Macallair, Daniel MPA, Mike Males, Ph.D., Kate McCracken MA. Jail Alternatives Initiative: Data driven strategies to enhance public safety. Santa Cruz County Probation Department/Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice  (2012)
  • Males, Mike, Ph.D., Daniel Macallair MPA, Kate McCracken MA. Jail Needs Assessment for San Mateo County: A preliminary analysis. Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (2012) 
  • Macallair, Daniel MPA, Mike Males, PhD, Dinky Manek Enty, MPA, and Natasha Vinakor, MSW. Renewing Juvenile Justice. Sacramento: Sierra Health Foundation (2011).  
  • Macallair, Daniel, Mike Males, Catherine McCracken. “Closing California’s Division of Juvenile Facilities: An Analysis of County Institutional Capacity” Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (2009).
  • Gitchoff, G. Thomas, Daniel Macallair. “Expert Testimony at Sentencing.” American Jurisprudence: Proof of Facts 3rd Series. Vol. 103, 81-157 (2008).
  • Stalkhoph, Christina, Mike Males, Daniel Macallair. “Testing Incapacitation Thoery: Youth Crime and Incarceration in California.” Crime and Delinquency. Vol. 58 (2008).
  • Randall G. Shelden and Daniel Macallair (eds). Juvenile Justice in America: Problems and Prospects. Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press (2008).

 

OTHER ACTIVITIES

  • Executive Director and Co-Founder, Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, San Francisco
  • Assistant Editor and Founder, Justice Policy Journal
  • Co-Chair and Founding Member, California Corrections Policy Roundtable 2010-2011
  • Member, San Francisco Mayor’s Children’s Policy Council
  • Member, Western Society of Criminology
  • Member, National Association of Sentencing Advocates
  • Member, International Community Corrections Association
  • Member, American Correctional Association
  • Member, California Probation, Parole and Correctional Association
  • Member, Little Hoover Commission's California Oversight Project Advisory Committee (2006-present)
  • Member, LIttle Hoover Commission's Advisory Committee on California Sentencing Reform (2006-present)
AWARDS
  • Leadership Award, The California Wellness Foundation, 2011
  • Department of Criminal Justice Studies Faculty Appreciation Award, 2009
  • Social Justice Award, San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, 2003
  • Leadership Award, Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth, 2001
  • Innovations in Government Award, Semifinalist, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, 1998
  • Leadership Award, State of Hawaii, Office of Youth Services 1994

Lizbet Simmons
lizbet@sfsu.edu

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D., Social and Cultural Studies in Education, University of California, Berkeley, 2005
  • M.A., Social and Cultural Studies in Education, University of California, Berkeley, 1997
  • B.A., English, Bennington College, 1993
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
  • Race and Inequality
  • School to Prison Pipeline Studies
  • Mass Incarceration
  • Urban Education
  • Qualitative Research Methods
RECENT PUBLICATIONS/REPORTS
  • 2009 "End of the line: Tracing Racial Inequality From School to Prison" Race/Ethnicity: Multi-disciplinary Global Contexts (Solicited).
  • 2009 "The Docile Body in School Space" in Schools Under Surveillance, edited by Rodolfo Torres and Torin Monahan, Rutgers University Press.
  • 2009 "Deborah Luster on the Photographic Performance: Interview with Lizbet Simmons" in Prison Culture, City Lights Books.
  • 2007 “Research Off limits and Underground: Street Corner Methods for Finding Invisible Students” The Urban Review, 39(3), 319-347.
  • 2007 “Security Culture on Campus: Considerations for Urban Universities” Metropolitan Universities Journal, 18(2), 57-65.
  • 2006 “On Looking for Hope” Peralta Hacienda Historical Park Museum Gallery Publication (Oakland, CA); [Electronic Version] http://www.burning-house.com/lookingforhope.
  • 2006 Review of School Violence Intervention: A Practical Handbook, Conoley and Goldstein (eds). (New York: The Guilford Press) in Teacher's College Record.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
  • Member, American Society of Criminology
  • Member, Law and Society Association
  • Member, American Educational Research Association
  • Member, American Sociological Association
  • Co-Principal Investigator, Prison Culture Symposium, SFSU, Spring 2008
  • Manuscript Reviewer, Surveillance and Society
AWARDS
  • 2008  President's Award, San Francisco State University
  • 2007  Affirmative Action Award, San Francisco State University
  • 2006  California Council for the Humanities Scholar
  • 2003  UC Berkeley Summer Institute Fellow
  • 1998  San Quentin Prison Teaching Award

 

Jeff Snipes
jsnipes@sfsu.edu

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D., Criminal Justice, State University of New York at Albany, 2002
  • J.D., Stanford University, 2001 (Member of California Bar Association)
  • M.A., Criminal Justice, Penn State University, 1991
  • B.A., Criminal Justice, Penn State University, 1991
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
  • Criminal law
  • Civil Rights Law
  • Theoretical Criminology and Theoretical Criminal Justice
  • Policing and Crime Reduction (Especially International-level)
  • Undercover Work in Human Trafficking
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
  • Bernard, Thomas, Snipes, Jeffrey, and Gerould, Alex, Vold’s Theoretical Criminology (2010), Oxford University Press.
  • Snipes, Jeffrey, and Katz, Charles, “Information and Analysis,” in Implementing Community Policing: Lessons from 12 Agencies (2009), edited by Edward Maguire and William Wells, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, U.S. DOJ.
  • Maguire, Edward, Willis, Julie, Snipes, Jeffrey, and Gantley, Megan, “Spacial Concentrations of Violence in Trinidad and Tobago,” Caribbean Journal of Criminology and Public Safety 13(1/2) (2008): 48-92.
  • Snipes, Jeffrey, and Maguire, Edward, “Foundations of Criminal Justice Theory,” in Criminal Justice Theory: Explaining the Nature and Behavior of Criminal Justice (2007), edited by David Duffee and Edward Maguire. New York: Routledge.
  • Snipes, Jeffrey. Guide to Criminal Procedure for California. Thomson-Wadsworth, 2005.
  • Mastrofski, S., J. Snipes, R. Parks, and C. Maxwell. “The Helping Hand of the Law: Police Control of Citizens on Request." Criminology. 38.2, (2000): 307-342.

 

Ken Walsh
kwalsh@sfsu.edu

EDUCATION

  • M.A., Interdisciplinary Studies, San Francisco State University, 1991
  • B.A, Social Sciences, San Francisco State University, 1989
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
  • Law and Society
  • Policing
  • Criminal and Civil Investigation
  • Effects of Class and Race in American Criminal Justice
  • Electronic Countermeasures
OTHER ACTIVITIES
  • Community Outreach, Criminal Justice-related agencies developing student internships and volunteer positions
    for SF State students.
  • California Licensed Private Investigator.
  • Owner/Operator, Walsh Investigative Services, specializing in Criminal Defense, Organized Crime,
    Electronics Countermeasures, Fraud.
  • California Association of Licensed Investigator
  • Member, Council of International Investigators
  • Member, Northern California Fraud Investigators Association
  • Member, World Association of Detectives.
  • Lecturer, San Francisco Arts and Humanities Seminar Series and International Elderhostel seminars.
AWARDS
  • Distinguished Teaching Award, Outstanding Contributions to Teaching San Francisco State University, 1997
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