School of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Outstanding Graduate Student Award

School of Criminology and Criminal Justice alum Martin Quezada was recognized with the Ed Pastor Outstanding Graduate Student Award at the ASU Spring 2008 Hispanic Convocation. Mr. Quezada received his JD from the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law this spring.

New Colleagues for 2008-2009 Academic Year

Michael White, Associate Professor, Robert Kane, Associate Professor, Travis Pratt, Associate Professor, Kristy Holtfreter, Assistant Professor, and Michael Reisig, Professor

Dr. Michael Reisig joins the School as Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Professor Reisig, who comes to the School from Florida State University, earned his Ph.D. from Washington State University in 1996. He is the author of more than thirty-five refereed articles and numerous reports to agencies of government. His articles have appeared in journals such as Criminology, Justice Quarterly, Crime and Delinquency, American Behavioral Scientist, and the Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency. Dr. Reisig also is co-author of the best selling text, American Corrections, now in its seventh edition. He is a nationally recognized expert in the areas of the social ecology of crime, social control, policing and crime, and corrections. He currently serves as Co-Editor of the journal Criminology and Public Policy.

Dr. Travis Pratt joins the School as Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Professor Pratt, who comes to the School from Washington State University, earned his Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati in 2001. He is the author of more than thirty-five refereed articles. His articles have appeared in journals such as Criminology, Justice Quarterly, Crime and Delinquency, the Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Advances in Criminological Theory, and Crime and Justice: An Annual Review. Dr. Pratt is the recipient of the Ruth Shonle Cavan Award for the Outstanding Young Scholar of the American Society of Criminology. He is a nationally recognized expert in the areas of criminological theory, criminological policy and correctional reform.

Dr. Robert Kane joins the School as Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Professor Kane who comes to the School from Northeastern University in Boston, earned his Ph.D. from Temple in 2001. He is the author of more than fifteen refereed articles. His articles have appeared in journals such as Criminology, Justice Quarterly, Criminology and Public Policy, and Criminal Justice and Behavior. He is a nationally recognized expert in the areas of police accountability, the social ecology of crime and spatial inequality.

Dr. Michael White joins the School as Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Professor White who comes to the School from John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York and earned his Ph.D. from Temple University in 1999. He is the author of more than twenty refereed articles and numerous reports to agencies of government. His articles have appeared in journals such as Justice Quarterly, the Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, the Journal of Experimental Criminology, and Evaluation. Dr. White has been Co-Principal Investigator on more than a dozen funded projects from local, state and national sources. He is a nationally recognized expert in the areas of criminal justice policy, police use of force, and quantitative methods.

Dr. Kristy Holtfreter joins the School as Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Professor Holtfreter who comes to the School from Florida State University and earned the Ph.D. from Michigan State University in 2004. She is the author of more than twenty refereed articles and numerous reports to agencies of government. Her articles have appeared in journals such as Criminology, Justice Quarterly, Criminology and Public Policy and the Journal of Financial Crime. Dr. Holtfreter is a nationally recognized expert in the areas of female offending and victimization, financial crimes and criminological theory. In 2007, she was named one of the Rising Female Stars in the field of criminology.

Dr. Xia Wang joins the School as Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Professor Wang will complete the Ph.D. from Florida State University in the Spring of 2008. She is the author of articles that have appeared in Justice Quarterly and Evaluation Review. Professor Wang is a recognized expert in the areas of quantitative methods, sentencing, prisoner re-entry and the social ecology of crime.