Faculty Research Specialties

Brandon Applegate, Ph.D.
Areas of research specialization include public views of correctional policies, jail issues, punishment and rehabilitation policy, correctional treatment, juvenile justice, and decision-making among criminal justice professionals. Click here for more on this person.

Sue Craig, Ph.D.
Areas of research and interest include the correctional system; the history of prisons; women's prisons; woman as offenders; children of inmates; counseling inmates; prison organization and management; rehabilitation and therapeutic communities in prisons; domestic violence and sexual abuse; and medicolegal criminal investigations. Click here for more on this person.

Stephen Holmes, Ph.D.
Dr. Holmes has co-authored over ten books and more than 20 articles dealing with policing, drug testing, probation & parole issues, sex offenders, suicide and violent crime. He currently teaches graduate statistics and applied research methods courses as well as undergraduate classes on sex offenders, policing and the history of the criminal justice system.

Karol Lucken, Ph.D.
Past and current research interests include intermediate punishment, victim services, penal reform trends, philosophy of punishment, faith-based prison initiatives, sex offender civil commitment, and employment barriers for offenders. Click here for more on this person.

Eugene Paoline, Ph.D.
Dr. Paoline's research interests include police culture, police use of coercion, occupational attitudes of criminal justice practitioners, and theoretical development in criminal justice. He is the author of Rethinking Police Culture (2001, LFB Scholarly Publishing), and is currently working on a National Institute of Justice grant geared toward examining the variation in American less-than-lethal use of force policies and the various outcomes associated with the different policies. Click here for more on this person.

Lee Ross, Ph.D.
Areas of research specialization include; Religion and Crime, Self-esteem and Delinquency, Domestic Violence, Victimology, Race, Crime, and Justice, African-American Criminologists, and Federal Law Enforcement. Click here for more on this person.

Mark Winton, Ph.D., LMHC, NCC
Areas of research specialization include: Domestic Violence, Mental Disorders and Crime, Sex Crimes, and Genocide. Click here for more on this person.

Ross Wolf, Ed.D.
Areas of research specialization include: Police Training and Administration, College and University Law Enforcement, International Policing, and Tourism Policing.Click here for more on this person.