Courts, Corrections, & Legal Systems

Select Publications & Reports (2019 - Present):

Updated August 1, 2025

2025

• Wu, S., & Norris, R.J. 2025. "Framing the harms of wrongful convictions: How different narratives shape public opinion." Journal of Experimental Criminology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11292-025-09660-1

• Powell, Zachary A. and Sishi Wu. Forthcoming. "Supreme Court Decisions and Fatal Officer-Involved Shootings." Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice. doi: 10.1093/police/paaf008 

• Shteynberg, Reveka V. Forthcoming. The Impact of the Work Environment on Defense Attorneys. In S.M. Barton, E.G. Lambert, & N.L. Hogan (Eds.), Research Handbook on Criminal Justice Employees: Job Satisfaction, Attitudes and Behaviours. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. ORCID # 000-0002-1715-5258.  

2024

• Giuffre, A., Tapp, K.*, Huebner, B. M., Kras, K. R., & Slocum, L. A. 2024. "Cyclical pathways to probation violations: Housing, financial capabilities, and COVID-19." Corrections: Policy, Practice and Research, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/23774657.2024.2320413

• Morgan, L., & Giuffre, A. 2024. "Families and the legal socialization process: The impact of symbiotic harms." Journal of Crime and Justice. doi:10.1080/0735648X.2024.2379403 

• Ouelette, H., Huebner B. M., Giuffre, A., Schaefer, B., & Slocum, L. 2024. "The role of race, gender, and poverty on length of pretrial jail stays: A multi-site analysis." Criminology & Public Policy, 1-31. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9133.12678

• Thompson, K., Vaughn, P., Giuffre, A., & Huebner, B. M. 2024. "Fines and fees in flux? Exploring changes in municipal violation sentencing after reform." Justice Quarterly. doi: 10.1080/07418825.2024.2369184

2023

• Paik, L., Giuffre, A., Harris, A., & Shannon, S. 2023. "The long reach of juvenile and criminal legal debt: How monetary sanctions shape legal cynicism and adultification." Children and Youth Services Review, 154, 107121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107121   

• Powell, Zachary A. 2023. "Did California Act to Save Lives? AB 392 and Fatal Officer-Involved Shootings." Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice. 17:1-10. doi: 10.1093/police/paad073 

• Reid, Jonathan C., Raquel V. Oliveira, and Nicole L. Collier. 2023. "Exploring the Role of Psycho-Social Factors on the Recidivism of Homicide Offenders" Homicide Studies. 

2022

• Henderson, Kelsey S., & Reveka V. Shteynberg. 2022. "Perceptions about Court-Appointed and Privately-Retained Attorney Representation: (How) Do They Differ?" Criminology, Criminal Justice, Law & Society, 23 (3): 45–58

• Rennó Santos, M., Testa, A., Weiss, D.B., & Jackson, D.B. (2022). County jail incarceration rates and food hardship in the United States. Journal of Criminal Justice.

2021

• Bichler, G., Norris, A., & Ibarra, C. (2021). Explaining the Directionality of Gang Violence with Court Records. Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research. 10.1108/JACPR-11-2020-055

• Deshay, Rashaan, Lynne Vieraitis, Heith Copes, Zachary A. Powell, and Justine Medrano. 2021. "Managing Courtesy Stigma: Women and Relationships with Men in Prison." Criminal Justice Studies. 34(3): 251-267.

• Reitzel, J.D. & Henley, N. 2021. "Final Evaluation Report on the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health SAFE-T Net Program." California Board of State and Community Corrections Prop 47 Grant. Submitted September 30, 2021. 

• Young, B.C., Collier, N.L., & Brown, S.J. (2021). Visitation Policies in Juvenile Residential Facilities in all 50 States. Justice Policy Journal, 18(2), 1-24.

2020

• Brown, Samantha J., Daniel P. Mears, Nicole L. Collier, George B. Pesta, Andrea N. Montes, & Sonja E. Siennick. 2020. "Education vs. Punishment? Silo Effects and the School-to-Prison Pipeline." Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 57(4):403-443.

• Henderson, Kelsey S. & Reveka V. Shteynberg. (2020). The impact of attorney credibility, expertise, and trustworthiness on plea decision-making. Psychology, Crime & Law, 26(6).

• Reitzel, J. & Nicole Henley. San Bernardino County Prop 47 Midterm Evaluation Report 2020. Board of State and Community Corrections Grant 2018-2021.

• Testa, A., Rennó Santos, M., & Weiss, D.B. (2020). Incarceration rates and hospital beds per capita: A cross-national study of 36 countries, 1971-2015. Social Science & Medicine.   

• Weiss, D.B., Testa, A., & Rennó Santos, M. 2020. "Institutional anomie and cross-national differences in incarceration." Criminology, 58(3), 454-484. 

• Worden, Alissa Pollitz., Andrew L.B. Davies, Reveka V. Shteynberg, & Kirstin A. Morgan. (2020). Early intervention by counsel: A multi-site evaluation of the presence of counsel at defendants' first appearances in court. Office of Justice Programs. U.S. Department of Justice. The National Institute of Justice; Washington, D.C. 

• Worden, Alissa Pollitz, Reveka V. Shteynberg, Kirstin A. Morgan, & Andrew L.B. Davies. (2020). The impact of counsel at first appearance on pretrial release in felony arraignments: The case of rural jurisdictions. Criminal Justice Policy Review, 31(6). 

• Testa, A., Rennó Santos, M., & Weiss, D.B. (2020). Incarceration rates and hospital beds per capita: A cross-national study of 36 countries, 1971-2015. Social Science & Medicine.   

• Young, Brae Campion, Nicole L. Collier, Sonja E. Siennick, & Daniel P. Mears. 2020. "Incarceration and the Life Course: Age-Graded Effects of the First Parental Incarceration Experience." Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology (doi.org/10.1007/s40865-020-00143-7). 

2019

• Logan, M. & Link, N. (2019) Taking stock of drug courts: Do they work? Victims & Offenders, 1-16.

• Powell, Zachary A., Jessica M. Craig, Alex R. Piquero, Michael T. Baglivio, and Nathan Epps. 2019. "Delinquent Youth Concentration and Juvenile Recidivism." Deviant Behavior. 42(7): 821-836 

• Redlich, Allison D., Reveka V. Shteynberg, & Laura Nirider. (2019). Pragmatic implication in the interrogation room: a comparison of juveniles and adults. Journal of Experimental Criminology. 

• Shteynberg, Reveka V. & Alissa Pollitz Worden. (2019). Bail and pretrial detention reforms in the lower criminal courts. In The Lower Criminal Courts. New York, NY; Routledge.