Migdalia Baerga
Mental Health Administrator, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Office of Probation and Pretrial Services. M.A., University of Chicago, School of Social Services Adminstration. Co-author of "Doing Justice for Mental Illness and Society," Federal Probation (December 2003).
Curtis Blakely
Assistant professor, University of South Alabama. Ph.D., Illinois Southern University. Co-author of "Private and Public Sector Prisons: A Comparison of Select Characteristics," Federal Probation (June 2004).
Art Bowker
U.S. Probation Officer, Ohio Northern, Computer Crime Specialist. M.A. in Corrections, Kent State University. Author of "The Advent of the Computer Delinquent," The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin (December 2000).
Lori Brusman-Lovins
University of Cincinnati, Division of Criminal Justice. M.S.W., University of Cincinnati.
Robert B. Coates
Senior Research Associate, Center for Restorative Justice and Mediation, University of Minnesota. Ph.D., University of Maryland. Previously, Professor, University of Utah. Coauthor of "The Impact of Victim-Offender Mediation—Two Decades of Research," Federal Probation (Dec. 2001).
Alvin W. Cohn
President, Administration of Justice Services. D.Crim., University of California, Berkeley. Author of "Managing the Correctional Enterprise —The Quest for ‘What Works,'" Federal Probation (Sept. 2002).
Richard Feldman
Senior United States Probation Officer, Mental Health Specialist, Maryland. M.S., University of Maryland School of Social Work and Community Planning. Co-author of "Doin gJustice for Mental Illness and Society," Federal Probation (December 2003).
Michael Gray
U.S. Probation Officer, Ohio Northern. B.A. in Sociology/Anthropology, Hiram College, Ohio.
Alexander M. Holsinger
Assistant Professor, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Department of Sociology/Criminal Justice Studies. Ph.D., University of Cincinnati.
Edward J. Latessa
Chair and Professor of Criminal Justice, Division of Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati. Ph.D., Ohio State University. Co-author of "Beyond Correctional Quackery: Professionalism and the Possibility of Effective Treatment," Federal Probation (Sept. 2002).
Christopher T. Lowenkamp
Research Associate, Criminal Justice Research Center, University of Cincinnati. Previously, Probation Officer, Summit County, OH. M.S., Youngstown State University. Author of "Environmental Corrections—A New Paradigm for Effective Supervision," Federal Probation (Sept. 2002).
H. Elaine Rodney
Dean, College of Juvenile Justice and Psychology, Prairie View A&M University, Texas. Ph.D., The Ohio State University. Co-author of The Special Needs of Girls in Trouble (2004).
Erik Roskes
Director, Forensic Treatment, Springfield Hospital Center, Sykesville, MD. Previously, Chief Psychiatrist, Maryland Dept. of Public Safety and Correctional Services. M.D., University of Maryland School of Medicine. Author of "Correctional Psychiatry" in Psychiatry (2nd edition, Wiley, 2003).
Risdon N. Slate
Chair, Department of Sociology and Criminology, Florida Southern College. Ph.D., The Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA. Co-author of "Doing Justice for Mental Illness and Society," Federal Probation (December 2003).
Benjamin Steiner
Research Associate and Doctoral Candidate, Division of Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati. M.A., Criminal Justice Administration, Boise State University. Author of Criminal Justice Case Briefs: Significant Cases in Juvenile Justice (2004, Roxbury Press).
H. Richard Tachia
Associate Professor, College of Juvenile Justice & Psychology, Prairie View A&M University, Texas. Ph.D., Oklahoma State University. Co-author of The Special Needs of Girls in Trouble (2004).
Richard Tewksbury
Professor, Department of Justice Administration, University of Louisville, KY. Ph.D., The Ohio State University. Author (with Christopher Hensley) of Sexual Deviance and (with Elizabeth Ehrhardt Mustaine) Controversies in Criminal Justice Research (both 2003).
Mark S. Umbreit
Professor and Director of the Center for Restorative Justice and Peacemaking, School of Social Work, University of Minnesota. Ph.D., University of Minnesota. Author of Facing Violence: The Path of Restorative Justice & Dialogue (Criminal Justice Press, 2003).
Betty Vos
Senior Research Associate, Center for Restorative Justice & Peacemaking, University of Minnesota. Ph.D., University of Chicago. Coauthor of "The Impact of Victim-Offender Mediation—Two Decades of Research," Federal Probation, Vol. 4, Feb. 2000.
REVIEWER OF PERIODICAL
Sam Torres
Professor of Criminal Justice, California State University, Long Beach. December 2004 65